PASCAL ROGÉ

Pascal Rogé exemplifies the finest in French pianism. Born in Paris, he was a student of the Paris Conservatory and was also mentored by Julius Katchen and the great Nadia Boulanger. Winner of Georges Enesco piano competition and 1st prize of Marguerite Long Piano competition, he became an exclusive Decca recording artist at the age of seventeen. His playing of Poulenc, Satie, Fauré, Saint-Saëns and especially Ravel, is characterized by its elegance, beauty and stylistically perfect phrasing.

He has has performed in almost every major concert hall in the world and with every major orchestra across the globe and has collaborated with the most distinguished conductors i including Lorin Maazel, Michael Tilson Thomas, Mariss Jansons, Charles Dutoit, Kurt Masur, Edo de Waart, Alan Gilbert, David Zinman, Marek Janowski, Sir Andrew Davis, Raymond Leppard and others.

One of the world’s most distinguished recording artists, he has won many prestigious awards, including two Gramophone Awards, a Grand Prix du Disque and an Edison Award for his interpretations of the Ravel and Saint- Saens concerti along with the complete piano works of Ravel, Poulenc Debussy and Satie. Each season, he devotes more than fifty concerts to French music in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, England, Finland as well as in the United States, New Zealand or Asia, and particularly in Japan where he teaches and plays regularly.

Aside from his solo repertoire, Pascal has enjoyed playing recitals for four-hands/two-pianos with his partner in life and in music Ami Rogé. Together, they have travelled the world appearing at prestigious festivals and concert halls and recorded several CDs dedicated to the French 2 piano and 4 hands repertoire. In 2011 they have given the premiere of a newly commissioned Concerto for Two Pianos by the composer Matthew Hindson with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy.

Mr. Rogé’s interest in the younger generation of up-and-coming artists rendered him to be a chairman of the Geneva Piano competition. He moreover enjoys dedicating his time to teaching and is a current adjunct professor at the Trinity Laban College of Music and Royal Academy of Music in London. He also gives regular masterclasses in France, Japan, United States, United Kingdom and Hong Kong.

帕斯卡 • 羅傑

帕斯卡•羅傑為法國鋼琴界首屈一指的大人物，出生於巴黎，曾就讀於巴黎國立高等音樂舞蹈學院，師承朱利葉斯•卡欽及娜迪亞•布朗熱，他曾贏得羅馬尼亞恩奈斯可鋼琴大賽冠軍及隆提博音樂大賽第一名，年僅十七歲便和Decca唱片公司簽約並合作錄音，他的琴聲典雅，悠揚動人，完美詮釋作品風格，擅長彈奏普朗克、薩蒂、佛瑞、聖桑、特別是拉威爾的作品。

他的演奏足跡遍佈各地著名音樂殿堂，曾與眾多世界知名的管弦樂團在全球不同地方演出，他亦曾與多名最頂尖的指揮家合作，當中包括：洛林•馬捷爾、邁可•提爾森•湯瑪斯、馬裡斯•揚頌斯、夏爾•杜托華、庫爾特•馬蘇爾、艾度•迪華特、阿倫•基爾伯特、大衛•津曼、馬雷克•亞諾夫斯基、安德魯•戴維斯、雷帕德等。

羅傑成就非凡，錄製的音樂專輯屢獲殊榮，他所演奏的拉威爾和聖桑斯協奏曲、以及拉威爾、普朗克德彪西和薩蒂等音樂家的完整鋼琴作品，曾為他贏得兩個留聲機獎、一個唱片大獎及一個愛迪生音樂獎。

每個季度，他也會在世界各地舉辦超過五十多場的音樂會，當中包括德國、奧地利、瑞士、英國、芬蘭、美國、新西蘭及亞洲；亞洲當中，羅傑亦常於日本定期進行教學及演出。

除了獨奏外，羅傑還喜歡與他的生活及音樂伴侶亞美•羅傑一起演出四手聯彈或雙鋼琴。他們一同走遍世界各地的知名音樂節及音樂廳，錄製了數張四手聯彈及雙鋼琴曲目的大碟。2011年，他們與指揮家弗拉基米爾•阿殊堅納西及悉尼歌劇院交響樂團合作，演奏作曲家馬修•辛德森的新作品，進行雙鋼琴協奏曲公演。

羅傑非常關注嶄露頭角的新一代年輕藝術家，因此成為了日內瓦鋼琴比賽的主席，他還會花時間於教學上，目前兼任三一拉邦音樂及舞蹈學院及英國皇家音樂學院的兼職教授，此外他在法國、日本、美國、香港等地等期舉辦大師班。