Lucas Debargue

Venue: Vancouver Playhouse

The Vancouver Chopin Society presents Lucas Debargue

Following the triumph of Lucas Debargue at the 2015 Tchaikovsky International Competition in Moscow, Olivier Bellamy writes, “Since Glenn Gould’s visit to Moscow and Van Cliburn’s victory at the Tchaikovsky Competition in the heat of the Cold War, never has a foreign artist provoked such frenzy. Indeed, Debargue’s remarkable story at the Tchaikovsky Competition is the subject of a major documentary, “To Music”.

A recording artist for Sony Classical, he has already recorded six albums, as well as a four-volume tribute to Scarlatti, hailed by the New York Times as one of “the ten classical albums to usher in the next decade.” He also devotes a significant amount of time to composition and has created over twenty works for piano and chamber ensembles.

In his playing, Debargue draws inspiration from literature, painting, cinema, jazz, and develops very personal interpretations of a carefully selected repertoire.

Lucas devotes a large portion of his time to composition and has already created over twenty works for piano solo and chamber ensembles.

This will be Lucas Debargue's Vancouver recital debut.