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𝙋𝙍𝙊𝙂𝙍𝘼𝙈𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘅 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗵𝗻
Variations concertantes in D major, Op. 17
Ettore Pagano, cello – Paisit Bon-Dansac, piano
𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗯𝘂𝘀𝘀𝘆
Sonata for Cello and Piano in D minor, L. 135
I. Prologue. Lent, sostenuto e molto risoluto
II. Sérénade. Modérément animé
III. Finale. Animé, léger et nerveux
Ettore Pagano, cello – Paisit Bon-Dansac, piano
𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗼 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗻𝘂𝗼𝘃𝗼-𝗧𝗲𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗼
Figaro – Concert Transcription from Rossini’s The Barber of Seville
Ettore Pagano, cello – Paisit Bon-Dansac, piano
𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲 𝗦𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁-𝗦𝗮ë𝗻𝘀
Cello Sonata No. 1 in C minor, Op. 32
I. Allegro
II. Andante tranquillo sostenuto
III. Allegro moderato
Marie Hallynck, cello – Muhiddin Dürrüoğlu, piano
𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗿
Requiem for Three Cellos and Piano, Op. 66
Marie Hallynck, cello – Ettore Pagano, cello – Han Bin Yoon, cello – Muhiddin Dürrüoğlu, piano
𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙩(𝙨)
Ettore Pagano, cello
Marie Hallynck, cello
Han Bin Yoon, cello
Paisit Bon-Dansac, piano
Muhiddin Dürrüoğlu, piano
𝘽𝙚𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙇𝙖𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙨
Fresh from his First Prize triumph at the 2026 Queen Elisabeth Competition, Ettore Pagano returns to Brussels for a rare encounter between the Competition’s newest winner and one of the distinguished artists who sat on its jury. The young Italian cellist opens with Mendelssohn’s elegant Variations concertantes and Debussy’s groundbreaking Sonata before unleashing the virtuoso fireworks of Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s Figaro.
Internationally acclaimed Belgian cellist and 2026 Queen Elisabeth Competition juror Marie Hallynck then takes the stage, joined by her long-standing chamber music partner Muhiddin Dürrüoğlu in Saint-Saëns’s passionate First Cello Sonata. Its fiery and dramatic outer movements frame a serene central Andante, revealing a work of striking intensity and lyricism.
For the finale, Hallynck and Pagano are joined by Brussels Cello Festival Artistic Director Han Bin Yoon in Popper’s deeply moving Requiem for three cellos and piano. This exceptional meeting brings the Competition’s newest winner, one of its jurors and the festival’s artistic director together on a single stage, celebrating the moment when the applause of a great competition gives way to the next chapter of an artist’s journey.
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