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Adam Laloum

Posted: Saturday | 12.03.11

Adam Laloum

Adam Laloum live at Verbier Festival

Recorded at the Verbier Festival, 2010

The French pianist, Adam Laloum, winner of the 2009 Clara Haskil competition, is quickly becoming well known; he was described by Le Monde as ‘A young pianist, yet already a great artist and poet.’
Mr. Laloum has already played at many of the major venues in Europe. His impressive debut at the 2010 Verbier Festival is shared here in a live recording.

Laloum’s sensitive and expressive playing is perfect for this program of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century works for solo piano, which includes pieces by Schubert, Schumann, Brahms and Debussy.

The selections are:

Brahms:

Intermezzo in B flat minor, Op. 117 No. 2

Debussy:

Préludes – Book 2: No. 6, General Lavine – eccentric

Préludes – Book 2: No. 7, La terrasse des audiences au clair de lune

Schubert:

Piano Sonata No. 18 in G major, D894

Schumann:

Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6

Performed by Adam Laloum, piano.

I heard this DVD again last night, and was delighted by it. The Schumann comes first, and Mr. Laloum has a wonderful touch for these magical dances. The Schubert is by far the major work on this recording. And Adam Laloum has a wonderful interpretation here. The single word that comes to mind to describe his interpretation is “shimmering”.

Schubert’s sunlight simply glistens on the Austrian mountain stream that I personally hear in this music. The technique is excellent, the dynamics are varied, and the whole performance is very satisfying.

DVD Release Date: July 26, 2011

Watch now as Adam Laloum plays Schumann’s “Davidsbündlertänze” from the Verbier Festival 2010