Lucas Debargue's first piano teacher was a student of Milosz Magin, and Debargue arguably owes the composer a great deal in his development as a pianist after being introduced to his music and life story as a youth. While on tour with the Kremerata Baltica in 2017, Debargue and Gidon Kremer struck a deal for a future project, and Debargue quickly decided on a program of Magin's music. The use of Zal as the title, a Polish word usually taken to mean sorrow or regret over previous actions, is rather focused more on a ...
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Lucas Debargue's first piano teacher was a student of Milosz Magin, and Debargue arguably owes the composer a great deal in his development as a pianist after being introduced to his music and life story as a youth. While on tour with the Kremerata Baltica in 2017, Debargue and Gidon Kremer struck a deal for a future project, and Debargue quickly decided on a program of Magin's music. The use of Zal as the title, a Polish word usually taken to mean sorrow or regret over previous actions, is rather focused more on a redemptive aspect than negative, bringing to light the music of a not all too familiar composer and one that has informed Debargue's career and his approach to the music offered here. Magin's works are tonal with modern harmonic and rhythmic structures, making them approachable for general audiences; the Allegro second movement of the Concerto No. 3 for piano, strings, timpani, and percussion makes a good introduction to this composer. Debargue delivers an exciting rendering of this...
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