© Pierre Petit
Hector Berlioz was a composer, conductor, man of letters, passionate artist, bold and committed. He undertook his musical education very freely at the risk of exclusion from the traditional channels. He was a pupil of Lesueur at the Paris Conservatoire where he preferred creating havoc rather than study. He resisted his parents’ ambition for him to be a doctor and although he failed to win the Prix de Rome four times, his passion for Ludwig von Beethoven, Christoph Willibald Gluck and William Shakespeare was to be of a greater asset to his composer’s imagination.
Read more
Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg
Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique
With Semyon Bychkov, Katia Labèque, and Mariell...
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France: Tribu...
BBC Proms 2010 at the Royal Albert Hall
Viola Visions: New Classic Viola
Münchner Philharmoniker
Thomas Hengelbrock and the Royal Concertgebouw ...
Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse
