François Dumont

The French pianist François Dumont closes the 44th edition of the Valldemossa Chopin Festival with a concert with a concert with works by J.S. Bach, W.A. Mozart and F. Chopin. This year's edition of the Festival Chopin de Valldemossa is subsidized by the Department of Culture of the Consell de Mallorca, the Institut d'Estudis Balearics of the Government of the Balearic Islands and the European Union with Next Generation funds.

François Dumont (Lyon, 1985) has been awarded at the International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw and at the Queen Elisabeth Competition. He has appeared as a soloist with the Mariinsky Theater Orchestra, the Cleveland Orchestra, Les Siecles Orchestra or the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, among others.

His recordings include the Complete Sonatas by Mozart, the complete piano music by Ravel, two recitals by Chopin and the nocturnes by Chopin, Moussorgsky and Bach.

Program:

                               I

Italian Concerto BWV 971, by Joan Sebastià Bach

Allegro

Andante

Presto

Sonata K. 330 in C major, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Allegro moderato

Andante cantabile

Allegretto

                              II

Nocturne op. post. in C sharp minor, by Frédéric Chopin

Barcarolle op. 60 in F sharp major, by Frédéric Chopin

Impromptu No. 1 op. 29 in A flat major, by Frédéric Chopin

Ballade No. 1 op. 23 in G minor, by Frédéric Chopin

Nocturne op. 9 no. 2 in E flat major, by Frédéric Chopin

Ballade No. 3 op. 47 in A flat major, by Frédéric Chopin

The Chopin Festival is organized by the Associació Festivals Chopin de Valldemossa. It is directed by pianist Miquel Estelrich and, in this edition, it will program four concerts on Sundays August, which are held in la Cartuja de Valldemossa.