DANCING WATERS
Florin Mantale, Romain Nosbaum
charity concert in aid of ASSOCIATION DON DE MOELLE LUXEMBOURG
Mostly composed by french music Ravel, Debussy), Dancing Waters” is due to embark you on a musical journey filled with Impressionism lightness and colourful thoughts. It refers to Monet’s “ soleil levant…”, and reflects on natural elements, mostly connected with water, it’s movements and reflections…
Claude Debussy
Symphonie en si mineur
Gabriel Fauré
Dolly
Berceuse
Mi a ou
Le jardin de Dolly
Kitty valse
Tendresse
Le pas espagnol
Maurice Ravel
Ma Mère l’Oye
Claude Debussy
Petite Suite
En Bateau
Cortège
Menuet
Ballet
PLEASE RESERVE YOUR SEATS:
Florin Mantale, hailed as "one of the most promising Romanian pianists of his generation" (Viniciu Moroianu), is an award-winning pianist recognized for his exceptional talent and artistry. In 2023, he made a notable debut at the Philharmonie Luxembourg, captivating the audience with a recital featuring Ravel's Gaspard de la Nuit alongside other masterful works. Florin has been the recipient of prestigious scholarships, including the Willem Mengelberg Scholarship from the Concertgebouworkest Foundation in Amsterdam. In 2021, he completed his master’s studies at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam under the tutelage of Naum Grubert, earning the Jacques Vonk Fonds Amsterdam Scholarship for his outstanding performance.
Born in Roman and later raised in Iași, Florin Mantale has forged a dynamic international career as a soloist, praised for his "unique expressiveness" (Naum Grubert). He has performed in renowned venues across Europe, including the Philharmonie Luxembourg (Luxembourg), Muziekgebouw Eindhoven (Netherlands), the Romanian Athenaeum (Romania), BOZAR (Belgium), Teatro degli Industri (Italy), the Bulgaria Concert Hall (Bulgaria), Philharmonic Hall Ploiești (Romania), and Philharmonic Hall Râmnicu Vâlcea (Romania). His performances have also taken him to Serbia, Spain, Scotland, Italy, Germany, England, and Luxembourg.
Florin's career is distinguished by a series of impressive accolades. He secured Second Prize at the San Donà di Piave International Piano Competition in Italy in 2022 and Third Prize at the Recondite Armonie 4th International Piano Competition in 2023. He also won the Public Prize at both the International Vriendcultuurprijs in Tilburg and the Music Award (2019), and was a finalist at the Windsor International Piano Competition (UK, 2019). Among his many other honors are First Prize at the National Olympics for Piano (2015), First Prize at the International Festival of Hungarian Music in Bucharest (2014), the Jury's Prize at the 3rd Jenö Takács International Piano Competition in Oberschützen (Austria, 2014), and the Béla Bartók Prize at the 7th Liszt-Bartók-Ligeti International Piano Competition in Sofia (Bulgaria, 2013).
In addition to his competitive successes, Florin has performed at prestigious festivals including the Naarden International Piano Festival (Netherlands), Portogruaro International Music Festival (Italy), Touches International Festival (Luxembourg), Mayfield Festival of Music and the Arts (UK), and the Stift International Festival (Netherlands). He has participated in masterclasses with renowned pianists such as Norma Fisher, Enrico Pace, Vitaly Shamoshko, Nino Gvetadze, Mariam Batsashvili, and Paul Komen. Florin’s earlier studies were under the guidance of Katia Veekmans, Claudia Alexa, Andrei Enoiu-Panzariu, Iulian Arcadi-Trofin, Carmen Zaharia-Danicov, and Lia Voinea. In 2017, Florin made his orchestral debut with the Ion Dumitrescu Philharmonic Orchestra, performing Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat major under the baton of Florin Totan—a performance facilitated by his Grand Prize victory at the Irina Șațchi Piano Competition in Râmnicu Vâlcea, Romania (2013). The year 2014 was particularly significant for Florin, highlighted by his First Prize win at the Dinu Lipatti International Competition in Bucharest, another First Prize at the National Music Olympics for Piano, and the prestigious "Distinction Student of the Year" award, conferred by the Romanian Inspectorate for Education, recognizing him as the top student across all disciplines in Iași. Since 2022, Florin has served as the founder and professor at the Amsterdam Piano Academy
“The music played by Romain Nosbaum is a matter close to his heart. This can be felt with each note. He questions the works, romantically lives them for some moments, and retreats into insight afterwards.” (Pizzicato)
Romain Nosbaum is an individualist among the pianists of his generation. Without airs and graces, but with modesty and passionate devotion, he is solely focused on music. Both the grand gesture and sheer brilliancy have no meaning to him – instead, his playing stands out through intelligence, subtle individuality and technical perfection.
The subtlety and immediacy of his pianistics encourage Romain’s repertoire, which focuses on the romantic piano literature as well as music of contemporary composers. A universal interest in ‘tradition and innovation’ expresses itself not only soloistically, but also through his activities as a passionate chamber musician. Thus, he regularly performs as a vocal accompanist with artists such as his sister Véronique. He is also a member of the Random Trio, which comes with the colorful instrumentation of flute, violoncello, and piano. Moreover, Romain is very involved in interdisciplinary projects such as Claude Mangen’s staging of Schubert’s Winterreise, Giorgio Mancini’s live choreography A nima, or the musical readings of texts by Vaslav Nijinsky and Michel Houellebecq together with actor Christian Berkel and pianist Kevin Tamanini.
Romain started to play the piano at the age of 7 and completed his studies at the conservatories of the city of Luxembourg and Metz. Advances studies led him to the City of Basel Music Academy, the conservatory of Bern, and to the Mozarteum University of Salzburg. Among his teachers were Alexander Müllenbach, Marie-Paule Aboulker, Peter Efler, and Rada Petkova. From 1998 till 2008 Romain himself served as a lecturer at the Conservatoire de Luxembourg.
In recitals, as a soloist as well as a chamber musician, Romain’s concerts have led him throughout Europe and Russia to Asia. His solo recordings have received critical acclaim and were especially praised for both the personal interpretation of the romantic repertoire and his sense for and the varied shaping of contemporary music. After two self-published solo albums (2010/2014), he recorded the integral piano works of Bulgarian composer Albena Petrovic Vratchanska for the label GEGA new in 2016. In 2017 he will release his new solo CD Encores with the label ARS Produktion. His last 2 recordings (Ars Produktion), Saudades and Reflections have both been nominated for the Opus Kassik.