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Hommage à Haydn

I part:

George Benjamin

Meditation on Haydn’s name

Joseph Haydn

Thème and Variations in F Minor, Hob XVII: 6  

Maurice Ravel

Menuet sur le nom d’Haydn

Joseph Haydn

Sonata in C Major, Hob XVI: 50

20-minute intermission

II part:

Paul Dukas

Prélude Élégiaque sur le nom de Haydn

Joseph Haydn

Sonata in D Major, Hob XVI: 24

Claude Debussy

Hommage à Haydn

Joseph Haydn

Sonata in E-flat Major, Hob XVI: 52

Approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes including an intermission

Latecomers will not be admitted into the auditorium once the performance has begun. Entry will only be permitted during intermission, if applicable

Theotime Gillot studied at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris with Claire Désert as well as at the Sibelius Academy (Helsinki) with Tuija Hakkila. He is now pursuing his studies at the Hochschule für Musik Basel with Claudio Martinez Mehner. At the age of 21, he won 1st prize and audience prize at the prestigious European Piano Competition in Bremen. He is also a prizewinner of numerous international competitions such as the Maj Lind International Competition (Finland), the Tallinn International Piano Competition (Estonia) or the Chopin Competition for Young Pianists (Switzerland) where he also received the special prize of the Chopin Institute which invited him to Poland for a tour in 2021. On this occasion, he received advice from Martha Argerich, who encouraged him and recognized him as “a very special talent”.

His career has taken him to Germany, Japan, Switzerland, Italy, Poland, Finland and Estonia and he has performed as a soloist with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Bremer Philarmoniker and the Estonian National Orchestra. He is regularly invited in many venues in Europe and beyond, such as the Festival de la Roque d’Anthéron, Musikdorf Ernen, Les Pianissimes, Piano à Riom, les Musicales du Golfe, les Journées Ravel, Les Musicales de Gadagnes, Festival Jeune Chopin in Cannes, Les Pianoctambules or Festival Musical Durtal… He also appeared in the live broadcast “Générations France Musique, le live” and took part in the summer tour of Gautier Capucon in 2021. As a member of the Trio Zarathoustra, he is an eager chamber music player and also shares the stage with many other musicians. He was fortunate to learn from many masters such as Anne Queffélec, Wolfram Schmitt-Leonardy, Rena Shereshevskaya, Akiko Ebi, Nikolai Demidenko, Robert Levin, Jean-Philippe Collard, Emmanuel Strosser, Alexander Lonquich or David Bismuth. He is a 2024 laureate of the Banque Populaire foundation.