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French violinist Renaud Capuçon has cancelled three upcoming festival performances due to forced rest.
The violinist posted on social media: ’Dear all, unfortunately I have to cancel my concerts on 14, 15, 16 July to rest. Thanks to all for your understanding. See you soon.’
The 14, 15 and 16 July concerts were due to take place at the Rencontres Musicales La Baule & Pays Blanc, Kissinger Sommer International Music Festival and the Ruhr Piano Festival, respectively.
At the 14 July concert, Capuçon was set to perform sonatas by Mozart, Beethoven and Brahms alongside pianist Guillaume Bellom. The revised concert programme now includes the Brahms Viola Sonata op.120 no.2 with violist Cassandra Tesseidre; Brahms’s Piano Trio op.87 no.2 performed by violinist Irish Scialom and cellist François Salque; and Schumann’s Piano Quintet op.44 with violinists Camille Fonteneau and Céleste Klingelschmidt, violist Paolo Schena and cellist Maria-Andrea Mendoza. Bellom will remain as the pianist for all three works.
In a social media post announcing the programme change, the festival also said: ’We wish Renaud Capuçon a swift recovery and thank the musicians of the rencontres for ensuring that the concert with pianist Guillaume Bellom will still go ahead.’
At the 15 July concert in Bad Kissingen, Capuçon was due to perform three Brahms sonatas with pianist Alexandre Kantorow. The programme has now been replaced by Brahms’s Piano Quartets no.1 and no.2 performed by Kantorow, violinist Alexander Sitkovetsky, violist Lise Berthaud and cellist Victor Julien-Laferrière .
Capuçon was meant to perform the two above Brahms piano quartets at the 16 July concert also alongside Kantorow, Julien-Laferrière and violist Lawrence Power. The programme and musicians will remain the same, except for Alexander Sitkovetsky replacing Capuçon.
The Strad wishes Capuçon a speedy recovery.
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