1 April will see the UK premiere & only 2nd ever performance of Yvonne Loriod's song cycle 'Grains de Cendres' at the Cambridge Festival. In this blog post Peter Asimov sheds light on this fascinating musician & the recent rediscovery of her music: #IWD2023 rb.gy/lhvo9t

Further details about the concert, which will take place Robinson College , including how to reserve a free place, can be found at the Cambridge Festival website: festival.cam.ac.uk/events/discove…

Impressive database on French pianist-composer Yvonne Loriod from Peter Asimov #WomenAtThePiano.

Peter Asimov on Protagonizing Yvonne Loriod (rather than ‘rescuing’). Thought-provoking considerations of how we can reconcile 1) foregrounding the work of a self-effacing individual with 2) staying true to their self-presentation and the strategies they made. #WomenAtThePiano

Jeudi concert 🗓️ 1/2 La semaine prochaine au @CnsmdParis , se tiendra une journée dédiée à #YvonneLoriod. Ce sera l’occasion, le soir, d’entendre pour la première fois depuis les années 1940, la musique de Loriod (!)…

2/2 … avec le cycle « Grains de cendre », pour soprano, piano et ondes Martenot 💫 Un événement à ne pas rater ! ☀️⤵️ @CnsmdParis Peter Asimov conservatoiredeparis.fr/fr/

going to Paris in a few days to sing as part of this wonderful celebration of an iconic female figure in 20th century music making.

Wishing all the best to everyone taking part in today's Journée Yvonne Loriod at @CnsmdParis , co-organised by our very own Peter Asimov ! So looking forward to welcoming students from the Conservatoire to Cambridge this Sat for the UK premiere of Loriod's 'Grains de cendre'!

TOMORROW! So excited to be welcoming musicians from @CnsmdParis for the UK premiere of Loriod’s ‘Grains de cendre’ alongside a performance of ‘Harawi’ by our very own Hannah Dienes-Williams & Greg May! Pre-concert talk at 3pm with Peter Asimov, Christopher Brent Murray & Jeremy Thurlow

Setting up the ondes Martenot for today’s Yvonne Loriod-Olivier Messiaen concert...! Robinson College Cambridge Uni Music Cambridge Festival See you at 4pm! (+talk at 3pm...)

Grains de Cendre (1946) by Yvonne Loriod So glad I heard the UK première today Robinson College. Stunning, intense cycle for sop, pno & ondes Martenot. Mesmerising performance from @CnsmdParis students inc superlative singing from #MargauxPoguet Left me with tears in my eyes!

amazing to hear the UK premiere of Yvonne Loriod’s ‘Grains de cendre’ today, alongside Harawi, amidst beautiful bricks and stained glass Robinson College. What an achievement Peter Asimov and all!

‘Félicitations’ to the amazing musicians from @CnsmdParis who gave the UK premiere of Loriod’s ‘Grains de cendre’ today. Congratulations, too, to Hannah Dienes-Williams & Greg May for a stunning performance of Messiaen’s Harawi. Huge thanks to Peter Asimov for organising this event 👏

Post standing ovation in Cassini delle Murge. A wonderfully kind welcome from the mayor and civic dignitaries. Today it’s on to Molfetta!

I’m extremely honoured - thank you to the committee and to the IMS!

Really looking forward to hearing Yvonne Loriod's song cycle Grains de cendre in Oxford next Monday Peter Asimov Sirius Chau - Flautist Claire Ward & Jongsun Woo oxfordsong.org/events/grains-…

Today our Mastercourse gets under way, alongside three recitals rooted in Paris. The relationship between Verlaine and Rimbaud is the basis for the lunchtime concert, before an event exploring Yvonne Loriod in her centenary year, and this evening we mark Fauré’s centenary.

Fabulous to discover Yvonne Loriod as composer of Grains de cendre Oxford Song (formerly Oxford Lieder) - congratulations Peter Asimov Claire Ward Sirius Chau - Flautist JongSun Woo

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