Jean Françaix
- Trio Mirages, Morgana Rudan, Marta Premoli, Claudia Piga
- Marleen Asberg, Daniel Esser, Michael Gieler, Jan Wolfs, Ken Hakii, Romain Bischoff, Caroline Strumphler, Thies Roorda, Christoph Streuli, Jean Françaix, De Reede
Biography
Jean Françaix (1912-1997) developed a mature compositional style early and rarely waivered from it. He wrote successfully in every medium: passionate grand operas, especially La Princesse de Cleves; lightly droll ballets (Les demoiselles de la nuit); profound oratorio (L'apocalypse de St. Jean); and affectionate yet playful piano and chamber music. His brilliance at orchestral writing is found in everything from his early Concertino for piano and orchestra to his orchestrations of other composers' music. Françaix's style is fundamentally conservative for the 20th century, but still highly original.