Nancyphonies 2025 - L'Heure Exquise

Concert as part of Nancyphonies, a major classical music festival in Eastern France, inviting the greatest artists to Nancy and the Greater Nancy Metropolis.

FIVE PERFORMANCES - In running order:

TITIEN COLLARD - piano
Titien Collard began piano studies at the Schola Cantorum, before continuing his training at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Boulogne-Billancourt. He then went on to perfect his skills at the Haute École de Musique de Genève, where he obtained a Master's degree in Concert and a Master's degree in Instrumental Pedagogy. He performs regularly in recital, chamber music and with orchestra, at festivals such as Festival des Arcs, Musique en Ré, 5 Jours en Mai, Festival de Pâques de l'Orchestre des Lumières and Piano en Berry. He is also a guest on Génération France Musique le live, Magnétique (RTS Espace 2), and on television (RBB). In February 2025, Titien released a critically acclaimed debut disc devoted to Franz Liszt, on the Calliope - Indésens Records label. This project highlights the Sonata in B minor, a work emblematic of the composer's poetic universe, as well as other selected pieces, testifying to the young pianist's maturity and sensitivity. Titien Collard currently teaches piano at the Conservatoire de Fribourg and the Haute École de Musique de Genève.

KARIN FURUTANI - piano
Born in Hyogo, Karin Furutani obtained a Bachelor's degree in piano at Kyoto University before being admitted to the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris, where she obtained a Master 2 in Roger Muraro's class. She has won several international piano competitions, including the Figueira da Foz competition (2nd prize), the 11th Hamamatsu competition (prize for interpretation of an imposed composition), the Pays de Pay competition, the Mayenne international competition, and was selected as one of the 12 finalists for the 16th Orléans International Piano Competition, dedicated to the music of our time, which will take place at the end of October 2024. Alongside her piano career, she is studying music composition, chamber music and choreographic accompaniment at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris. She is a laureate of the Aoyama Music Foundation (2018), the Meyer Foundation (2020,2021) and the Fondation de France. In this recital, she offers two contemporary works that are as formidable as they are spectacular.

ANNE-CÉCILE WAGER - piano
After starting piano lessons with Ludmila Dejean and studying violin alongside her main instrument, Anne-Cécile Wager was admitted to the CRR de Paris in Hugues Leclère's class, where she obtained her DEM in piano. In 2022, she entered Johan Schmidt's class at the Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles, where she obtained her Bachelor's degree in interpretation and is currently pursuing her Master's degree.

ALPHONSE BICH - piano
Born in Paris in 2002, Alphonse Bich began his scientific studies before devoting himself fully to music. Currently a student at the CNSM in Franck Braley and Haruko Ueda's class, he won 1st prize for Chopin at the Brest International Competition, 3rd prize at the Vítezslav Novák 2022 International Competition, and special prizes for his interpretation of C.Debussy and V.Novák. He impresses with his natural virtuosity, mastery of sound and elegant sensitivity.

DELPHINE CO - piano
Delphine Co honed her skills with Romain Descharmes at the CRR de Paris, then obtained two masters degrees from the Haute École de Musique de Genève in 2022, as well as the Adolf Neumann Special Prize. She won the Lausanne Music Interpretation Competition in 2015, the Clara Haskil International Competition in 2019 (1/4 finalist), the Val-de-Travers International Piano Competition, the Henri Kowalski International Piano Competition in 2023, and performed at the Lisztomanias alongside Bruno Rigutto.


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