Betsy Jolas
b. 1926
French/American
Summary
Critical Acclaim
I’m simply thrilled to have discovered a wonderful composer that I didn’t know about. When you start talking to her she talks about when Varèse came to dinner, and when she sung the Verdi Requiem conducted by Toscanini, and it’s like a walking encyclopaedia, but the music is simply wonderful. I’m thrilled in the middle of Poulenc, Ravel and Rameau to introduce a really astonishing lady.— Sir Simon Rattle, lso.co.ukNews
Performances
5th September 2022
- bTunesWorld Premiere
- SOLOISTS
- Nicolas Hodges, piano
- PERFORMERS
- BBC Symphony Orchestra
- CONDUCTOR
- Karina Canellakis
- LOCATION
- Royal Albert Hall, London, United Kingdom
5th October 2022
- SOLOISTS
- Hakan Hardenberger
- PERFORMERS
- National Arts Centre Orchestra
- CONDUCTOR
- John Storgårds
- LOCATION
- Southam Hall, Ottawa , ON, Canada
6th October 2022
- SOLOISTS
- Hakan Hardenberger
- PERFORMERS
- National Arts Centre Orchestra
- CONDUCTOR
- John Storgårds
- LOCATION
- Southam Hall, Ottawa , ON, Canada
30th November 2022
- LatestWorld Premiere
- PERFORMERS
- Orchestre de Paris
- CONDUCTOR
- Klaus Mäkelä
- LOCATION
- Philharmonie de Paris, Paris, France
1st December 2022
- PERFORMERS
- Orchestre de Paris
- CONDUCTOR
- Klaus Mäkelä
- LOCATION
- Philharmonie de Paris, Paris, France
Features
- Socially Distanced Onstage Works
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