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Pianist Magazine - Interview
April 2024"After I won the Brest International Piano Competition under the honorary chairman of Vlado Perlemuter, I was privileged to study his annotated scores which he made during his collaboration with Ravel in 1927. They have been an infinitely precious resource for me, revealing all sorts of secrets of interpretation: his markings are very detailed and pertain to musical expression as well as to aspects such as tempi, pedalling, phrasing and tonal colors. They highlight the sophistication of the Ravelian style and the aesthetic purity demanded by the composer in which any form of affectation was taboo. They are deserving of being considered authentic Urtexts, and the copious errors perpetrated in published editions have also been corrected."
Pianist Magazine (UK)
N°137 - April/ May 2024 issue
Interview
Erica Worth -
ConcertoNet
March 2024"How to characterize Vincent Larderet’s artistic endeavors? Answer: 'Unabashed patience'. Each of the passages is self-contained, neatly packaged, tightly encapsulated with genuine authenticity...the richness is deep and viscous. (...) What’s realized here is M. Larderet’s worthy souvenance and spirited emotion...the human breath stops for a moment to digest. (...) M. Larderet helps to re‑illuminate those hidden feelings deep inside Ravel’s mind."
ConcertoNet.com (USA)
Christie Grimstad -
Cadences Magazine
January 2023"The greatest current scriabinian, Vincent Larderet distinguished himself by an olympian vision of the Master"
Cadences Magazine (France) - Jan./Feb. 2023 issue
Michel Fleury -
GRAMOPHONE
December 2022"Expansive and full-bodied readings [...] alluring phrasings and ravishing high-register tracery [...] Larderet gives his fervent all in the Second Sonata [...] excellent production values also deserve mention and praise"
Gramophone Magazine (UK) - Issue 12 / 2022
Jed Distler -
INTERNATIONAL PIANO - COVER & INTERVIEW
September 2022International Piano Magazine (UK)
Vincent Larderet on the cover
October 2022 issue
Exclusive 4 pages interview
Michael Church -
International PIANO - INTERVIEW
May 2021International Piano Magazine (UK)
Extensive "One to watch" 2 pages ITW
Michael Johnson
Twilight tone
“It is essential to go beyond the notes on the page, he says, and to ‘master the stylistic shadings of the period’ “ -
Neue Musikzeitung
April 2021"Larderet makes every chord shine in all its complexity, compellingly builds up the small sound dramas, gives the large pieces that aura of sublime violence that does not let go of the listener until the end; and thus captivates for 87 minutes with the only interruption of the CD change. And incidentally, adding to all the poetry, he turns out to be one of the best pianists of our time.”
Neue Musikzeitung (Germany) - April 2021 issue
Christoph Schlüren -
Fanfare Magazine
March 2021“Once more, Larderet projects forceful tritones, tolling bells, so as to invoke a grim procession subtle in its invocation of Tristan’s “longing” motif (Liszt's La lugubre gondola). […] This broad but through-composed piece (Ballade N°2) allows Larderet to display bravura technique and a real panoply of keyboard color, chromatic, in cascades of broken octaves or plummeting and rising scales. […] Larderet injects the requisite girth, tautness, and sensitivity into this tribute to the heroic spirit with an ardor and technical panache we like from Horowitz and Cziffra, admirable company, indeed.”
Fanfare Magazine (USA) N° 44:4 - Mar/Apr 2021 issue
Gary Lemco -
Facts & Arts - Interview
January 2021Facts & Arts (UK)
Interview with Vincent Larderet – arresting freshness brings Liszt back to life
Michael Johnson
Larderet analyses his musical foundations, his development as an artist. I asked him how true it is that French teachings are resistant to outside ideas. “Absolutely true,” he said. “French music education is very narrow. I suffered in my younger years from these constrictions. I chose another way and have never regretted it.” In amongst “other ways” he included gaining recognition through international piano competitions and concerts. -
Télérama 3 f
January 2021"Perfectly at ease in this contrasted universe, Vincent Larderet, depending on the pieces, demonstrates the endurance of a marathon runner or the precision of a miniaturist. Devoid of effects (but not of brilliance), never brutal, his approach is elegant, rigorous, concerned with balance and nuance."
Télérama fff Award N°3707 (France)
Sophie Bourdais -
Panet Hugill - Interview
January 2021Planet Hugill (UK - London) - referenced in the 'Top 50 Classical Music Blogs'
Extensive edifying Interview
Robert Hugill
"The performer is a mirror who should serve the text and the composer: French pianist Vincent Larderet discusses his approach in the light of his recent Liszt recital Between Light & Darkness" -
RTS Espace 2 - Interview
January 2021Radio RTS Espace 2 (Switzerland)
About the LISZT 2CD Set Between Light & Darkness
Interview by Julian Sykes available for Replay starting 1h19min -
International Piano
January 2021“Larderet impressed with his previous release […], but this recital takes things to the next level. His melding of the intellectual with the visceral is rare.”
International Piano magazine (UK) - January / February 2021 issue
Colin Clarke -
Klassik Heute "Empfehlung"
December 2020"He not only has absolute control over his instrument and all parameters of piano playing, but also a mental, or rather poetic-philosophical, penetration of the works and their content that I have never encountered in this form with Liszt. [...] First and foremost, however, it is with a tremendous emotional urgency that electrifies me about Larderet's well-thought-out Liszt interpretation. Between virtuosity and spirituality, between asceticism and pathos, an inner tremor that is tense and just controllable pervades his game; and that's why his Liszt recording is deeply personal for me, so incomparable and simply recommendable.”
Klassik Heute "Empfehlung" (Germany) - December 30th, 2020
Christof Jetzschke -
Musical Life
November 2020“[…] Vincent Larderet is considered to be one of the most eminent pianists of our time. The very concept of the program from the works of Franz Liszt convinces us that Larderet […] is a deep thinker and philosopher.”
“Larderet, quite justifiably, once again throws off the artificial shackles of the 'anti-impressionist' and gives free rein to his strongest sides - the ability to 'paint music', playing with timbres, contrasts of dynamic nuances, the deep and full-blooded sound of the instrument.[…]
This is not a piano, not an organ, or even an orchestra, but a chorus of human voices. It seems that such a 'special effect' could only be achieved with a very personal experience. And again, one has to wonder where a young man like Larderet has a life experience that allows him to penetrate into such abysses?"
Musical Life Magazine (Russia) N°11 - Nov. 2020 issue
Maria Zalesskaya -
MusicWeb International
October 2020"Larderet unleashes some powerful passion and drama [...] In each of the works, Larderet achieves some wonderful sonorities and effects. [...] This is a programme that has been carefully and intelligently constructed and I’ve thoroughly enjoyed its contrasting elements. It’s been beautifully recorded and offers the listener much to enjoy." [LISZT Between Light & Darkness 2 CD Set]
MusicWeb International (UK)
Stephen Greenbank -
LISZT 2CD-Set PRESS RELEASE
May 2020LISZT Between Light & Darkness 2CD-Set to be released in October 2020 by PIANO CLASSICS.
For press, reviews & journalists (ENG version).
©Mary McNeill - Resonance -
Press Kit
October 2019For professional use and for print in HD (press, organizers, management etc.) including biography, discography, reviews highlights, videos and more!
Designed by ©2021 Mary McNeill -
Theater Jones
July 2019Ravishing Ravel : Pianist Vincent Larderet closed this year's French-themed PianoTexas Festival at Texas Christian University.
"Appropriate to the arrival, just a few hours after the close of the recital, of July—the month of the great national holidays of both the U.S. and France—Larderet encored with Debussy’s Prelude Feu d’artifice (“Fireworks”), delivered with explosive energy."
Theater Jones (USA)
Wayne Lee Gay -
Clavier Companion Magazine
July 2018"Larderet delivers a personal and well-crafted performance of Images Book I, choosing unusual voicings which produce admirable clarity from start to finish. Further in his performances of the second Book of Préludes, he shares unique interpretative ideas, sculpting every texture and layer as if painting a picture and telling a story with his sound. [...] Where this disc truly shines, however, is in Larderet arrangement of the Caplet transcription of Debussy Symphonic Fragments of Le Martyre de saint Sébastien. [...] On this disc, one hears two masters at work : Debussy for harmony and style, and Larderet for flair and appeal."
Clavier Companion Magazine (USA) - July / August 2018 issue
Laura Melton