Bach, Beethoven, Medtner

Featuring

Lucas Debargue
Johann Sebastian Bach
Ludwig van Beethoven
Nikolai Medtner

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Critical Reception

After Lucas Debargue placed fourth at the Tchaikovsky Competition, the Moscow Association of Music Critics created a special prize for him.

Composer Biography

Nikolai Medtner, a Russian composer, was admired by Rachmaninoff and is considered by Lucas Debargue to be part of the great cycles of 20th-century Russian sonatas.

Album & Artwork

Lucas Debargue describes his second album as 'architectural' and largely Germanic in inspiration, combining Bach, Beethoven, and Medtner.

Critical Reception

At the 2015 Tchaikovsky Competition, Lucas Debargue's performances of Medtner's op. 5 Sonata and Ravel's Gaspard de la nuit received fifteen minutes of applause.

Performer Biography

Lucas Debargue, the pianist, did not touch a piano until he was eleven and only began serious study four years before the 2015 Tchaikovsky Competition.