French pianist Lucas Debargue will present himself to the Ostrava audience not only as a performer but also as a composer. His program will offer Ravel’s delicately painted “Fountains” and the stylistically refined Sonatina, the poetic and dramatic piano miniatures of Gabriel Fauré and Debargue’s own Suite in D minor. The evening will culminate with Scriabin’s Third Piano Sonata, a captivating work full of emotions and virtuoso contrasts.

Maurice Ravel
Jeux d’eau

Maurice Ravel
Sonatina

Gabriel Fauré
Mazurka in B-flat major, Op. 32

Gabriel Fauré
Barcarolle No. 9 in A minor, Op. 101

Gabriel Fauré
Nocturne No. 12 in E minor, Op. 107

Gabriel Fauré
Impromptu No. 5 in F-sharp minor, Op. 66

Gabriel Fauré
Valse-Caprice No. 4 in A-flat major, Op. 62

Lucas Debargue
Suite in D minor

Alexander Scriabin
Piano Sonata No. 3 in F-sharp minor, Op. 23

Lucas Debargue – piano

The international solo career of French pianist Lucas Debargue was launched after his success at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in 2015. Today, he collaborates with leading world artists and appears on major stages around the globe.

The famous piano cycle Jeux d’eau (“Fountains”) by Maurice Ravel, composed in 1901, dazzles with its almost pointillistic detail, where fast, sparkling cascades of notes vividly evoke flowing water. In contrast, Ravel’s Sonatina (1903–1905) offers a neoclassically clear piano sound, inspired by the baroque works of Rameau and Couperin, culminating in a brilliant final toccata.

Selections from the rich and varied piano oeuvre of Gabriel Fauré will transport listeners into the composer’s deeply personal world, from the salon-style Mazurka in B-flat major (mid-1870s) influenced by Chopin, to the impressionistic and darkly shaded Nocturne No. 12 in E minor (1915).

Unlike most contemporary pianists, Lucas Debargue also devotes himself to composition.

In this recital, he will present his own Suite in D minor, influenced by French baroque music.

The evening will conclude with Alexander Scriabin’s Piano Sonata No. 3 in F-sharp minor (1897–1898), a work to which Scriabin later attached the subtitle “States of the Soul.”

It is characterized by a nearly symphonic conception, immense technical demands, and an astonishing range of expressive colors.