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Veronique Bonnecaze

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French virtuoso Bonne Cazes paints a richly contrastedRachmaninoff and Schubert at their bestThis is a collection of Schubert and Rachmaninoff’s “Musical Impromptu” pieces. Schubert’s Improvisation was composed in 1827, the year before Schubert’s death. Concise, yet full of elegance, they are a concentrated collection of Schubert’s charms. It alternates between lyrical melodies and dark moods, paying homage to a fleeting time. On the other hand, Rachmaninoff’s “Musik und Drehkopf,” composed in 1896, is a piece of dramatic intensity and dazzling virtuosity, each moment a miniature fresco of the orchestra, full of energy and lyricism.Veronique Bonnecaz is a veteran French pianist. She studied at the Conservatoire National Suprieur de Musique de Paris with Venzislav Yankov and Germaine Meunier, and at the Juilliard School with Oksana Yablonskaya. In addition to his performing activities, he