Thérèse Malengreau

A regular guest at European classical and contemporary music cycles and festivals, the pianist Thérèse Malengreau is renowned for her vast solo and chamber music repertoire, which she presents as ‘constructed musical exhibitions’. Two recent special projects : 'Au fil du marbre', a musical rite in three acts for the Pavillon des Passions Humaines and 'Back to the dark sky' at the Planétarium de Belgique. She has a predilection for the turn of the twentieth century and the contemporary sphere, and has discovered and created numerous works both from the past and the present (also with electronics and toy piano). Connections between music, visual arts and literature are at the core of her career, sometimes realised in international exhibitions and artistic projects (Musée d'Orsay, Centre Pompidou-Metz, Jean Clair at the Grand Palais, Harald Szeeman in Brussels, Jan Hoet in Germany, etc.). Her CD-books produced in this perspective - 'Parade' and 'Belgium musical visions' edited by Miroirs - complete a broad list of monographic recordings for solo piano including rare works and world premieres - Delage, Vellones, Simonis, Riotte, Apostel, Liszt-Bartók-Crumb, Mompou-Musica Callada - under Cyprès, BIS, Etcetera, Soupir and Naxos-Grand Piano. She teaches piano, analysis and comparative aesthetics of the arts, her main field of research. She is vice-president of the Société belge d’analyse musicale. For more information see www.theresemalengreau.com