Paavo Järvi conducts Haydn, Mozart & Debussy

Paavo Järvi conducts Haydn, Mozart & Debussy

There have been quite a few children prodigies in the history of music. Yet, an equally exceptional phenomenon is that of a musician who has devoted over eighty years of his life to music and finds himself in a mental and physical state which still allows him to keep performing in front of a vast audience. For these chosen artists, one could forge a new concept, that of the “venerable prodigy”, a category to which Menahem Pressler belongs without any doubts. After 53 years as the legendary pianist of the Beaux-Arts trio (from 1955 to 2008), Menahem Pressler is now enjoying an incredible Indian summer which is bringing him back to the solo career he enjoyed for a decade, after he won the Debussy competition. In this concert he plays with Paavo Järvi and the Orchestre de Paris at Salle Pleyel in Paris. On the program: Haydn - Symphony No. 84, Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 27 and Debussy - Claire de lune.