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Barbara Hannigan & Bertrand Chamayou
Event by: Festival Pražské jaro / Prague Spring Festival
Location: Rudolfinum, Alšovo nábřeží 12, Staré město - Praha 1
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🇨🇿 The newspaper Politiken called her a "phenomenon of today". And indeed – whatever composition this Canadian singer and conductor touches, she turns it into something extraordinary. Barbara Hannigan, winner of the Grammy and the title of Artist of the Year by Gramophone magazine, invited the French pianist, the only five-time winner of the prestigious Victoires de la Musique Classique Bertrand Chamayou, to collaborate on the first evening of her artist residency at the Prague Spring 2026. Together they will present Olivier Messiaen's charming Chants de terre et de ciel, with which they have already achieved success in many world capitals, and the Czech premiere of the Jumalmattaret cycle by the American composer and multi-instrumentalist John Zorn to the texts of the Finnish epic Kalevala. The dizzyingly challenging composition was considered unsingable for several years, until John Zorn met Barbara Hannigan... An imaginary bridge between these two song cycles will be two piano compositions by the Russian musical mystic Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin.
Tickets ➡️ https://bit.ly/pj2026-hannigan-chamayou
🇬🇧 The daily Politiken described her as “a phenomenon of our time.” This is truly the case: whatever work this Canadian singer and conductor touches is transformed into something extraordinary. For her first concert as Artist-in-Residence of the Prague Spring 2026, Barbara Hannigan, holder of a Grammy Award and Gramophone magazine’s Artist of the Year title, sought the collaboration of French pianist and the only artist to have received the prestigious Victoires de la Musique Classique award on five separate occasions, Bertrand Chamayou. Together they will present the charming Chants de terre et de ciel by Olivier Messiaen, which they have performed to huge acclaim in numerous world venues, and the Czech premiere of the cycle Jumalmattaret by American composer and multi-instrumentalist John Zorn, set to texts from the Finnish epic Kalevala. This staggeringly difficult work was regarded as unsingable for several years until John Zorn met Barbara Hannigan... Forming an imaginary bridge between these two song cycles are two piano pieces by Russian musical mystic Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin.
Tickets ➡️ https://bit.ly/ps2026-hannigan-chamayou
Tickets ➡️ https://bit.ly/pj2026-hannigan-chamayou
🇬🇧 The daily Politiken described her as “a phenomenon of our time.” This is truly the case: whatever work this Canadian singer and conductor touches is transformed into something extraordinary. For her first concert as Artist-in-Residence of the Prague Spring 2026, Barbara Hannigan, holder of a Grammy Award and Gramophone magazine’s Artist of the Year title, sought the collaboration of French pianist and the only artist to have received the prestigious Victoires de la Musique Classique award on five separate occasions, Bertrand Chamayou. Together they will present the charming Chants de terre et de ciel by Olivier Messiaen, which they have performed to huge acclaim in numerous world venues, and the Czech premiere of the cycle Jumalmattaret by American composer and multi-instrumentalist John Zorn, set to texts from the Finnish epic Kalevala. This staggeringly difficult work was regarded as unsingable for several years until John Zorn met Barbara Hannigan... Forming an imaginary bridge between these two song cycles are two piano pieces by Russian musical mystic Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin.
Tickets ➡️ https://bit.ly/ps2026-hannigan-chamayou