Les Paladins / Jérôme Correas COUPERIN Leçons de Ténèbres

‘A few years ago, I was composing three Leçons de Ténèbres pour le Vendredy Saint, at the request of the Dames Religieuses de L[ongchamps], where they were sung successfully [...] even though the singing is noted in the key above, every other voice type would be able to sing them, especially since most of the people who accompa- ny nowadays know how to transpose...’.

This is what François Couperin says in the preface of the Leçons de Ténèbres du Mercredy Saint, giving us some very useful insights for better understanding a work that we must listen to here without the context of a religious ceremony or a church. (Jérôme Correas)

Aurèle Marthan MOZART PROJECT

Aurèle Marthan belongs to the new generation of performers who have a game both virtuoso and simple, without being demonstrative display of dexterity.

Studied piano and chamber music at the Paris Conservatory in particular, at the Istituto Superiore di Cremona in Italy and at the Royal Academy of Music in London where he obtained his Master. He followed mainly the teaching of  Denis Pascal , Maurizio Baglini and Tatiana Sarkissova and, for chamber music, that of Philippe Bernold,  Emmanuelle Bertrand ,  Eric Le Sage ,  Paul Meyer  and currently Itamar Golan sonatas with flutist Mathilde Calderini . He also received master classes from Pascal Devoyon and Imogen Cooper.

Born on 24 December 1986 Aurelius began piano at age 4 in Guéthary where he grew up. After the prize at the conservatory of Bayonne at 16, he joined the class of Denis Pascal in Rueil-Malmaison. This is a defining musical encounter for the young musician. He won first prize for excellence and development, as well as a First Prize unanimously in the chamber music class of Michel Moraguès. The young pianist is then impregnated technique and sensitivity to Russian Elena Rozanova, before joining the Higher Institute of Music in Cremona, in the class of Maurizio Baglini.