Peter Asimov

Delighted to write about Yvonne Loriod and the @OxfordSong performance of her Grains de cendre for @vanmusicmag (if you don't already subscribe to VAN, you should!) van-magazine.com/mag/yvonne-lor…

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Fabulous to discover Yvonne Loriod as composer of Grains de cendre @OxfordSong - congratulations @PeterAsimov @clairegeosop @siriuschauflute @jongsun_woo

Today our Mastercourse gets under way, alongside three recitals rooted in Paris. The relationship between Verlaine and Rimbaud is the basis for the lunchtime concert, before an event exploring Yvonne Loriod in her centenary year, and this evening we mark Fauré’s centenary.

Really looking forward to hearing Yvonne Loriod's song cycle Grains de cendre in Oxford next Monday @PeterAsimov @siriuschauflute @clairegeosop & Jongsun Woo oxfordsong.org/events/grains-…

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I’m extremely honoured - thank you to the committee and to the IMS!

@jakedownsmusic @OxMusicFaculty @lmhoxford Wonderful Jake!! 🥂

Some exciting news: I’ve just signed my contract to join the University of Oxford as a Departmental Lecturer at the @OxMusicFaculty in association with @lmhoxford from Michaelmas this year – 11 years after I first arrived as an undergrad. I can’t wait!

@PeterAsimov on Protagonizing Yvonne Loriod (rather than ‘rescuing’). Thought-provoking considerations of how we can reconcile 1) foregrounding the work of a self-effacing individual with 2) staying true to their self-presentation and the strategies they made. #WomenAtThePiano

Post standing ovation in Cassini delle Murge. A wonderfully kind welcome from the mayor and civic dignitaries. Today it’s on to Molfetta!

@NatashaLoges A live recording was made for the Conservatoire’s own archive, but I’m not sure it will be shared at this stage. But it’s something to hope for in the near future!

Is the Loriod cycle being recorded, for us song/gender nerds?

Grains de Cendre (1946) by Yvonne Loriod So glad I heard the UK première today @RobinsonCamb. Stunning, intense cycle for sop, pno & ondes Martenot. Mesmerising performance from @CnsmdParis students inc superlative singing from #MargauxPoguet Left me with tears in my eyes!

‘Félicitations’ to the amazing musicians from @CnsmdParis who gave the UK premiere of Loriod’s ‘Grains de cendre’ today. Congratulations, too, to @hdienessoprano & Greg May for a stunning performance of Messiaen’s Harawi. Huge thanks to @PeterAsimov for organising this event 👏

amazing to hear the UK premiere of Yvonne Loriod’s ‘Grains de cendre’ today, alongside Harawi, amidst beautiful bricks and stained glass @RobinsonCamb. What an achievement @PeterAsimov and all!

Setting up the ondes Martenot for today’s Yvonne Loriod-Olivier Messiaen concert...! @RobinsonCamb @CamUniMusic @Cambridge_Fest See you at 4pm! (+talk at 3pm...)

TOMORROW! So excited to be welcoming musicians from @CnsmdParis for the UK premiere of Loriod’s ‘Grains de cendre’ alongside a performance of ‘Harawi’ by our very own @hdienessoprano & Greg May! Pre-concert talk at 3pm with @PeterAsimov, Christopher Brent Murray & Jeremy Thurlow

Wishing all the best to everyone taking part in today's Journée Yvonne Loriod at @CnsmdParis , co-organised by our very own @PeterAsimov ! So looking forward to welcoming students from the Conservatoire to Cambridge this Sat for the UK premiere of Loriod's 'Grains de cendre'!

going to Paris in a few days to sing as part of this wonderful celebration of an iconic female figure in 20th century music making.

2/2 … avec le cycle « Grains de cendre », pour soprano, piano et ondes Martenot 💫 Un événement à ne pas rater ! ☀️⤵️ @CnsmdParis @PeterAsimov conservatoiredeparis.fr/fr/

Jeudi concert 🗓️ 1/2 La semaine prochaine au @CnsmdParis , se tiendra une journée dédiée à #YvonneLoriod. Ce sera l’occasion, le soir, d’entendre pour la première fois depuis les années 1940, la musique de Loriod (!)…