Arthur Ancelle is formal!
“This is the first event on the international program to be devoted to this repertoire in France… and one of the first in the world.
For years there was a big festival in Miami, and there is still one deep in Russia, but that's about it. "
However, the repertoire for piano for four hands or for two pianos, however little known to the general public and to classical listeners, would be almost endless.
“We did the math.
We can do at least sixty editions of the festival without playing the same work twice
,
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he continues.
And this is not limited to small pieces of bravery well known to amateurs or reductions of symphonies.
The number of concertos for two pianos or piano four hands and orchestra is estimated at a thousand!
It goes from Johann Sebastian Bach to Phil Glass, passing by Mozart
Arthur Ancelle, pianist
“We estimate at a thousand the number of concertos for two pianos or piano four hands and orchestra! It goes from Johann Sebastian Bach to Phil Glass, including Mozart. Although the movement accelerated a lot in the 20th century, after Max Bruch brought the two-pianos up to date in 1912,
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