LUCAS DEBARGUE

Artist’s website

Following the triumph of Lucas Debargue at the 2015 Tchaikovsky International Competition in Moscow, Olivier Bellamy writes, “Since Glenn Gould’s visit to Moscow and Van Cliburn’s victory at the Tchaikovsky Competition in the heat of the Cold War, never has a foreign artist provoked such frenzy. Indeed, Debargue’s remarkable story at the Tchaikovsky Competition is the subject of a major documentary, “To Music”.

Lucas Debargue is regularly invited to give solo recitals and concerto appearances with the Berlin Philharmonic, Concertgebouw Orchestra, at London’s Wigmore Hall and Royal Festival Hall, Carnegie Hall, as well as concert halls in Taipei, Seoul, and of course, at the Great Hall of the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow.

A recording artist for Sony Classical, he has already recorded five albums, as well as a four-volume tribute to Scarlatti, hailed by the New York Times as one of “the ten classical albums to usher in the next decade.” He also devotes a significant amount of time to composition, and has created over twenty works for piano and chamber ensembles.

In his playing, Debargue draws inspiration from literature, painting, cinema, jazz, and develops very personal interpretations of a carefully selected repertoire.

The Vancouver Chopin Society is proud to present the Vancouver appearance of this remarkable and original young artist.