Abracadabra Beatrice Berrut

• Paul Dukas (1865 - 1935): The Sorcerer’s Apprentice:
• 1 Dukas: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (Transcr. for Piano by Beatrice Berrut) 10:37
• Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921): Danse Macabre, Op. 40:
• 2 Saint-Saëns: Danse Macabre, Op. 40 (Transcr. for Piano by Franz Liszt) 10:13
• Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971): The Firebird Suite, K010:
• 3 Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite, K010: III. Infernal Dance of King Kastchei (Transcr. for Piano by Guido Agosti) 05:05
• 4 Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite, K010: IV. Lullaby (Transcr. for Piano by Guido Agosti) 04:05
• 5 Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite, K010: V. Finale (Transcr. for Piano by Guido Agosti) 03:13
• Beatrice Berrut (b. 1985): Untold Tales:
• 6 Berrut: Untold Tales: No. 1, Caring Stepmother 05:04
• 7 Berrut: Untold Tales: No. 2, Bipolar Mermaid 04:19
• 8 Berrut: Untold Tales: No. 3, She Didn't Wait for His Kiss to Wake Up 06:40
• Pavel Pabst (1854 - 1897): Concert Paraphrase on "The Sleeping Beauty":
• 9 Pabst: Concert Paraphrase on "The Sleeping Beauty" (After Tchaikovsky) 06:34
• Robert B. Sherman (1925 - 2012), Richard M. Sherman (1928 - 2024): Higitus Figitus (From "The Sword in the Stone"):
• 10 Sherman, Sherman: Higitus Figitus (From "The Sword in the Stone") [Arr. for Piano by Beatrice Berrut] 01:44
• John Williams (b. 1932): Hedwig (From "Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone"):
• 11 Williams: Hedwig (From "Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone") [Arr. for Piano by Beatrice Berrut] 03:01
• Total Runtime 01:00:35

Info for Abracadabra

Her intensive frequentation of the works of Liszt has nurtured her sense of narrative and her talent as a colourist. Beatrice Berrut knows how to turn her piano into a veritable orchestra, to mould the sound material, to create profoundly poetic atmospheres and transport us into a dreamlike world. For this musician, who grew up surrounded by nature, has kept her childlike soul and developed an imaginary universe populated by fantastical characters straight out of fairytale, though she does not hesitate to shake up its codes. Deftly handling the arts of transcription and composition, she tells us these stories in her own way, embracing sensuous delight, frissons and chaos.

Beatrice Berrut, piano

Beatrice Berrut
Described by the international press as "a revelation, an exceptional pianist", whose "transcendent playing revels in multiple layers of genius and beauty", Beatrice is considered one of the most talented artists of her generation.

She has played numerous concerts throughout Europe and America at prestigious venues (the Berlin Philharmony, the Preston Bradley Hall of Chicago, the Wigmore Hall in London, the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, Victoria Hall in Geneva, Teatro Coliseo of Buenos Aires, the Cleveland Museum of Arts...) in recital as well as a soloist with orchestras such as the Orchestra della Svizerra Italiana, the North Czech Philharmonic, the Camerata Menuhin, the Berliner Kammerphilharmonie, the Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra, the United Nations Orchestra…

Beatrice was born in the Swiss canton of Valais in 1985, and and after studying at the Conservatoire de Lausanne and at the Heinrich Neuhaus Foundation in Zurich she graduated from the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" in Berlin, where she studied with Galina Iwanzowa. She was awarded an Artist Diploma in John O’Conor’s class at the Royal Irish Academy of Music in Dublin.

She also appears regularly on television (ARTE, France 3, RTS, Sat3, ZDF, Tv Berlin, Canal9) and on Swiss, German, US, French, Belgian and Canadian radios (BBC3, WFMT Chicago, CWKR, France Musique, Espace 2, RTBF…).

Her discography is internationally acclaimed, and whereas Fanfare Record Magazine compares her playing to Horowitz, French magazine Diapason praises her “silvery sound, her warm and charming playing”.

In 2005 Beatrice was personally invited by Gidon Kremer to play several concerts at his festival in Basel, and she regulary appears with first class partners such as Shlomo Mintz, Itzhak Perlman, Frans Helmerson and Mihaela Martin. She has been as well collaborating with French-Belgian cellist Camille Thomas since years now.

Her career has been granted numerous awards - the “Revelacion” prize 2011 of the Argentinian Critics’ Association, Geneva’s Arts Society’s Prize in 2006, The Förderpreis of the State of Valais, as well as the Griffon culturel of the Association du Chablais (CH).

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