Elsa Grether Explained

Elsa Grether (born 28 June 1980) is a French classical violinist, laureate of the International Pro Musicis 2009 Prize unanimously by the jury (with pianist Delphine Bardin), who made her recital debut at Carnegie Hall in New York and in Boston in 2012.

Training

Born in Mulhouse, Grether began playing the violin at the age of five. She obtained a first prize in violin unanimously from the jury at the on her fifteenth birthday. She continued her training abroad at the Mozarteum University Salzburg with Ruggiero Ricci, then in the United States with Mauricio Fuks at the Indiana University Bloomington and Donald Weilerstein at the New England Conservatory of Music of Boston. She also benefited from the advice of Régis Pasquier in Paris.

Style and repertoire

As a soloist with orchestra, she has played numerous concertos (Bach, Vivaldi, Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, Bruch, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Shebalin, Dvorak, Prokofiev, Saint-Saëns, Ravel's Tzigane etc.)

She performs in recital in prestigious festivals and venues in France and abroad:, Festival de Menton^[1] Bozar and Le Flagey in Brussels, Salle Cortot in Paris, Musica Festival in Strasbourg, Forest Festival, Sully Festival,^[2] Festival Lille Clef de Soleil, Palazzetto Bru-Zane in Venice, Radio Suisse-Romande in Geneva, Festival Musiques en Eté in Geneva,^[3] Festival Cully Classique (Switzerland), Flâneries musicales de Reims,^[4] Festival de Saint-Lizier, Festival des Abbayes en Lorraine,^[5] Festival de Musique Sacrée de Perpignan, Festival Berlioz, Grandes Heures de Cluny, Chicago Myra Hess Concert Series, Mozarteum in Salzbourg, Radio Nationale d’Alger, Scène Nationale de Martinique etc.

She collaborates in particular with pianists David Lively, Ferenc Vizi, François Dumont, Marie Vermeulin, Johan Schmidt, Delphine Bardin, as well as with Jérémy Jouve (guitar), Régis Pasquier (violin) etc.

She is also fond of the solo violin repertoire, performing in very eclectic programmes.^[6]

Critics

devoted a program to her in "Toute la musique qu'ils aiment" (France 3) and she is regularly invited on France Musique,^{[7] [8] [9]} France Culture, Musiq’3, RTS Suisse et Accent4.^[10]

Her first three CDs, released by Fuga Libera,^[11] got unanimous reviews, especially in specialized magazines (Gramophone,^{[12] [13]} 5 Diapasons,^[14] 4 étoiles Classica,^[15] Concertclassic^{[16] [17] [18]} Classiquenews^[19],^[20] Musicologie.org,^{[21] [22]} La Libre Belgique, Artamag,^[23] Wunderkammern,^[24] la Revue du Spectacle,^[25] etc.)

Discography

• March 2013: Poème mystique (Ernest Bloch, Arvo Pärt), recorded with the pianist Ferenc Vizi,^[26] at Fuga Libera/Harmonia Mundi.
• November 2015: French Resonance (Gabriel Pierné, Louis Vierne and Gabriel Fauré) recorded with the pianist François Dumont, at Fuga Libera/Outhere.
• June 2017: Kaléidoscope, solo violin (Bach, Tôn-Thất Tiết, Ysaÿe, Khachaturian, Honegger, Albéniz), recorded at the Fontevraud Abbey at Fuga Libera/Outhere.
• April 2019 : Masques (Sergueï Prokofiev), recorded with the pianist David Lively, at Fuga Libera/Outhere.
• September 2022 : Complete Works for Violin and Piano (Ravel), recorded with the pianist David Lively, at Aparté.

External links

• Official website
• Discography (Discogs)
• Teaser CD Kaléidoscope
• Asturias, Albeniz, from the Kaléidoscope CD
• Soundcloud from the French Resonance CD
• Elsa GRETHER, Eugène YSAYE, Sonata no.3, Ballade (YouTube)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Elsa Grether - 67ème Festival de Musique de Menton. www.festival-musique-menton.fr. 24 June 2018.
2. Web site: Sully-sur-Loire lance les festivals classiques de l'été. Culturebox. 24 June 2018.
3. Web site: Elsa Grether et David Lively en concert à Genève, Festival Musique en été 2015. www.leprogramme.ch. 24 June 2018.
4. Web site: Elsa Grether - Flaneries Musicales de Reims - Festival de Musique Classique. www.flaneriesreims.com. 24 June 2018.
5. Web site: Festival des Abbayes en Lorraine. ec-lorraine.com. 24 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20151205185242/http://ec-lorraine.com/abbayes15/b15/prog15/ensbl15/gerst/elsa.html. 5 December 2015. dead.
6. Web site: Aimer à n'en savoir que dire… Elsa Grether à Viserny. www.musicologie.org. 24 June 2018.
7. Web site: Patricia Petibon, les disquaires, Elsa Grether et Marie Vermeulin.... France Musique. 21 November 2014 . 24 June 2018.
8. Web site: Un tilleul, Dutilleux. France Musique. 14 December 2015 . 24 June 2018.
9. News: fr. Quoi de neuf dans les bacs ? Avec Elsa Grether, Pierre Moraguès et Alexis Kossenko. France Musique. 2017-08-07. 24 June 2018.
10. Web site: Radio Accent 4, la musique classique en Alsace: les entretiens d'Accent 4 : Elsa Grether. blog.accent4.com. 24 June 2018. 26 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160326233851/http://blog.accent4.com/2015/12/les-entretiens-daccent-4-elsa-greiter.html. dead.
11. Web site: Snowcap. Bureau347 &. French Resonance Outhere Music. www.outhere-music.com. 24 June 2018.
12. Web site: en. Gardner. Charlotte. Elsa Grether: Kaleidoscope. www.gramophone.co.uk. 2017-11-02. 24 June 2018.
13. Web site: Greenfield. Edward. BLOCH Violin Sonatas Nos 1 & 2. www.gramophone.co.uk. 2013-09-05. 24 June 2018.
14. News: fr. Critique du CD Kaléidoscope dans DIAPASON. Elsa GRETHER. 2017-11-07. 24 June 2018.
15. Web site: fr. Discographie/Commande CD. Elsa GRETHER. 31 October 2012 . 24 June 2018.
16. News: fr. alaincochard. Elsa Grether en tournée avec l'Orchestre symphonique de Briansk - Archet racé. Concertclassic. 2017-07-02. 24 June 2018.
17. Web site: fr. alaincochard. "French Resonance" par Elsa Grether et François Dumont. Concertclassic. 6 November 2015 . 24 June 2018.
18. Web site: fr. alaincochard. Elsa Grether et François Dumont au Musée Eugène-Delacroix - Complicité et engagement – Compte-rendu. Concertclassic. 30 November 2015 . 24 June 2018.
19. Web site: en. CD, compte-rendu critique. ELSA GRETHER : Kaleidoscope (1 cd Fuga libera 2017). Classique News. www.classiquenews.com. 24 June 2018.
20. Web site: Okada. Victoria. Elsa Grether et François Dumont magiques dans Pierné et Vierne À Emporter ResMusica. 23 January 2016 . 24 June 2018.
21. Web site: French Resonance : magistrale réussite d'Elsa Grether et de François Dumont. www.musicologie.org. 24 June 2018.
22. Web site: Que tout le travail soit guidé par l'amour de la musique, l'envie et le besoin de le partager, Elsa Grether répond à nos questions. musicologie.org. 24 June 2018.
23. Web site: Sonates de France ARTAMAG'. www.artalinna.com. 4 January 2016 . 24 June 2018.
24. Web site: La fraîcheur et le feu. Pierné, Vierne et Fauré par Elsa Grether.... Wunderkammern. 24 June 2018. 7 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160407034737/http://wunderkammern.fr/2016/01/31/la-fraicheur-et-le-feu-pierne-vierne-et-faure-par-elsa-grether-et-francois-dumont/. dead.
25. Web site: Ducq. Christine. "French Resonance", l'École Française par excellence. La Revue du Spectacle, le magazine des arts de la scène et du spectacle vivant. Infos théâtre, chanson, café-théâtre, cirque, arts de la rue, agenda, CD, etc.. 24 June 2018.
26. http://www.pianobleu.com/ferenc_vizi.html Ferenc Vizi