Performer, improviser and creator, Bruno Belthoise is a Laureate of the Fondation Laurent-Vibert. He received the Prize of the Fondation de France in 1988. He completed the Diplôme Supérieur d'Exécution of the École Normale de Musique de Paris in 1989 and was “Révélation Classique” of ADAMI in 1997.
Soloist and founding member of the Trio Pangea, he had several works dedicated to him by contemporary composers such as Emmanuel Hieaux,
Alexandre Delgado, Bernard Vienne, Sébastien Béranger, Jean-Pierre Deleuze,
Fernando C. Lapa or
Sérgio Azevedo. He is regularly invited to participate in festivals in France and abroad, and performs repertoire ranging from Bach to composers of our time.
His discography includes more than 25 CDs, testifying his career as a creative performer. Since 1986, he has also been invited for numerous solo recitals and to join various chamber music ensembles such as Le Concert Impromptu, the famous French woodwind quintet. He regularly participates in programming for France-Musique (Paris), Saarländischer Rundfunk (Saarbrücken) and Antena 2 (Lisbon, Portuguese National Broadcaster – RTP).
Passionate about the art of storytelling, which he connects with the piano, Bruno Belthoise has performed in front of young audiences in narrative concerts, having recorded albums for La Librairie Sonore of Frémeaux & Associés.
In his research, he has discovered the music of various Portuguese composers, which he disclosed in recitals and conferences around the world. Since 2013, he created and directed the largest collection of pedagogical scores for AvA Musical Editions dedicated to the piano repertoire by composers from Portugal.
His work is supported by renowned institutions such as the Gulbenkian Foundation, Camões Institute, Ministry of Culture and RTP-Antena 2. In 2022 he is invited by the Philharmonie de Paris for the first performance of the
Piano Concerto op. 78 by Anne Victorino d´Almeida in the context of the Cross-Year France-Portugal.
EXTERNAL LINKS
www.brunobelthoise.com
Bruno Belthoise on Wikipedia
Last update: April 1th, 2021
2020, January 18th · Piano Four Hands (with João Costa Ferreira)
VENUEL: Miguel Franco Theatre, Leiria, Portugal
PROGRAMME:
Carlos Marecos (
Música para 4 mãos),
Fernando Lopes-Graça (
Cisirão, Cisirão),
António Victorino D’Almeida (
Balada op. 126),
Sérgio Azevedo (
Duas Borboletas para Olga), Georges Bizet (
Jeux d’Enfants), Gabriel Fauré (
Dolly)
LINK
2019, September 18th – Chamber Music: RHI Concert (Art Institute)
VENUE: José Malhoa Museum, Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
PROGRAMME:
Sérgio Azevedo (
Kô & Kô, les deux esquimaux)
LINK
2019, May 12th – Poetry and Piano Recital: That Strange Love (with João Morgado)
VENUE: Paris, Maison du Portugal (Cité Universitaire de Paris)
PROGRAMME: Hernâni Torres (
Canto da noite), Óscar da Silva (
Prelúdio), Arthur Ferreira (
Confidência),
Fernando Lopes-Graça (
Ritmo I),
Luiz Costa (Luar nos Açudes),
Armando José Fernandes (
Prélúdio III), Eduardo Burnay (
Fado), Edward Grieg (
Arrieta, Valsa), Claude Debussy (
Arabesque), Fryderyk Chopin (
Mazurka), Bruno Belthoise (
Balada do medo)
LINK
2019, April 17th – Trio Pangea
VENUE: Miguel Franco Theatre (37
th Music Festival in Leiria), Leiria, Portugal
PROGRAMME:
José Vianna da Motta (
Trio in B minor), Joaquin Turina (
Circulo), Claude Debussy (
Trio in G)
LINK
2019, March 24th – Piano Four Hands (with João Costa Ferreira)
VENUE: Paris, Maison du Portugal (Cité Universitaire de Paris)
PROGRAMME:
Fernando C. Lapa (
Homero)
LINK
2019, January 31st – Piano Four Hands (with João Costa Ferreira)
VENUE: São Carlos National Theatre (Antena 2), Lisbon
PROGRAMME:
Fernando Lopes-Graça (
Cisirão, Cisirão),
António Victorino D’Almeida (
Balada op. 126),
Sérgio Azevedo (
Duas Borboletas para Olga), Georges Bizet (
Jeux d’Enfants), Gabriel Fauré (
Dolly), Olga Silva (
Soundtrack)
LINK
COMPLETE CONCERT
2018, October 28th – Trio Pangea
VENUE: Santos-o-Novo Monastery (Music in São Roque 2018), Lisbon
PROGRAMME:
Joly Braga Santos (
Trio),
José Vianna da Motta (
Trio in B minor), Claude Debussy (
Trio in G)
LINK
2018, August 29th – Piano Recital
VENUE: Sydney (Australia), Sydney Conservatory of Music Recital Hall
PROGRAMME:
Armando José Fernandes (
Fandango,
Cinco Prelúdios op. 1),
Fernando Lopes-Graça (
Melodias Rusticas Portuguesas, 2.° Caderno), Alexandre Rey Colaço (
Fados), Eduardo Burnay (
Fado), Claude Debussy (
Prelúdios), Maurice Ravel (
Sonatine),
Francisco de Lacerda (
Lusitanas,
Dança Lenta,
Na fonte)
LINK
2018, July 13th – Trio Pangea
VENUE: Alcobaça Monastery (Cistermúsica), Portugal
PROGRAMME:
José Vianna da Motta (
Trio in B minor), Claude Debussy (
Trio in G), Robert Schumann (
Trio no. 1)
LINK
2018, April 13th – Piano Recital: Music from the Portuguese Language Lands
VENUE: Warsaw (Poland), Kazimierzowski Palace
PROGRAMME: Heitor Villa-Lobos (
Choro no. 1,
Dança do indio branco), Ruy Mingas (
Tríptico angolano),
Fernando Lopes-Graça (
Melodias Rústicas Portuguesas, 2nd Book), Eduardo Burnay (
Fado),
Francisco de Lacerda (
Dança Lenta), Alexandre Rey Colaço (
Fados)
LINK
2018, February 28th – Trio Pangea
VENUE: CineTeatro Avenida, Castelo Branco, Portugal
PROGRAMME:
Alexandre Delgado (
Trio Camoniano), Joseph Haydn (
Trio no. 44), Robert Schumann (
Trio no. 1)
LINK
2017, September 19th – Chamber Music: Lisbon-Paris, Bruno Belthoise & Ensembles
VENUE: Paris, Galerie Au Médicis
PROGRAMME:
Jorge Croner de Vasconcellos (
Três redondilhas de Camões,
No Turbilhão),
António Victorino D’Almeida (
Balada op. 126),
Luís de Freitas Branco (
Sonata para violoncelo e piano), Claude Debussy (
Six Epigraphes Antiques), Emmanuel Chabrier (
Cortège Burlesque)
LINK
2017, September 8th – Piano Recital: Manoel de Oliveira, a musical Homage
VENUE: Camberra (Australia), National Library of Australia
PROGRAMME: Bruno Belthoise (
Douro, faina fluvial), Alexandre Rey Colaço (
Fados), Eduardo Burnay (
Fado), Claude Debussy (
Preludes), Francis Poulenc (
Trois Mouvements perpétuels),
Luiz Costa (
Cenários op. 13),
Armando José Fernandes (
Cinco Prelúdios op. 1),
Francisco de Lacerda (
Lusitanas,
Papillons)
LINK
2016, December 17th – Piano Four Hands (with João Costa Ferreira)
VENUE: Paris, Scots Kirk
PROGRAMME: Edward Ayres d’Abreu (
Bocejo em forma de sonho com azuis, luzes e maresia),
José Vianna da Motta (
Souvenirs op. 7),
António Victorino D’Almeida (
Balada op.126), Gabriel Fauré (
Dolly), Florent Schmitt (
La semaine du Petit Elfe)
LINK
2016, November 24th – Piano Four Hands (with João Costa Ferreira)
VENUE: ISEG Auditorium (Antena 2), Lisbon
PROGRAMME: Edward Ayres d’Abreu (
Bocejo em forma de sonho com azuis, luzes e maresia),
José Vianna da Motta (
Souvenirs op. 7),
António Victorino D’Almeida (
Balada op.126), Gabriel Fauré (
Dolly), Florent Schmitt (
La semaine du Petit Elfe)
LINK
2016, November 7th – Piano Recital
VENUE: Misericórdia Church, Tavira, Portugal
PROGRAMME: Claude Debussy (
Preludes,
Arabesque no. 1),
Luiz Costa (
Cenários op. 13,
Telas Campesinas op. 6), Franz Liszt (
Il Sospiro),
José Vianna da Motta (
Barcarolas 1 and 2),
Fernando Lopes-Graça (
Oito Bagatelas), Alexandre Rey Colaço (
Fados)
LINK
2016, November 2nd – Piano Recital: Manoel de Oliveira, a musical Homage
VENUE: New York (USA), Tribecca Film Center
PROGRAMME: Bruno Belthoise (
Douro, faina fluvial), Alexandre Rey Colaço (
Fados), Eduardo Burnay (
Fado), Claude Debussy (
Preludes), Francis Poulenc (
Trois Mouvements perpétuels),
Luiz Costa (
Cenários op. 13),
Armando José Fernandes (
Cinco Prelúdios op. 1)
LINK
2016, October 28th – Piano Recital: Manoel de Oliveira, a musical Homage
VENUE: Montréal (Canada), Cinémathèque Québécoise
PROGRAMME: Bruno Belthoise (
Douro, faina fluvial), Alexandre Rey Colaço (
Fados), Eduardo Burnay (
Fado), Claude Debussy (
Preludes), Francis Poulenc (
Trois Mouvements perpétuels),
Luiz Costa (
Cenários op. 13),
Armando José Fernandes (
Cinco Prelúdios op. 1)
LINK
2016, October 4th – Flute and Piano Concert (with Yves Charpentier)
VENUE: Dunkerque (France), Centre Bizet
PROGRAMME:
Luiz Costa (
Sonatina op. 23),
Fernando Lopes-Graça (
Andante and Allegro), Claude Debussy (
Six Epigraphes Antiques), Alexandre Rey Colaço (
Fados), Eduardo Burnay (
Fado), Cláudio Carneyro (
Avena Ruda), Mel Bonis (
Sonate en Ut# mineur)
LINK
2016, October 8th – Piano Recital: Manoel de Oliveira, a musical Homage
VENUE: Vienna (Austria), Haus der Musik
PROGRAMME: Bruno Belthoise (
Douro, faina fluvial), Alexandre Rey Colaço (
Fados), Eduardo Burnay (
Fado), Claude Debussy (
Preludes), Francis Poulenc (
Trois Mouvements perpétuels),
Luiz Costa (
Cenários op. 13),
Armando José Fernandes (
Cinco Prelúdios op. 1)
LINK
2016, June 11th – Piano Recital: Manoel de Oliveira, a musical Homage
VENUE: Vigo (Spain), Concatedral de Vigo
PROGRAMME: Bruno Belthoise (
Douro, faina fluvial), Alexandre Rey Colaço (
Fados), Eduardo Burnay (
Fado), Claude Debussy (
Preludes), Francis Poulenc (
Trois Mouvements perpétuels),
Luiz Costa (
Cenários op. 13),
Armando José Fernandes (
Cinco Prelúdios op. 1)
LINK
2015, June 9th – Chamber Music: Severa, o fado de um fado (with Ana Barros – voice)
VENUE: São João National Theatre, Porto, Portugal
PROGRAMME: fados by
Carlos Azevedo, Miguel Amaral, Bruno Belthoise,
Sérgio Azevedo,
Carlos Marecos, Alexandre Rey Colaço, Eduardo Burnay
LINK
2014, October 26th – Trio Pangea, Portuguese Trios: a sonic mosaic
VENUE: São Roque Museum (Music in São Roque 2014), Lisbon
PROGRAMME:
Luiz Costa (
Trio op. 15),
Claúdio Carneyro (
Trio),
Sérgio Azevedo (
Hukvaldy Trio)
LINK
2014, September 10th – Chamber Music: Severa, o fado de um fado (with Ana Barros – voz)
VENUE: Vianna da Motta Auditorium – Music College of Lisbon, ESML (Antena 2)
PROGRAMME: fados by
Carlos Azevedo, Miguel Amaral, Bruno Belthoise,
Sérgio Azevedo,
Carlos Marecos, Alexandre Rey Colaço, Eduardo Burnay
LINK
2014, May 3rd – Trio Pangea
VENUE: Music Days, CCB (Antena 2), Lisbon
PROGRAMME:
Sérgio Azevedo (
Hukvaldy Trio), Dmitri Shostakovitch (
Trio no. 1), Gabriel Fauré (
Trio)
LINK
2013, November 8th –Performance: Severa, o fado de um fado (with Ana Barros – voice)
VENUE: Ateneu Comercial de Porto, Portugal
PROGRAMA: fados by
Carlos Azevedo, Miguel Amaral, Bruno Belthoise,
Sérgio Azevedo,
Carlos Marecos, Alexandre Rey Colaço, Eduardo Burnay
LINK
2013, May 31st – 2-Piano Recital (with Claude Maillols)
VENUE: Paris, Scola Cantorum
PROGRAMME:
Fernando Lopes-Graça (
Paris 1937), Eduardo Burnay (
Fado para dois pianos), Francis Poulenc (
Concerto for Two Pianos), Florent Schmitt (
Le Petit Elfe ferme-l’oeil), Mozart (
Sonata for Two Pianos)
LINK
2013, May 6th – Trio Pangea
VENUE: Auditorio Juan Crisótomo Arriaga, Bilbao, Spain
PROGRAMME:
Luiz Costa (
Trio op.15),
Claúdio Carneyro (
Trio), Emmanuel Hieaux (
Une Goutte d’Ombre, La Promesse), Robert Schumann (
Trio no. 1)
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2012, July 21st – Piano Recital
VENUE: Guimarães, Paços dos Duques (Guimarães 2012), Portugal
PROGRAMME:
Fernando Lopes-Graça (
Melodias Rústicas Portuguesas, Books no. 1, 2, 3) with photos by Patrick Devresse
LINK
2010, December 3rd – Chamber Music and Solo Piano
VENUE: Fundação Portuguesa das Comunicações (Antena 2), Lisbon
PROGRAMME:
Fernando Lopes-Graça (
Melodias Rústicas Portuguesas, Books no. 1 and 2),
Jorge Croner de Vasconcelos (
Três redondilhas de Camões,
No turbilhão)
LINK
2010, June 22nd – Chamber Music and Solo Piano: Luiz Costa & Schumann 2010
VENUE: CCB (Antena 2), Lisbon
PROGRAMME:
Luiz Costa (
Fiandeira,
Telas Campesinas op. 6,
Poemas do Monte op. 3,
Cenários op. 13,
Sonatina para viola e piano,
A roda do moinho), Robert Schumann (
Märchenbilder op. 113)
LINK
2008, October 5th – Conference and Piano Recital
VENUE: Montréal (Canada), Place des Arts
PROGRAMME:
Armando José Fernandes (
Cinco Prelúdios,
Scherzino,
Fandango),
Francisco de Lacerda (
Lusitanas,
Dança Lenta),
Luiz Costa (
Fiandeira,
Danças Rusticas op. 17,
Poemas do Monte op. 3),
Fernando Lopes-Graça (
8 Bagatelas)
LINK
2006, October 30th – Chamber Music and Solo Piano: Homage to the 1906 Generation
VENUE: CCB (Antena 2), Lisbon
PROGRAMME:
Armando José Fernandes (
Sonata Violoncelo,
Sonatina Viola,
Scherzino,
Fandango),
Fernando Lopes-Graça (
Quatro Peças em Suite,
Três Canções Populares Portuguesas)
LINK
2006, October 17th – Conference and Piano Recital
VENUE: Lyon, Université Lumière-Lyon 2
PROGRAMME:
Armando José Fernandes (
Cinco Prelúdios,
Scherzino,
Fandango),
Francisco de Lacerda (
Lusitanas,
Dança Lenta,
Levantinas),
Luiz Costa (
Fiandeira,
Danças Rusticas,
Poemas do Monte op. 3),
Fernando Lopes-Graça (
8 Bagatelas)
LINK
2005, July 3rd – Piano Recital: Luiz Costa and His Time
VENUE: Noble Hall (Fundão Municipality), Fundão, Portugal
PROGRAMME:
Luiz Costa (
Danças Rústicas op. 17,
Poemas do Monte op. 3,
Fiandeira),
Armando José Fernandes (
Scherzino,
Cinco Prelúdios op. 1),
Francisco de Lacerda (
Lusitanas,
Dança Lenta), Francis Poulenc (
Trois Mouvements Perpétuels)
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2005, June 14th – Chamber Music, Wind Quintet and Piano
VENUE: Franco-Português Institute (Antena 2), Lisbon
PROGRAMME:
Sérgio Azevedo (
Ariane dans son labyrinthe), Olivier Messiaen (
Le merle noir),
Filipe Pires (
Figurações VIII),
Fernando Lopes-Graça (
Sete lembranças para Vieira da Silva), Bernard de Vienne (
Les Identités remarquables)
LINK
2001, May 27th – Flute and Piano Concert
VENUE: Antena 2 Studio (Live Concert), Lisbon
PROGRAMME:
Alexandre Delgado (
Bamboleio),
Luiz Costa (
Sonatina para flauta,
Danças Rusticas), Albert Roussel (
Joueurs de flûte), Bernard de Vienne (
Hubuhuha), Francis Poulenc (
Sonate pour flûte), Gabriel Fauré (
Berceuse), Edgar Varèse (
Density 21.5)
LINK
2000, November 6th – Flute and Piano Concert
VENUE: Foz Palace, Lisbon
PROGRAMME:
Luiz Costa (
Sonatina para flauta), Albert Roussel (
Joueurs de flûte),
Armando José Fernandes (
Sonatina), Bernard de Vienne (
Hubuhuha), Francis Poulenc (
Sonate), Gabriel Fauré (
Berceuse)
LINK
1997, May 22nd – Piano Recital: Homage to Francisco de Lacerda
VENUE: São Jorge-Calheta - Sociedade Estímulo, Jornadas Musicais dos Açores, Azores, Portugal
PROGRAMME:
Francisco de Lacerda | piano works (
Lusitanas,
Levantinas,
Valsas,
Danças,
Canção do berço...)
LINK
1997, May 19th – Piano Recital: Homage to Francisco de Lacerda
VENUE: Açores, São Miguel-Ponta Delgada – Museu Carlos Machado, Jornadas Musicais dos Açores
PROGRAMME:
Francisco de Lacerda |
36 Histoires pour amuser les enfants d’un artiste
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