Viva Piccolo!: Concert and Masterclass
Live at the Flute Center: November 2, 2022, 6:30PM ET
Virtual Premiere: November 4, 2022, 5:00PM ET
Tune in for a recital and masterclass featuring Jean-Louis Beaumadier and Veronique Poltz, Viva Piccolo!
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Jean-Louis BEAUMADIER began studying flute at he Marseille Conservatoire with Joseph Rampal and then continued at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique De Paris with his son, Jean-Pierre Rampal. Awarded prizes at International competitions in Geneva and in Paris (Guilde des artistes solistes), piccolo solo for twelve years at the Orchestre National de France, he then became one of the best piccolo players in the world, renown through his discography (Grand Prix of the Académie Charles Cros), his concerts in Europe, USA and Far East and his piccolo score collection published by Billaudot editions. His avid interest in the piccolo, and for wooden instruments in general dates from his youth when his family bought him a magnificent french ebony « Bonneville » piccolo. For some years, he has studied in depth the art of the piccolo in order to make it better known and share his passion. Piccolo solo in the Orchestre National de France, he was performing under the direction of famous conductors : Sergiù Celibidache, Karl Böhm, Leonard Bernstein, Seiji Ozawa, Ricardo Muti, Lorin Maazel, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Georg Ludwig Jochum, kurt Mazur, Kurt Sanderling, Nello Santi, Claudio Abbado, Pierre
Boulez... and was also working with other orchestras in the world, such as the Saïto Kinen orchestra conducted by Seiji Ozawa.
His discography is abundan (Skarbo, Calliope-Harmonia-Mundi, Classic Talents, Lyrinx, Rodolphe, Nouveaux Horizons, Saphir, Naïve, Indésens). He has recorded thirty CDs, including International Grand Prize Winner of the Charles Cros Academy for his disc, « The golden age of piccolo » featuring works of
Eugène DAMARE (1840-1919), (Calliope Records 9869 Harmonia-Mundi); concerning this recording, Aurèle Nicolet has written, « Beaumadier’s record is marvelous in sound, in technique, and above all in elegance and charm. It is a true delight ! »
His CD Piccolo Concerto with Pragues radio symphony orchestra conducted by Vahan Mardirossian, included six concertos for piccolo and symphonic orchestra is a world premiere . All this brings him the recognition of many flautists and invitations all over the world in flute conventions and festivals : Japan, USA, UK, Netherlands, Bazil, CostaRica, Austria, Slovenia, Ecuador, Venezuela... In addition, he performs numerous concerts throughout the world :France( Paris Radio-France and Salle Cortot), Israël, Ireland, Belgium, Germany, Senegal, China, Croatia, Usa-(NY Carnegie Hall) Austria,
Slovenia, Spain, The Netherlands, Finland (Helsinki Sibelius Academy) Performed piccolo concertos with many orchestras: Orchestre National de France, Simon Bolivar orchestra in Caracas (Sistema), Wiener Konzert Verein, New-York Soloists, Brussel Chamber Orchestra, National orchestra of Costa Rica and Ecuador, Orchestre Philharmonique de Marseille, Orchestre
d’Auvergne, Orchestre de Bohème, Quito Chamber Orchestra, San Jose Chamber Orchestra, I musici di Vivaldi, Orchestre de Cannes, Orchestre de l’Université Claude Champagne (Montréal), Orchestre de
Chambre d’Alsace, Les Musiciens de FranceKairo Symphonic Orchestra, Orchestra Camera Musicae in Cataluna, Orchestre de chambre de Genève, Taïpei Philharmonic Orchestra (Taïwan), Twin Cities Orchestra of Minneapolis, Prague Radio symphony... Jean-Louis BEAUMADIER is teaching masterclasses in famous musical institutions throughout the World.
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Of Hungarian origin through her grandparents, Veronique Poltz began her piano studies at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional d'Aubervilliers, where she obtained three first prizes in piano, accompaniment and chamber music. In 1982, she was awarded the Ministry of Culture medal. She continued her training at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris in the classes of specialized music theory and writing (harmony, counterpoint, fugue, instrumentation and orchestration), where she was awarded a first medal and three first prizes. She perfected her piano skills in Paris at the Ecole Normale de Musique A.Cortot, and at the Mozarteum in Salzburg with Paul Von Schilhawsky, and obtained a first prize in accompaniment from the city of Paris.
Regularly solicited as a chamber musician, Véronique Poltz plays in sonatas and trios. She performs with Jean-Louis Beaumadier, piccolo player, in various programs, "Back to Bach" (sonatas by J.S.Bach), "Piccolo virtuoso" (original works from V.De Michelis to E.Damaré), "French music" (works by G.Auric, D. Milhaud, H.Tomasi and Fl.Mulsant who dedicated her Sonata to them) in concerts given in Split, Toulouse, Aix en Provence, Arles, Marseille, Reims, Paris, Providence, Boston, New York, Milan, Venice, Györ, Porto, Liège, Taïpei, Tsingtao, Tokyo, Alessandria...
Véronique Poltz has composed pieces for solo instrument (piano, cello), numerous duets for instrument and piano, for harp, as well as works for symphony orchestra, "Jardin des ombres", or wind band, "Les Belles et la Bête". She has made arrangements of J.Brahms' Hungarian Dances for 2 piccolos and piano, which she performed in Tokyo, and orchestrated J.Andersen's Moto perpetuo, which Jean-Louis Beaumadier played in New York and Nice. Véronique Poltz wrote "Midnight with Pan" trio for piccolo flute, flute in G and piano, premiered in England in August 2014, and "Icosa rhapsody", for piano 4 hands, commissioned for the 2nd international piano 4 hands competition in Monaco (2014); she recently composed "38 in the clouds", for Piccolo, flute and piano 4 hands premiered in March 2018, in Paris and Tokyo, and "Kilumac concertino" (2019), for Piccolo and orchestra, recorded on the latest CD of Jean Louis Beaumadier (dedicatee) Piccolo concertos World premiere.
Véronique Poltz is a professor of Writing and Orchestration at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional P.Barbizet in Marseille.
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