Michel Dalberto approaches Mozart's works by imagining an opera scene or constructing a story, emphasizing the flexibility of the vocal line and imaginary dialogues to bring out the music's 'humanity'.
Interpretation
Michel Dalberto's album concept was inspired by a conversation with his Japanese agent about spectacular virtuosity and a book by philosopher André Comte-Sponville on virtues.
Performer Biography
Michel Dalberto won the Leeds International Piano Competition in 1978, an award previously won by Radu Lupu, András Schiff, and Murray Perahia.
Performer Biography
Michel Dalberto won the Clara Haskil International Piano Competition and was a prizewinner at the first Mozart Competition in Salzburg at age 20.
Compositional Technique
For Michel Dalberto, Brahms, like Schumann and Beethoven, thinks horizontally and contrapuntally, with harmony stemming from counterpoint and polyphony, and rhythm drawing from Hungarian influences.
Performer Biography
Michel Dalberto was admitted to the class of Vlado Perlemuter, a pupil of Alfred Cortot, at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris at the age of 13.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Michel Dalberto believes that true virtuosity, in its original sense, involved intellectual brilliance and the skillful handling of complexity, rather than mere technical display.
