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Duo b!z'art
You were absolutely brilliant. Many thanks!
Thank you both for a wonderful concert, great choice of music, not to mention an introduction to Percy Pitt and as ever, virtuosic playing
Duo - Instrumental
Instrumentation
- Geoffrey Baptiste - Piano
- Andre Roe - Piano
Repertoire
"Across the stars":
A.Copland, Variations on a Shaker Melody (from Appalachian Spring)
G.Holst, The Planets (selection)
J.Williams, Star Wars Suite
E.MacDowell: Moon Pictures
N.Kapustin, Sinfonietta op. 49
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"Across the Channel/Outre-Manche : a century of great Music"
P.Pitt, Cinderella op.26
J.Hearne, Solemn and Strange Music
C.Lambert, 3 Pièces nègres sur les touches blanches
R.Vaughan Williams, English folk songs suite (arr. L.Beeckmans)
R.Vaughan Williams The Wasps Overture (arr. C.Lambert)
Bizet, Jeux d'enfants op.22
Debussy, 6 Epigraphes Antiques
Fauré, Dolly op.56
Satie, La Belle Excentrique
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and many more programs here: https://www.duobizart.be/pgrm_en.htm
Biography
b!z'art or bizarre?
Endowed with a strong artistic personality, motivated by a constant search for cohesion and precision, this duo of pianists on 1 and 2 pianos (or rather a single person with 20 fingers?) is out of the ordinary and déjà vu...
Passionate and committed musicians, Geoffrey Baptiste and André Roe like to share their love of music wherever they can take it, with great simplicity and complicity with the public.
Every year, they make numerous tours across Europe (Scandinavia, the British Isles, the Baltic Republics, Slovenia, Croatia,...) as well as in China.
Influenced by their musical tastes ranging from romanticism to 20th century music, their concerts revolve around strong and original themes (An American in Paris, Aboard the Orient Express, Tales and Legends...) combining undisputed masterpieces with unjustly forgotten works.
Alongside these recitals, they also offer musical performances where the concert is lived as a "complete" experience, combining music, theatre and visual projection, during which they ensure that the spectator lives a passionate artistic story.
In addition, they attach great importance to sharing their passion with the young and regularly propose educational concerts for children, whether in partnership with cultural institutions (cultural centres, theatres, festivals, etc.) or directly in schools.
The duo b!z'art was founded in 2004 by André and Geoffrey after their studies, having met in the class of Professor Evgeny Moguilevsky at the Royal Conservatoire of Brussels.
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