Victor Demarquette OSAMU & Co

Victor Demarquette, piano Sébastien Boin, conductor Aix-Marseille University and Pierre Barbizet Conservatory Symphony Orchestra

Rachmaninoff’s Concerto No. 2 has an astonishing history. Plunging into a nervous breakdown after the failure of his First Symphony, he consulted Dr. Nicolas Dahl. During hypnosis sessions, the neurologist promised him that he would write an immensely popular concerto. He got to work, and success followed. To perform this breathtakingly virtuosic work, we place our full trust in Victor Demarquette, 22, a student of Rena Shereshevskaja and Elisabeth Leonskaja. Son of cellist Henri Demarquette, this young pianist already has all the makings of a great artist. Under the direction of Sébastien Boin, OSAMU & Co will also perform Rachmaninoff’s symphonic poem The Isle of the Dead, composed after a painting by Böcklin.

PROGRAM RACHMANINOFF Concerto No. 2 The Isle of the Dead