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STERN, Pianiste Chers amis / Dear Friends Zig-Zag a changé de site / Zig-Zag changed its website Please go to |
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2) Projet SCHUMANN
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Extraits
de presse "Edna Stern translates remarquably [the mutation from violin to the great piano of the XIXth century] by the use of the pedal which renders this sensitive voyage of sounds amd melts the melodic methamorphosis into a mirific halo.Her work on sound is just as eloquent, like her crystalline sound preceding the ultimate and surreal radiance." Pierre Gervasoni, Le Monde 24 mai 2005 "Edna Stern traduit remarquablement [la mutation du violon au grand piano du XIXe siècle] par une utilisation de la pédale qui rend sensible le voyage des sons et fond les métamorphoses mélodiques dans un halo mirifique. Son travail sur le timbre est tout aussi éloquent avec, par exemple, les sonorités cristallines qui précèdent l'ultime rayonnement surnaturel." Pierre Gervasoni, Le Monde 24 mai 2005 "...sa fantaisie, son panache, son enthousiasme illuminent le lyrisme romantique et les flammèches gothique dont Busoni a garni la partition...Dans le rigoureux arrangement de Brahms, la pianiste évite toute sécheresse grâce à la logique de son approche polyphonique et la profondeur de son jeu. " Jérôme Bastianelli, Diapason juil-août 2005 "...her fantasy, panache and enthousiasm light up the romantic lyricims and gothic passion Busoni's score overflows with....In the rigorous arrangement of Brahms, the pianist avoids all dryness thanks to her polyphonic approach and the depth of her playing."Jérôme Bastianelli, Diapason juil-août 2005 « Edna STERN affiche une autorité stupéfiante, dotée d’une formidable énergie, elle offre un jeu clairement détaillé, solidement construit. » Si rigueur il y a, c'est sans froideur aucune, mais au contraire avec une palette de couleurs et de timbres pléthorique. Conjuguant poésie et splendeur sonore, Edna Stern nous fait plaisir par une virtuosité efficace mais jamais démonstrative (...) Elle nous fait parcourir un monde irréel d'émotions contrastées que l'on souhaiterait ne jamais quitter. Maîtrise, intelligence, engagement sonore: tout y est pour que l'on reste suspendu à ses doigts....Excellente pianiste mais surtout musicienne, Edna Stern nous a ici totalement conquis, et il nous tarde de la réentendre." Antoine Mignon, Classica-Répertoire juil-août 2005 "There is precision but without it being indifferent, but on the contrary with a palette of colours. Conjugating poetry and splendid sonority, Edna Stern gives us the pleasure of efficient virtuosity without any hardness(...) She is guiding us through an unreal world of contrasting emotions that we would never like to leave. Mastership, intelligence , sonority:all is there.... Excellent pianist, but essentially a musician, Edna Stern has utterly conquered us, and we are waiting expectantly to hear her again." Antoine Mignon, Classica-Répertoire juil-août 2005 M. DUMONT-MERGEY-La libre Belgique (1998) « Si le goût musical, le phrasé ayant une respiration organique et le sens de la sonorité poétique ont encore de l’importance sur un marché des pianistes sans ambages, Edna STERN, fait alors partie des grands espoirs de la jeune génération de pianistes. » R. SCHWARZ, Abend Zeitung (2002) « Ce sont plus les tons mélodieux et la douceur qui intéressent Edna STERN. Pour elle, le piano est tel une harpe éolienne qui incite à se laisser aller à la rêverie. » Süddeutsche Zeitung (2002) |
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STERN, piano Thanks to playing marked by genuine sensibility, joyous, energetic and deeply poetic, her astounding palette of colours, her rare musical curiosity characterised by a constant thirst for discovery, and her impressive technical facility, Edna Stern attracted attention at a very early age for her exceptional personality. Born in Brussels in 1977, she began her studies at the age of six, continuing them in Israel with Viktor Derevianko and Natasha Tadson, two professors at the Rubin Academy in Tel Aviv. On her return to Europe she was admitted to Alan Weiss’s class at the Chapelle Musicale Reine Elisabeth in Brussels, which she left in 1995 armed with the ‘Graduat’ and the Prix de Virtuosité. In that same year she won the Lions Competition of Antwerp and the Tenuto Prize. In 1999 she was awarded the Nany Philippart Prize. The next year she won the Senigallia International Competition in Italy, before receiving a Juventus scholarship in 2001. After working regularly with Martha Argerich in Brussels, she moved to Basel in 1996 for advanced study with Krystian Zimerman, and had the good fortune to broaden her horizons by taking classes in organ, improvisation and chamber music. Krystian Zimerman has written of her: ‘Her talent is not limited to her musical qualities; she has that extra something that makes a performer into an artist, that allows her to feel at ease on stage, to arouse the audience’s enthusiasm and delight, that makes one want to hear her again.’ During a residence at the Cadenabbia International Piano Foundation in 2001, she attended masterclasses with Alicia de Larrocha, Fou Ts’ong, Dmitry Bashkirov, Andreas Staier, and above all Leon Fleisher. She was subsequently admitted to the latter’s advanced class at the Peabody Institute, thanks to the support of the BAEF Foundation. In September 2003 Edna Stern moved to Paris where, true to her character as an insatiable explorer of music, she discovered the fortepiano under the guidance of Patrick Cohen. She soon began devoting more and more time to this new instrument. Edna Stern is a regular guest as a recitalist or chamber musician in the most prestigious venues in Europe, including the Festival de la Roque d’Anthéron, the lunchtime concerts of the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, the Festival du Grand Jardin, Juventus Festival, Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, Brussels Philharmonic Festival, Herkulessaal in Munich, the Ludwigsburg SchlossFest, the Albert Konzerte in Freiburg, the concert series ‘Auf schwarzen und weissen Tasten’ in Bremen, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, and the Zurich Tonhalle. In the field of chamber music she has played alongside such internationally renowned artists as Ronald Van Spaendonck, Alban Gerhardt, Erik Schumann, Fredrik Fors, Frédéric Vaysse-Knitter, Alexandre Tharaud, and Amandine Beyer. Edna Stern has appeared with numerous orchestras, including the Belgian National Orchestra, the Flanders Philharmonic, the RTB Philharmonic, the Jena Philharmonic, the RTL Symphony Orchestra, Polish Radio Orchestra, Beethoven Academie, Basel Symphony Orchestra and Budapest Chamber Orchestra. Her performances have been broadcast by the RTB, SüdWest Rundfunk, Bayerische Rundfunk, France Musiques and Radio Classique. The year 2005 marks an important first step for Edna Stern in the world of recording, with two CDs released on Zig-Zag Territoires. The first, devoted to piano transcriptions of the Bach Chaconne, was awarded a ‘Diapason Découverte’ in the French magazine Diapason; the present recording is the second. From the press ‘Edna Stern displays stupefying authority. Formidably endowed with energy, she offers playing that is clear in detail and solidly constructed.’ Martine Dumont-Mergey, La Libre Belgique (1998) ‘If musical good taste, naturally organic phrasing and a feeling for poetic sonority are still of some importance on what has become, to put it bluntly, a market for pianists, then Edna Stern is one of the greatest hopes of the young generation of soloists.’ Rüdiger Schwarz, Abend-Zeitung (2002) ‘Edna Stern is interested in melodious and gentle tones. For her the piano is like an Aeolian harp that encourages musing.’ Süddeutsche Zeitung (2002) |