2022 - 13th RIMM - 7th Music Festival of Mirecourt

We have the pleasure to have our beloved Mirecourt Classical Music Festival this year, with a particularly festive 7th edition!

Four international-career-artists and three young soloists will offer the public sharing moments with masterpieces of Romantic repertoire and others to be discovered. We have the great honor to find back those high-talented-artists and used to the Festival, Dana Ciocarlie, Diana Ligeti and Mélanie Brégant, but also, our two last-year Violin International Competition winners, 1st prize Qing Zhu Weng and 3rd Victoria Wong!

Four decentralised concerts in Hennecourt, Châtenois, Vittel and Remiremont will make the constantly larger public discover classical music at its highest level.

2022 sounds the alarm for celebration on a greater territory of Vosges and will make discover an often unknown repertoire in all its diversity and wealth. Strong bonds form with years passing by between artists and Mirecour's and European violin makers.

Detailed biographies to download : Bios artistes (1.53 Mo)

Marianne Piketty (France) – Violinist

"Density, ardor, vituosity, interiority and generosity" : here are the glowing terms with which the press welcomes Marianne Piketty. From Bach to Piazzolla, from the Baroque reduction to contemporary creation, the violinist Marianne Piketty develops a career as dynamic as versatile: solo appearances, in recital, at the head of an ensemble Le Concert Idéal, as well as in her numerous chamber music projects. She teaches at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique of Lyon and gives masterclasses in Europe. She is artistic director of Les Rencontres Internationales de Mirecourt.

Mélanie Brégant (France) - Accordionist

Mélanie Brégant studied at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse of Paris when an accordion class was created in 2002. She regularly gives solo recitals to make discover accordion through original russian music, contemporary works and transcriptions. She regularly plays in festivals in France and abroad, and works with contemporary composers. Awarded the Certificat d’Aptitude for teaching, she is a professor at the Conservatoire in Villeurbanne.

Diana Ligeti (France) - Cellist

Winner of many competitions in her native Romania, Ms. Ligeti was a finalist in the prestigious Munich Competition, and won First Grand Prize at the Douai International Cello Competition. As a member of the Ligeti String Trio, she won First Prize at the International Chamber Music Competition in Osaka. Since then, Diana Ligeti has performed as a soloist and chamber musician around the world. In 2018, Diana Ligeti became the artistic director of the Fontainebleau American art schools, first women to succeed famous Nadia Boulanger. 

Dana Ciocarlie (France) - Pianist

Endowed with a quick-witted and mercurial temperament, combined with generosity and commitment, Dana Ciocarlie has a vast repertoire ranging from Johann-Sebastian Bach to contemporary composers. Dana Ciocarlie’s numerous recitals and concerts with orchestras throughout the world have taken her to the Japan, United States, Canada, Russia, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, China... Her 15 recordings were highly acclaimed by the specialised musical press who recognised in her the humility of the great and compared her musicality even to that of Wilhelm Kempff and Clara Haskil.

Clément Sozanski (France) - Violist

Clément Sozanski is a young violist, graduated from the CRR, Pôle Superieur of Paris, Conservatoire National Supérieur of Lyon and Haute École de Musique Felix Mendelssohn in Leipzig. He always develop a particular and vocal playing, particularly in chamber music. This field, which he loves very much for its repertoire and intimity, pushes him to join several ensembles, as the Collectif Fractales, Septet Bouclier, Koum Tara, and Émana Quartet.

Qingzhu Weng (China) - Violinist

Qingzhu Weng is the unanimous winner of the first prize and three special prizes in the Mirecourt International Violin Competition in 2021 and a first prize winner of the Ysaye International Violin Competition. He is also a prize winner at the Bach Competition Leipzig, the Jascha Heifetz Competition, the Tibor Junior Competition, the Kloster Schöntal Competition and the Ton und Erklärung Competition. Qingzhu Weng has been studying with Prof. Krzysztof Wegrzyn at the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media since 2014.

Victoria Wong (Australia) - Violinist

In 2015, Victoria began her Bachelor’s degree with Prof. Ulf Wallin at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler and since 2018 has studied with Prof. Nora Chastain at the University of the Arts Berlin (UdK). Victoria has been a recipient of the Australian Music Foundation Award and is currently an awardee of the Freunde Junger Musiker Berlin Foundation. She is the winner of the 25th Gyarfas Competition Berlin and 3rd prizewinner at the Mirecourt International Violin Competition (2021)

Violin & accordion: Stophovers
Mélanie Brégant, accordion - Marianne Piketty, violin
Tickets: 10€

Granados-Kreisler
De Falla
De Falla-Kreisler
Mettraux
Bloch
Bartok
Angelis
Finzi
Hermosa
Piazzolla

Spanish dance n°5
Popular Spanish Suite
Spanish dance
Emergeances
Nigun
Romanian dances
Fantasy on "Chiquilin de Bachin"
Impression Tango
Galliano en Santiago
Escualo

Recital at Mirecourt violin Making Museum - Stanislas Court
Victoria Wong, violin - 3rd prize of 2021 Mirecourt International Violin Competition
Tickets: 10€

Bach
Bartok
Kreisler

Sonata for violin n°3 in C Major BWV1005
Sonata for solo violin Sz117
Recitativ and Scherzo

String quartet, at the core of Romanticism
Marianne Piketty & Victoria Wong, violins - Clément Sozanski, viola - Diana Ligeti, cello
Tickets: 8€
Booking: 03 29 94 99 50 - 03 29 94 55 61 - trait-dunion@ccov.fr - www.ccov.fr

Mendelssohn
Puccini
Dvorak

String quartet in F minor Op.80
Crisantemi
Quartet n°12 in F Major "american"

String quartet, at the core of Romanticism
Marianne Piketty & Victoria Wong, violins - Clément Sozanski, viola - Diana Ligeti, cello
Tickets: 11€ (booking)

Mendelssohn
Puccini
Dvorak

String quartet in F minor Op.80
Crisantemi
Quartet n°12 in F Major "american"

Recital at Espace Flambeau of Mirecourt
Qingzhu Weng, violin - 1st prize of 2021 Mirecourt International Violin Competition
Free

Bach
Mulsant
Nielsen
Ysaÿe

Partita n°2 in D minor BWV1004
Concert sonata Op.19
Prélude and Presto Op.52
Sonata n°5 Op.27

Romantic Salon
Marianne Piketty, violin - Diana Ligeti, cello - Dana Ciocarlie, piano
Tickets: 10€ / below 18 years old: 5€ 
Bookings: Remiremont City Hall, 1 place Christian Poncelet - 03 29 62 42 17 - mairie@remiremont.fr

Mel Bonis
Chausson
Mendelssohn

Evening and morning Op.78
Trio for piano, violin and cello in G minor Op.3
Trio for piano, violin and cello n°1 in D minor Op.49

Romantic Salon
Marianne Piketty, violin - Diana Ligeti, cello - Dana Ciocarlie, piano
Tickets: 15€

Mel Bonis
Chausson
Mendelssohn

Evening and morning Op.78
Trio for piano, violin and cello in G minor Op.3
Trio for piano, violin and cello n°1 in D minor Op.49

Booking:
Office du Tourisme de Mirecourt - Tel. 03 29 37 01 01 and directly the evenings of the shows / contact@tourisme-mirecourt.fr
Website: www.tourisme-mirecourt.fr / Facebook: Mirecourttourisme / Instagram: TourismeMirecourt

Informations:
Mail: civmirecourt@gmail.com / Website: www.rimirecourt.com / Facebook: Concours International de Violon de Mirecourt / Instagram: civmirecourt

Subscription for 3 concerts on November 8th, 9th and 13th: 28€