March 27 - 30, 2025, Megève
Classical music event Megève - Classiciquicime concert
Mozart Night
Thursday, March 27, 2025 - 8:00 p.m.
Manon Galy, Chiara Skerath,
Orchestra of the Savoy region conducted by Pieter-Jelle de Boer
Megève Palace
A grand event for Mozart lovers
The Diapason Megève Festival 2025 offers a grand concert at the Palais Megève! A majestic venue in the Savoyard village, it welcomes 750 spectators for a grandiose event immersing enthusiasts in the refined work of Mozart. Between tradition and innovation, the evening begins with a violin concerto, followed by orchestral pieces, and ends with an anthology of opera arias. The orchestra and the two soloists play in unison to make this evening a memorable moment.
Program, two parts of approximately 50 minutes, with an intermission:
Part One:
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The Marriage of Figaro: Overture
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The Marriage of Figaro: Air by Susanne “Giunse alfin il momento” *
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Mass in C minor: Laudamus te *
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Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major °
Intermission
Part Two
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Don Giovanni: Air by Donna Elvira “In quali ecessi... Mi tradi quell'alma” *
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La Clemenza di Tito: Air by Vitellia “Non più di fiori” *
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Concert tune “Alma grande e nobil core” *
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Symphony No. 35 in D major “Haffner”
The artists of the Mozart Night
Manon Galy
She has collaborated with great conductors such as Renaud Capuçon, Sacha Goetzel, Aziz Shokhakimov, Victorien Vanoosten, Gabor Tackaks-Nagy, David Molard-Soriano, Simone Menezes among others.
Manon is a regular guest at major festivals such as the International Piano Festival of La Roque d'Anthéron, the Easter Festival of Aix-en-Provence or Colmar, the Rencontres Musicales d'Evian, the Chaise-Dieu Festival, Al-Bustan Festival (Lebanon), the Folle Journée in Nantes and Tokyo (Japan)... And performs in legendary venues such as the Philharmonie de Paris, the Konzerthaus in Vienna, the Vilnius Philharmonic, the RHOM Theatre Kyoto among others. During these concerts, Manon shares the stage with many artists: Renaud Capuçon, Corina Belcea, the Modigliani, Hermès or Zaïde quartets, François Salque, Marie Chilemme, Patrick Messina, Marie-Joseph Judde, Marc Coppey, the Arnold trio...
Manon Galy founded the Zeliha Trio in 2018 with Jorge Gonzalez-Buajasan and Maxime Quennesson. Their first album released in 2020 on the Mirare label was critically acclaimed (5 diapason, 5 stars from Classica, Editor's choice at Gramophone magazine...). They have just released a new album dedicated to the 2nd trios of Schubert and Shostakovich. "Nuits Parisiennes", a record released in February 2024 as a duo with pianist Jorge Gonzalez-Buajasan, was awarded a Diapason d'Or of the year and 5 stars from Classica. Her studies took her from the CRR in Toulouse to the CRR in Paris, then from the CNSMD in Paris to the Hochschule in Munich with Julia Fischer, via the Philippe Jaroussky academy. She is currently an artist in residence with the Zeliha trio at the Chapelle Musicale Reine Elisabeth in Waterloo.
Chiara Skerath
During the 2024/25 season, she will tour the UK, Italy and Spain with The English Concert for several concerts of Handel's Messiah. The season also includes Schubert's Mass in A flat major with the Orchestre National d'Ile de France, Micaela in Carmen at the Opéra Royal de Versailles, song recitals including Duparc, Fauré, Poulenc, Satie and Weill, with Antoine Palloc, who notably conducts her at the Opéra de Lille.
Chiara has already performed numerous Mozartian roles including Zerlina (Don Giovanni) at the Versailles Opera and Drottningholm Slottstheater, Despina (Così fan tutte) at the Oper Frankfurt, Licenza (Il Sogno di Scipione) with the Classical Opera Company, Servilia (La Clemenza di Tito) at the Rouen Opera, Ninetta (La finta semplice) at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro) at the Operklosterneuburg Festival, Ilia (Idomoneo) for the Opéra Avignon, Pamina (Die Zauberflöte) at the Opéra de Saint-Etienne, and Cinna (Lucio Silla) at the Theater an der Wien, and at La Seine Musicale Paris, at the Opéra de Versailles and at the Philharmonie de Paris. Her repertoire also includes the title role in Montiverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea for Opéra Anger-Nantes, Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus for the Opéra Comique, Megacle in Vivaldi's L'Olimpiade, and Erste Dame in Die Zauberflöte as well as Clothilde in Francesconi's Trompe-la-Mort at the Opéra National de Paris.
In concert, she sings Handel's Agrippina condotto a morire with Le Concert d'Astrée, Apollo e Dafne with Harry Bicket and The English Concert, Messiah with La Chapelle Harmonique, Mozart's Requiem with Les Musiciens du Louvre and his Mass in C minor with the Ensemble Matheus, Brahms's Ein Deutsches Requiem with the choir of Radio France, arias by Gluck and Myslivecek with the Mozartists at the Wigmore Hall in London, Pergolesi's Stabat Mater with B'Rock, and Haydn's Die Schöpfung at the Salzburg Festival. She has sung under the baton of renowned conductors including Christian Thielemann, Marc Minkowski, Susana Malkki, Thomas Hengelbrock, Jean-Christophe Spinosi, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Ben Glassberg, Leonardo Garcia Alarcon and Ingo Metzmacher.
Chiara's discography includes Pelléas et Mélisande and La Clemenza di Tito for Alpha Classics, Der Freischütz for Erato, Scylla et Glaucus by Leclair and Salve Regina and Saeviat Tellus by Handel for Château de Versailles Spectacles, and music by Jommelli, Haydn and Traetta for the Mozartists' Sturm und Drang series, and Iris in Handel's Semele for Ricecar. Chiara Skerath is a prizewinner of several international competitions including the Queen Elisabeth Competition, the Nadia and Lili Boulanger Competition, and the Emmerich Smola Prize. After studying with Glenn Chambers at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in Paris, she continued her studies of German Lied and French Mélodie at the Royaumont Foundation with Ruben Lifschitz.
Orchestra of the Savoy region conducted by Pieter-Jelle de Boer
L’Orchestre des Pays de Savoie est un orchestre de chambre professionnel, composé de 23 musiciens permanents (19 cordes, 2 hautbois, 2 cors), sous la Direction musicale de Pieter-Jelle de Boer depuis septembre 2021. Créé en 1984, sous l’impulsion des Départements de la Savoie et de la Haute-Savoie, la Région Rhône-Alpes et le Ministère de la Culture, l’Orchestre des Pays de Savoie a eu pour directeurs musicaux Patrice Fontanarosa, Tibor Varga, Mark Foster, Graziella Contratto et Nicolas Chalvin.
L’Orchestre des Pays de Savoie est membre du réseau national des orchestres permanents en région. Il conçoit et développe une offre de concerts à destination d’un public varié, diffusés en itinérance toute l’année en Savoie, Haute-Savoie, en région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, en France et à l’étranger. Avec 80 concerts donnés chaque année, l’Orchestre des Pays de Savoie fait rayonner son activité sur le territoire en nouant des partenariats avec les acteurs culturels (associations, festivals, scènes nationales, etc.), les collectivités territoriales et le milieu économique.
Depuis sa création, l’Orchestre des Pays de Savoie est fortement engagé dans la sensibilisation à la musique classique auprès de tous les publics, grâce à de nombreuses interventions en milieu scolaire et universitaire, hospitalier, carcéral et maisons de retraite. L’Orchestre des Pays de Savoie a gagné sa place et sa réputation dans le paysage musical national. Son excellence musicale et la variété de son répertoire, ses artistes invités d’envergure, sa large diffusion territoriale, son implication dans la formation et l’insertion de jeunes musiciens professionnels et ses actions de sensibilisation à la musique, constituent les axes principaux d’une politique volontariste d’aménagement culturel du territoire et d’élargissement des publics de la musique.
L’Orchestre des Pays de Savoie est soutenu par le Conseil Départemental de la Haute-Savoie, le Conseil Départemental de la Savoie, le Ministère de la Culture (DRAC Auvergne Rhône-Alpes), la Région Auvergne Rhône-Alpes et par son Club d’entreprises mécènes Amadeus.
