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Duo Transatlantique
Benjamin Beirs and Maud Laforest, guitars
"Duo Transatlantique combines the considerable talents of two young musicians helping to create the future of the guitar. They use their impeccable ensemble and brilliant virtuosity to create performances of rhythmic verve and passionate lyricism. Not to be missed." - Julian Gray, Peabody Institute guitar faculty
Program
BELLINATI Jongo
COSTE Grand Duo
PIAZZOLLA Tango Suite
TIERSEN Three pieces from the film Amélie
PETIT Tarantelle
Formed in 2002, Duo Transatlantique combines the prize-winning talents of guitarists Benjamin Beirs and Maud Laforest. Almost immediately after beginning their studies in 2002 at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD, the two decided to form a guitar duo, under the guidance of Julian Gray, an acclaimed chamber musician and founder of the Gray-Pearl guitar duo. Early in their collaboration, they realized that their ensemble had the potential to last far longer than the years they were planning to spend at Peabody. In 2005 the duo won first prize in the Union Francaise des Artistes Musiciens Guitar Duo Competition and played a concert in the American Cathedral in Paris. Currently, Ms. Laforest lives in Lille, France, while Mr. Beirs has stayed in Baltimore.
Duo Transatlantique is a celebration of the power of music and its ability to cross bridges, cultures, and time zones. To that end, the duo gives concerts frequently throughout the year in both countries. In France, the duo has appeared at the Festival des Chapelles in Brittany, the Festival de la Rochepot in Bourgogne, in churches throughout Paris, and has performed for the musical outreach group Coeur en Fete. In the United States, the duo has performed at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, at the Peabody Conservatory of Music, and for the Baltimore Classical Guitar Society, where they performed for the society's "Young Talent" concert series, premiering "Chupacabra," a piece written for Duo Transatlantique by American composer Christopher Gainey and commissioned by the BCGS. Similarly, a famed French composer, Eric Penicaud, has just dedicated his Little Suite for Children to the duo.
They have recorded a debut album entitled Le Gris et le Vert ("The Grey and the Green"), which includes music of Debussy, Scarlatti, Petit, Albeniz, and Villoldo.
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LocationWMP Concert Hall (View)
31 East 28th Street
New York, NY 10016
United States
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