Bacri: Piano Works

Featuring

Eliane Reyes
Nicolas Bacri

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Composer's Artistic Vision

Nicolas Bacri, the composer, describes his music as both Classical and Romantic, retaining the timeless aspects of rigor and density of expression.

Composer Biography

Nicolas Bacri studied composition at the Paris Conservatoire from 1980 to 1983 and was in residency at the Villa Medici in Rome between 1983 and 1985.

Compositional Technique

Bacri's Postmodern approach involves abandoning exclusive atonality and broadening his style to synthesize tonal and modal scales, emphasizing the 'directionality' of music.

Performer Biography

Eliane Reyes, the pianist on this album, gave her first recital at age five and has studied with notable figures like György Cziffra, Vladimir Ashkenazy, and Martha Argerich.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Bacri also considers his music Modernist and Postmodern, embracing the broadening of expression and the mixture of techniques.

Recording & Production

This album features world première recordings of Nicolas Bacri's piano music.

Performer Biography

Eliane Reyes has performed with the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra and at the Tibor Varga Festival since age eleven, and has played in prestigious venues worldwide.