Kirill Karabits (L) – Jean-Effflam Bavouzet (R)

Over to Denmark this week for a concert by the Tivoli Symphony Orchestra, led by Kiril Karabits and featuring Jean-Effam Bavouzet, piano – recorded at Tivolis Koncertsal on August 4th 2012 and broadcast on November 7, 2012 by DR Radio P2.

The concert begins with Ravel’s Le Tombeau de Couperin, followed by Debussy’s Fantasie for Piano and Orchestra and Ravel’s Piano Concerto for the Left Hand, both featuring Jean-Effam Bavouzet. The concert concludes with Debussy’s La Mer.

Award-winning pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet enjoys a prolific recording and international concert career, with performances described as possessing ​“exquisite sensibilité, delivered with the most subtly varied, beautiful sound” (Seen and Heard Magazine). He has performed with The Cleveland, NHK Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, BBC Symphony and London Philharmonic orchestras to name a few, and has collaborated with many renowned conductors including Vladimir Jurowski, Gianandrea Noseda, Vasily Petrenko, Ludovic Morlot, Edward Gardner and Louis Langrée.

Bavouzet’s recordings have garnered multiple Gramophone, BBC Music Magazine, Diapason d​’Or and Choc de l’Année awards. Recording exclusively on the Chandos label, his most recent release, Ravel: Complete Works for Solo Piano, was praised by Gramophone Magazine for its ​“seasoned mastery, stylish perception and caring commitment to [the] repertoire.” He performs the complete works of Ravel in recital at over twenty venues in the 2025 150th anniversary year. Other notable recordings include the complete Haydn Piano Sonatas series, which was hailed by Gramophone as ​“a modern benchmark”; ​“Pierre Sancan: A Musical Tribute” with the BBC Philharmonic under Yan Pascal Tortelier; ​“The Beethoven Connection”, which earned multiple accolades from publications including The New York Times (following on from his much-lauded complete Beethoven Sonatas, and play-conducted Beethoven Piano Concertos with the Swedish Chamber Orchestra); the complete Mozart Piano Concertos with the Manchester Camerata under Gábor Takács-Nagy; and Bartók’s and Prokofiev’s complete Piano Concertos with the BBC Philharmonic under Gianandrea Noseda, the latter winning in the Concerto category at the 2014 Gramophone Awards.

Bavouzet has worked closely with Sir Georg Solti, Pierre Boulez, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Zoltan Kocsis, György Kurtág, Maurice Ohana, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Bruno Mantovani and Jörg Widmann and is also a champion of lesser-known French music, notably that of Gabriel Pierné and Albéric Magnard. In 2012 he was ICMA Artist of the Year, and in 2008 was awarded Beijing​’s first ever Elite Prize for his Beethoven complete sonata series. His recital with the Complete solo piano works of Maurice Ravel at the Lincoln Center in New York figured in “Top Ten Performances of 2025” by New York Classical Review.

Kirill Karabits is a renowned Ukrainian conductor, born in 1976 in Kyiv. He is internationally known for his dynamic interpretations and innovative programming. Karabits has served as the Chief Conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra (BSO) since 2009, a role in which he has brought the orchestra critical acclaim. Under his leadership, the BSO has expanded its repertoire, particularly championing Eastern European music.

In addition to his work with the BSO as a Chef Conductor, he frequently collaborates with top-tier orchestras and opera houses around the world, including the Munich Philharmonic, the Chicago, Cleveland, Philadelphia orchestras, the London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre National de France, Seoul Philharmonic, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Glyndebourne and Bregenz festivals, Oslo, Zurich and Geneva Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin among many others. His ability to bring out fresh perspectives in familiar works has made him a sought-after guest conductor.

Karabits is also an advocate for music education, often engaging in outreach activities to bring classical music to younger audiences.

Relax and enjoy the concert.