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“The violinist Agnès Pykia moves, for a while, away from chamber music and offers a CD of works for solo violin (Klarthe label). […] Khachaturian’s rare Sonata-Monologue is yet another magnificent discovery. [A piece] deeply rooted in the second half of the twentieth century.” – Frédéric Hutman   Click here …

“Another eminently personal work, in which the violinist does not lend herself to pretense. More than just a guideline, it is a whole. An intimate moment which […]  will touch the listener and remind him that there are different ways to travel.” – Joël Chevassus   Read the whole article here

“We are imediately charmed by the naturalness of her interpretation of the Bach’s 2nd Partita: we rarely hear this music with so much of grace, and freedom, it is like a journey through the score.” – By Thierry Vagne   Click here to read the whole article

” The new record “Voyage avec un violon seul” (label Klarthe) touches everyone’s heart.” – Frédérick Casadesus   Read the whole article here

Article by Pierre Gervasoni Posted on August 12, 2021 Click on this link to read the article in French

By: Guillaume Kosmicki “Hersant, Bacri and Finzi know how to touch us deeply while proving that our time can still have a touch of this romantic model, while renewing it at the same time. Agnès Pyka and Laurent Wagschal never try to proof something, but they sublimate with as much …

By: Charles-Marie Hulot The two musicians give us a very interesting interpretation in which they do not hesitate to innovate in order to highlight this composition. Whether it is in the nuances, the phrasing or other technical procedures, the artists did not hesitate to give the best of themselves in …

By: Suzanne Canessa This is not a game of comparisons, nor an umpteenth (re) interpretation by the musicians of the Des Équilibres chamber music ensemble. It is rather a rewriting in the footsteps of the founding father and his sonatas for piano and violin. The ensemble can also congratulate itself …

  By: Uwe Krusch French Ensemble Des Equilibres commissioned works from three contemporary composers. Each was to respond to one of the three sonatas for violin and piano by Johannes Brahms. The idea behind this was to build a bridge to easier understanding for the less experienced listeners of contemporary …