Hervé Joulain, Horn & Horn Quartet - Tatiana Chernichka, Piano - Leopold Mozart String Quartet

Georges Barboteu - Centenary - "Jeux"

2024 celebrates the centenary of the birth of an extraordinary artist – Georges Barboteu. A musician who, like many others, was certainly an excellent instrumentalist, but did not content his artistic abilities in a single art, with a single instrument.
The son of the principal horn of the Algiers Opera orchestra was also the student of an uncompromising father whose walls of the villa in the small port of Lapérouse still resound with his outbursts of voice.
Precocious in all, both physically and musically, this young man with strong stature quickly established himself as a talented hornist. But he not only learned the paternal instrument, he also devoted himself to composition by studying the harmony and rules of writing music.
Hervé Joulain now embodies a great desire for many years by presenting to the listener what was so long this kind of “grail” in the course of a hornist. A challenge that is not only technical but also musical. May this interpretation be the first on a path now open.

"By writing these few lines about Georges Barboteu and the works chosen in this «tribute» recording, my joy is at its peak. For a lifetime, Georges Barboteu never ceased to show me respect, affection and undoubtedly a certain admiration, proof of which is that he dedicates to me in 1993 one of his most intimate, profound and interesting work, his “Triptyque” for horn and string quartet.
As I entered professional life as solo hornist at the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra, I always keeping good relations with Mr Barboteu. Later it is the Bordeaux Symposium in 1995 that will offer the opportunity to play the “Triptyque”, written 2 years before. Previous readings took place, in order to check the material (still handwritten for about a year), and change some details in the score.
This CD with two works entitled “Jeux”, this was to become the album’s title, and why not an excellent opening piece. ..." Hervé Joulain

Mainly first recordings of works by the great composer and hornist Georges Barboteu, interpreted by Tatiana Chernichka, the Leopold Mozart String Quartet and Hervé Joulain.


Further info: Tatiana Chernichka | Leopold Mozart String Quartet

Hervé Joulain has appeared as soloist with 120 orchestras, performing Telemann, Mozart, Haydn, Schumann, Weber, Saint-Saëns, Strauss, and Britten, in France, Canada, the United States, Russia, Romania, Finland, Sweden, Japan, Italy, Portugal, Switzerland, Georgia, Germany, Ukraine, and Spain ...
As a chamber musician he has played with Paul Tortelier, Vadim Repin, Gidon Kremer, Natacha Gutmann, Pinchas Zukerman, Yuri Bashmet, Mstislav Rostropovich, Pierre Amoyal, Michel Dalberto, Alisa Weilerstein, Renaud Capuçon and many others, in Europe, Canada, the United States, and Israel.
He was named principal horn of the Philharmonic Orchestra of Radio France (Marek Janowski) at the age of 20, and then with the National Orchestra of France (Charles Dutoit, Kurt Masur, Daniele Gatti, Emmanuel Krivine). He has also performed with the orchestras of New York, Berlin, Amsterdam, Rome, Milan, Cologne, Brussels, Oslo, Stockholm, Munich, Boston, Seoul, also with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and Chamber Orchestra of Europe, conducted by Seiji Ozawa, Riccardo Muti, Bernard Haitink, Leonard Bernstein, Zubin Mehta, Daniel Barenboim, Pierre Boulez, Claudio Abbado, Lorin Maazel, Myung Whun Chung, Gustavo Dudamel, Daniel Harding, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Neeme Järvi.
Joulain has given masterclasses in many French cities, as well as in 22 countries like Portugal, the Czech Republic, Canada, Brazil, Ireland, Spain, England, Finland, Italy, Switzerland, Luxemburg, Malaysia, Holland, Korea, Germany and Japan.

Hervé Joulain a joué en concertiste avec 120 orchestres différents grâce à Telemann, Haydn, Mozart, Schumann, Weber, Saint-Saëns, Strauss, Britten, en France, Canada, Etats-Unis, Russie, Roumanie, Finlande, Suède, Japon, Italie, Portugal, Estonie, Suisse, Géorgie, Allemagne, Ukraine, Espagne, Lettonie ...
Passionné par la musique de chambre, s’est produit notamment aux côtés de Paul Tortelier, Pierre Amoyal, Vadim Repin, Michel Dalberto, Boris Berezowski, Boris Belkin, Pinchas Zukerman, Natacha Guttman, Yuri Bashmet, Gidon Kremer, Pierre Laurent Aimard, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, M. W. Chung, … en Europe, Canada, Etats-Unis et Israël et Asie.
À l’orchestre, il est nommé Super-Soliste du Philharmonique de Radio France de M. Janowski à 20 ans, puis du National de France (C. Dutoit, K. Masur, D. Gatti et E. Krivine).
lI fut également sollicité par les orchestres de New York, Berlin, Amsterdam, Rome, Milan, Cologne, Bruxelles, Oslo, Stockholm, Boston, Mahler Chamber de Berlin, Orchestre de Chambre d’Europe de Londres, Munich... conduits par Seiji Ozawa, Ricardo Mutti, Bernard Haïtink, Léonard Bernstein, Zubin Mehta, Daniel Baremboïm, Pierre Boulez, Claudio Abbado, Lorin Maazel, Gustavo Dudamel, Daniel Harding, Yannick Nézet-Séguin ...
Hervé Joulain a donné des masterclasses partout en France ainsi qu’à Lisbonne, Prague, Edmonton, Belo Horizonte, Cork, Saragosse, La Corogne, Ferrol, Manchester, Londres, Tallinn, Jakobstad, Kuhmo, Munich, Modène, Parme, Ferrare, Bielle, Luxembourg, Kuala Lumpur, Eindhoven, Hertogenbosch, Universités de Seoul, Kiev, Omori-Japon, Tbilissi, Townsville-Australie ...
« Par son art qui paraît sans limite, Hervé JOULAIN s'inscrit dans le sillage des grands cornistes de légende Dennis Brain et Barry Tuckwell » (Michel Le Naour, "Le Monde de la Musique")

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