Agnès Clément is widely regarded as one of the most exciting soloists of her instrument. Her career took off after she won first prizes at both the ARD Music Competition and the USA Harp Competition, which launched her onto the international stage.
Agnès Clément is widely regarded as one of the most exciting soloists of her instrument. Her career took off after she won first prizes at both the ARD Music Competition and the USA Harp Competition, which launched her onto the international stage.
SWR Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Joseph Bastian.
A production of SWR2 February 2021
Ettlinger Schlosskonzerte
A production of SWR2 February 2021
I. Ouverture Majestic
II. Toccata. Fast and Gay
Henriette Renié: Légende d’après les Elfes de Leconte de Lisle
John Thomas: Adieu du ménestrel à son pays natal
Rameau: Rappel des oiseaux, Egyptienne
Borodin: Im Kloster de Petite Suite
Johannes Sebastian Bach : Partita no1 pour clavier (Allemande, Sarabande et Gigue)
Henriette Renié: Ballade Fantastique
C. M. von Weber (1786-1826): Ouverture uit de opera ‘der Freischütz’
F. Strauss (1822-1905): Nocturno opus 7
M. Ravel (1875-1937): Thema uit Pavane pour une Infante Défunte
F. Duvernoy (1765-1838): Nocturno
J.P. Rameau (1683-1764: le Rappel des Oiseaux
C. M. Von Weber: Call from Oberon
Daniel Baldwin (1978): And the Clouds Break
J. Koetsier (1911-2006): uit Sonate voor hoorn en harp : 2. andante
P. Proust (1959): le Blues des Cimes
Claude Debussy: Sonate
Gabriel Fauré: Sicilienne
Nino Rota: Sonata for Flute and Harp
Claude Debussy: Sonate
Henriette Renié: Ballade Fantastique
Nino Rota: Sonata for Flute and Harp
Students of Agnes Clément
“These concerts enable students to showcase their progress before their peers and all who may be interested. They are an intermediary step for our students, prior to performing on bigger stages.”
Dorothea Röschmann Sopran
Jamie Barton Mezzosopran
Stuart Skelton Tenor
Peter Hoare Tenor
Josef Wagner Bassbariton
Thomas Quasthoff Sprecher
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
MDR-Rundfunkchor
Peter Dijkstra Einstudierung
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Sir Simon Rattle Leitung
Natalya Boeva Mezzosopran
Tabea Zimmermann Viola
Sophie Kiening Viola
Arcan İsenkul Viola
Jelena Antić Viola
Anouchka Hack Violoncello
Oliver Herbert Violoncello
Agnès Clément Harfe
Adam Walker (Flöte)
Agnès Clément (Harfe)
Wassili Wohlgemuth (Violine)
Natalie Loughran (Viola)
Yves Cortvrint (vla)
Florent Brémond (vla)
Saténik Khourdoïan (vl)
Noémi Tiercet (vl)
Sébastien Walnier (vc)
Matteo Del Monte (fl)
Antonio Capolupo (cl)
Agnès Clément (hp)
Bedřich Smetana: Ouvertüre von Hubička
Alberto Ginastera: Harfenkonzert, op. 25
Gustav Mahler: Sinfonie Nr. 5 cis-moll
Johannes Brahms: Vokslieder
Hugo Wolf: Italienisches Liederbuch
Robert Schumann (Auswahl)
- Lied der Braut Nr. 1
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Claire de lune, Fauré
Après un rêve, Fauré
Beau soir, Debussy
Nuit d’étoiles, Debussy
Auch kleine dinge, Wolf
Auf flügeln des Gesanges, Mendelssohn
Was will die einsame träne, Schumann
Morgen, Strauss
Rappel des oiseaux, Rameau
C. M. von Weber (1786-1826): Ouverture uit de opera ‘der Freischütz’
F. Strauss (1822-1905): Nocturno opus 7
M. Ravel (1875-1937): Thema uit Pavane pour une Infante Défunte
F. Duvernoy (1765-1838): Nocturno
J.P. Rameau (1683-1764: le Rappel des Oiseaux
C. M. Von Weber: Call from Oberon
Daniel Baldwin (1978): And the Clouds Break
J. Koetsier (1911-2006): uit Sonate voor hoorn en harp : 2. andante
P. Proust (1959): le Blues des Cimes
Ginastera Concerto Nürnberg
Claude Debussy / André Caplet
Children’s Corner, Orchesterfassung
Alberto Ginastera
Harfenkonzert op. 25
Robert Schumann
Symphonie Nr. 2 C-Dur op. 61
Dirigent
Chefdirigent Jonathan Darlington
Ginastera Concerto Nürnberg
Claude Debussy / André Caplet
Children’s Corner, Orchesterfassung
Alberto Ginastera
Harfenkonzert op. 25
Robert Schumann
Symphonie Nr. 2 C-Dur op. 61
Dirigent
Chefdirigent Jonathan Darlington
Hommage à Wim Henderickx
Musica Divina Festival
CAROUSEL Chamber Music Ensemble, tutti & Benjamin Haemhouts
Première de ‘Sutra’ de Wim Henderickx pour clarinette basset, ensemble et électroniques
Oeuvres méditatives et spirituelles de G. Scelsi, Juri Vallentin et Wim Henderickx
Théodore Dubois Terzettino for flute, viola & harp
Claude Debussy Trio Sonate for flute viola & harp
Claude Debussy Danse Sacrée & Danse Profane for harp and String Quartet
Claude Debussy Syrinx for solo flute
Benjamin Godard 4 Morceaux for string trio Op.5
Giacomo Puccini Crisantemi for string quartet
Maurice Ravel Introduction and Allegro for. String Quartet, flute, clarinet and harp
Gabriel Fauré Impromptu Op.86 for solo harp
Arnold Bax Trio Elegiac for viola, flute & harp
Maurice Ravel Duo Sonata for violin and cello
DE FALLA Spanischer Tanz für Harfe solo aus »La vida breve«
RENIÉ Ballade fantastique d’après »Le Coeur révélateur« d’Edgar Allan Poe für Harfe solo
MOZART Andantino aus Konzert C-Dur für Flöte, Harfe und Orchester KV 299
SAINT-SAËNS Fantaisie für Flöte und Harfe op. 124
In the 2022 festival summer, they won one of the three coveted young talent prizes of the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival in the “Young Elite” series: Flutist Joséphine Olech (WEMAG Soloist Prize), harpist Agnès Clément (Audience Prize, made possible by the “C. F. Holtmann Scholarship”) and the baroque ensemble Le Consort (NORDMETALL Ensemble Prize) are the new Festival prizewinners.
IMPRESSIONS
CAROUSEL Septet clarinet, flute, harp, string quartet
Works by C. Debussy, M. Ravel and W. Henderickx
Carousel Chamber Music Ensemble
Annelien Van Wauwe CLARINET
Agnès Clément HARP
Jill Jeschek FLUTE
Alexandra Soumm VIOLIN
Samuel Nemtanu VIOLIN
Mihai Cocea VIOLA
Louis Rodde CELLO
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Manon Galy, Violon
Benoît Wery, Harp
Students of Agnes Clément
“These concerts enable students to showcase their progress before their peers and all who may be interested. They are an intermediary step for our students, prior to performing on bigger stages.”
Donizetti: Trio for flute, bassoon and piano
Introduction et variations sur des thèmes de Norma de Bellini, op.36 for harp solo
Glinka, sérénade sur des thèmes d’Anna Bolena
Monika Mlynarczyk
Georgi Anichenko
Marc Terré
Carlos Bruneel
Alain Cremers
Orane Bargain
Emmanuelle Turbelin
Agnès Clément
Tabea Zimmermann & Pauline Sachse, Viola
Adam Walker, Flute
Agnès Clément, Harp
Stephen Waarts & Wassili Wohlgemuth, violin
Bruno Philippe & Ildikó Szabó, cello
Claude Debussy: Sonata for flute, viola and harpe
Ludwig van Beethoven: 6. Symphonie (arrangement for string sextet)
Gerhild Romberger – Adam Walker – Tabea Zimmerman
Bax: Trio Elegiatique
Gubaidulina: Garden of joys and sorrows
Strauss, Duparc, Britten: Lieder
Noémi Tiercet, violin
Yves Cortvrint, alto
Saint Saëns: Fantaisie
Tedeschi: Elegie
Martinu: Madrigaux
Britten: Lachrymae
Canteloube: Extraits des chants d’Auvergne: Baïléro et Délaïssado
John Thomas (1826-1913): Minstrel’s Adieu to his Native Land
Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884): Vltava, la Moldau
Alexander Borodin (1833–1887): Petite Suite: Im Kloster Andante religioso
Marcel Tournier (1879-1951): Danse du Moujik, Images, Suite IV
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1706 – 1764):
L’Egyptienne
Manuel de Falla (1876,1946): Danse espagnole, extrait de la Vida Breve
Henriette Renié (1875 – 1956): Légende d’après les Elfes de Leconte de Lisle
Jury-Board:
Jacquelyn Bartlett, Agnès Clément and June Han
John Thomas: The Minstrel’s Adieu to His Native Land
Aram Khatchaturian: Oriental Dance and Toccata
Folk Musik from Latvia
Bedrich Smetana: La Moldau
Toshio Hosokawa: Two Japanese Folk songs
Marcel Tournier: Danseuse à la fontaine d’Aïn Draham, Danse du Moujik
Isaac Albeniz: Caleta “Malagueña”, No. 6 from Recuerdos de viaje
Philippe Hersant: Bamyan
Elias Parish-Alvars: Variations on the theme Norma by Bellini
John Thomas: The Minstrel’s Adieu to His Native Land
Aram Khatchaturian: Oriental Dance and Toccata
Folk Musik from Latvia
Alexander Borodin: Petite Suite – Im Kloster
Toshio Hosokawa: Two Japanese Folk songs
Marcel Tournier: Danseuse à la fontaine d’Aïn Draham, Danse du Moujik
Philippe Hersant: Bamyan
Elias Parish-Alvars: Variations on the theme Norma by Bellini
Schubert: Ouverture in C Major D 644
Glière: Concerto for harp op. 74
Schumann: Sinfonie Nr. 2 in C Major op. 61
Schubert: Ouverture in C Major D 644
Glière: Concerto for harp op. 74
Schumann: Sinfonie Nr. 2 in C Major op. 61
Schubert: Ouverture in C Major D 644
Glière: Concerto for harp op. 74
Schumann: Sinfonie Nr. 2 in C Major op. 61
Auditorium, Cité de la musique et de la danse, 20h
John Thomas: The Minstrel’s Adieu to His Native Land
Edvard Grieg: Norwegian Peasant Dances, Slåtter, op. 72 (extracts)
Folk song of Latvia
Aram Khatchaturian: Oriental Dance and Toccata
Alexander Borodin: Petite Suite (extracts)
Marcel Tournier: Danse du Moujik aux Images, Suite IV
Toshio Hosokawa: Two Japanese Folk Songs
Béla Bartók: Three Hungarian Folkloric songs
Philippe Hersant: Bamyan
François Couperin: L’Amazone
Bedrich Smetana: La Moldau, Ma Vlast
Auditorium, Cité de la musique et de la danse, 20h
John Thomas: The Minstrel’s Adieu to His Native Land
Edvard Grieg: Norwegian Peasant Dances, Slåtter, op. 72 (extracts)
Folk song of Latvia
Aram Khatchaturian: Oriental Dance and Toccata
Alexander Borodin: Petite Suite (extracts)
Marcel Tournier: Danse du Moujik aux Images, Suite IV
Toshio Hosokawa: Two Japanese Folk Songs
Béla Bartók: Three Hungarian Folkloric songs
Philippe Hersant: Bamyan
François Couperin: L’Amazone
Bedrich Smetana: La Moldau, Ma Vlast
Violin and harp duo with Mairéad Hickey
Saint-Saëns: Fantaisie in A Major, Op.124
John McLachlan: Phoenix (New Music Network Commission)
Jules Massenet: Méditation de Thaïs
Irish folk music
Joseph Canteloube: Chants d’Auvergne (extracts)
Henriette Renié: Légende d’après les Elfes de Leconte de Lisle
Pauline Viardot: Haï Luli!
O’Carolan: Concerto
Violin and harp duo with Mairéad Hickey
Saint-Saëns: Fantaisie in A Major, Op.124
John McLachlan: Phoenix (New Music Network Commission)
Jules Massenet: Méditation de Thaïs
Irish folk music
Joseph Canteloube: Chants d’Auvergne (extracts)
Henriette Renié: Légende d’après les Elfes de Leconte de Lisle
Pauline Viardot: Haï Luli!
O’Carolan: Concerto
Violin and harp duo with Mairéad Hickey
Saint-Saëns: Fantaisie in A Major, Op.124
John McLachlan: Phoenix (New Music Network Commission)
Jules Massenet: Méditation de Thaïs
Irish folk music
Joseph Canteloube: Chants d’Auvergne (extracts)
Henriette Renié: Légende d’après les Elfes de Leconte de Lisle
Pauline Viardot: Haï Luli!
O’Carolan: Concerto
John Thomas: The Minstrel’s Adieu to His Native Land
Aram Khatchaturian: Oriental Dance and Toccata
Folk Music from Latvia
Alexander Borodin: Petite Suite – Im Kloster
Toshio Hosokawa: Two Japanese Folk songs
Marcel Tournier: Danseuse à la fontaine d’Aïn Draham, Danse du Moujik
Philippe Hersant: Bamyan
Elias Parish-Alvars: Variations on the theme Norma by Bellini
Inscriptions from January 2022 on Musical Chairs
Claude Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
Wim Henderickx: Lagrimas
Maurice Ravel: Introduction et Allegro
Claude Debussy: Danse Sacrée, Danse Profane
Claude Debussy: Première rhapsodie pour clarinette et ensemble
Annelien Van Wauwe, clarinet
Jill Jeschek, flute
Alexandra Soumm, violon
Nicolas Dupont, violon
Mihai Cocea, viola
Louis Rodde, cello
Agnès Clément, harp
Agnès Clément gained worldwide recognition as a soloist in 2016, when she won the First Prize, the Public Prize, and the Prize for Best Interpretation of the Contemporary Piece at the ARD Music Competition in Munich. Her success at the ARD Music Competition was built on several previous victories, including the First Prize at the prestigious USA International Harp Competition in Bloomington, as well as prizes at the International Competition Valentino Bucci in Rome and the International Harp Competition Lily Laskine in Paris.
Just recently « She simply blew away the audience » and was awarded the Public Prize of the Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and thus joins the distinguished family of « Junge Elite ».
Since her solo debut performances at the Salle Gaveau in Paris and the Berlin Philharmonie, Agnès has been invited to perform with renowned orchestras such as the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, SWR Sinfonieorchester, Deutsches Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Mecklenburgische Staatskapelle Schwerin,
Neue Philharmonie Westfalen, Nürnberger Symphoniker, Munich Chamber Orchestra (Germany), Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional, (Colombia), Hunan Philharmonic Orchestra and the Wuhan Symphonic orchestra (China), Opéra de Rouen, Orchestre d’Auvergne, Victor Hugo Orchestra France-Comté (France) under the baton of Andris Poga, Alain Altinoglu, Jonathan Heywards, Roberto Fores, Christoph Gedschold, Joseph Bastian, Ben Gernon, Léo Warynski, and Arie Van Beek.
Wim Henderickx, a Flemish composer, dedicated a new Harp Concertino to Agnès Clément in 2019, which she premiered in Brussels with the La Monnaie Symphonic Orchestra conducted by Alain Altinoglu.
Mozart Concerto
Agnès Clément also has a passion for chamber music and regularly performs with renowned artists such as Tabea Zimmermann, Adam Walker, Aris String Quartet, Patrick Gallois, Sébastien Jacot, Sophie Dervaux, and Magdalena Hoffmann. Furthermore, Agnès Clément is a part of the CAROUSEL Chamber Music Ensemble, based in Brussels. Established in 2019, the ensemble comprises of twelve highly talented musicians with a shared goal of presenting both classic and contemporary chamber music at the highest level.
Agnès has released two CDs as a soloist: „Dance“ (Lyon & Healy Records) and „Le Rossignol en Amour“ (Genuin Classics). This second album received recognition for its exceptional quality, earning a nomination for the Opus Classics Awards.
Agnès Clément has held the position of Principal Solo Harpist at the Orchestre Symphonique La Monnaie in Brussels since 2013, and in 2021, she joined the faculty at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussels as principal harp teacher.
This biography can also be found in the download section in three different languages.