Eric Le Sage
Pianist Eric Le Sage specializes in Romantic music, often performing works by Robert Schumann and the music of French composers. He has a large repertory of rarely played concertos of the 19th and 20th centuries.
Le Sage was born in Aix-en-Provence, France, on June 15, 1964. He studied at the Conservatoire de Paris and went on to London for further training with Maria Curcio. Major competition wins launched his career, including the Porto International Piano Competition in 1985, the Robert Schumann International Competition in Zwickau, Germany in 1989, and the Leeds Competition in 1990. That win entailed the chance to perform in concert under conductor Simon Rattle, and Le Sage has gone on to perform concertos with such top orchestras as Berlin's Konzerthaus Orchester, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the NHK Symphony. His recital career has taken him to such prestigious venues as Wigmore Hall in London, the Alte Oper in Frankfurt, and Tokyo's Suntory Hall, as well as most of France's major halls. An enthusiastic chamber music player, Le Sage has collaborated with the likes of the Quatuor Ébène, Les Vents Français, and flutist Emmanuel Pahud. In 1993, he made his recording debut on the Denon label, backing clarinetist Paul Meyer on the album French Clarinet Art. A frequent sight at French festivals, Le Sage founded the Festival international de musique de Salon-de-Provence in 1994. He backed a variety of other soloists on recordings in the 1990s, making his solo debut in 2001 on the RCA label with the album Poulenc: Oeuvres pour piano.
Le Sage is especially noted for his complete recorded cycles of the music of various composers, crowned by a set of Schumann's music in observance of that composer's 200th birthday in 2010. He has also recorded complete cycles of the piano music of Poulenc and the piano chamber music of Fauré; a cycle of Brahms' chamber music with piano was underway in the late 2010s; by 2021, it had reached nine volumes. Le Sage has recorded for the RCA, EMI, and Alpha labels, as well as many others; in the late 2010s, he moved to the B Records label for his Brahms chamber cycle, which continued through the early 2020s. In 2021, he issued an album of Hindemith's wind sonatas with Les Vents Français on Warner Classics. In 2022, he released an album of Mozart piano concertos with the Gävle Symphony Orchestra on the Alpha label and the solo recital Jardins Suspendus on Sony Classical. Le Sage returned in 2023 on Warner Classics, backing flutist Emmanuel Pahud on the album Romances. By that time, his recording catalog comprised more than 60 items.
© James Manheim /TiVo
Artistas similares
-
Klavierwerke & Kammermusik - IX
Eric Le Sage, Gordan Nikolitch, Paul Meyer, Christophe Coin
Clásica - Editado por Alpha Classics el 08-03-2010
24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo -
Schumann : Klavierwerke & Kammermusik - X
Daishin Kashimoto, Lise Berthaud, François Salque, Eric Le Sage, Gordan Nikolitch
Clásica - Editado por Alpha Classics el 26-08-2010
24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo -
Für die Jugend... (Pour la jeunesse...)
Eric Le Sage, Frank Braley, Denis Pascal
Clásica - Editado por Alpha Classics el 23-04-2009
24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo -
Poulenc - Piano Music, Vol. 1
Clásica - Editado por RCA Red Seal el 07-12-1998
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Chamber Works
Emmanuel Pahud, Eric Le Sage, Paul Meyer
Clásica - Editado por Warner Classics el 07-03-2005
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Gesänge der Frühe (Klavierwerke & Kammermusik - V)
Clásica - Editado por Alpha Classics el 25-08-2008
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Klavierwerke & Kammermusik - VIII
Clásica - Editado por Alpha Classics el 05-11-2009
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Musique pour clavier et musique de chambre (Volume XI)
Clásica - Editado por Alpha Classics el 04-11-2010
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Sonatas For Flute
Clásica - Editado por Warner Classics el 04-10-2004
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Schumann - Fantasiestücke, Op. 73: III. Rasch und mit Feuer
Clásica - Editado por Warner Classics el 21-04-2023
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Robert Schumann : An Clara
Clásica - Editado por Outhere el 01-01-2006
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Mozart Stories - Flute Sonata in E Minor, K. 304: II. Tempo di menuetto
Música de cámara - Editado por Warner Classics el 19-04-2024
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Œuvres pour clavier
Clásica - Editado por Alpha Classics el 01-01-2007
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Beethoven: Sonates pour violoncelle et piano
Clásica - Editado por Sony Classical el 24-02-2017
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Mozart Stories - Flute Sonata in B-Flat Major, K. 378: II. Andantino sostenuto e cantabile
Música de cámara - Editado por Warner Classics el 05-04-2024
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Horn & Piano
Clásica - Editado por Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin el 27-02-2009
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
-
Poulenc - Piano Music, Vol. 3
Clásica - Editado por RCA Red Seal el 24-02-1999
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo