V. Beer-Demander

A grand recital of music by Vladimir Cosma

We all know his music: Le Grand Blond avec une chaussure noire, La Boum, Rabbi Jacob, Les Fugitifs, Le Jouet… Melodies that have passed through generations, whistled in corridors, hummed without even knowing who composed them. That name is Vladimir Cosma. Tonight, at the Salle Cortot, where he once studied with Nadia Boulanger, these themes are reborn in another form: vast virtuoso piano fantasias, caprices for solo mandolin, and the world premiere of a Grand Sonata for mandolin and piano, commissioned specially for this concert. A new work, written by a composer who has lost none of his desire to explore. Performed by two former pupils of the École Normale, Nicolas Horvath on piano and Vincent Beer-Demander on mandolin, this recital reveals another facet of a musician whom cinema has made famous well beyond the concert hall.

CAST

Vincent Beer-Demander, mandolin

Nicolas Horvath, piano

PROGRAMME

Concert Fantasia No. 1 "Le Grand blond" for solo piano

Concert Fantasia No. 2 "Le Grand Rabbi" for solo piano

Preludes and Toccatas (new version for piano)

Caprices for solo mandolin: "La boum", "Les fugitifs", "Les compères", "Le Jouet", "Destinée"

Concertante Fantasia for mandolin and piano

Six Romanian Dances for mandolin and piano

The programme may be subject to change.