The Suite
Recital by Victor Julien-Laferrière
◇ 26 March 2022
In the prestigious setting of the Villa Empain, the cellist Victor Julien-Laferrière will give a solo recital in a programme of Suites, Serenades and Chant d’Oiseaux from Bach to Casals. An exceptional concert organised in collaboration with the Queen Elisabeth Competition.
In the first edition dedicated to cellists, Victor Julien-Laferrière was the First Prize Winner of the 2017 Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels. He also received the Victoire de la Musique in France in 2018 as Instrumental Soloist of the Year. The current season sees him performing with Alexandre Kantorow at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, with the Orchestre National de France conducted by David Robertson, Les Siècles and François-Xavier Roth, the Orchestre National de Lyon, the Orchestre National de Lille, the Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège and the Orchestre Symphonique de Québec, as well as in concerts at the Concertgebouw Brugge, the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel, the Louisiana Museum Copenhagen and the Hohenems Schubertiade with David Fray and Renaud Capuçon.
One of the most demanding, and one of the most widely publicised international competitions, the Queen Elisabeth Competition, ever since its creation in 1937, has established itself as a springboard for young violinists, pianists, singers, and cellists on the threshold of an international career. Steadfastly committed to the project initiated by Eugène Ysaÿe and Queen Elisabeth, the Queen Elisabeth Competition seeks to discover complete artists; it owes its reputation to a prestigious jury, strict rules, and unparalleled media coverage, as well as to the friendly and enthusiastic hospitality offered by an entire country and its Royal Family. The Competition aims, above all, to serve as an intermediary between those young virtuosos and the world’s great musical venues.
