Un solo respiro – Palazzetto Bru Zane, Venice

About this event

Presented by Palazzetto Bru Zane – Centre de musique romantique française in Venice, Double reeds is a chamber concert within the 2026 cycle Clémence de Grandval, an unconventional vicomtesse. On 4 October 2026 at 17:00, Ilyes Boufadden (oboe/English horn), Lola Descours (bassoon) and Théo Fouchenneret (piano) explore rarely spotlighted French Romantic and early 20th‑century chamber repertoire for double reeds and piano by Clémence de Grandval, Gabriel Pierné and Théodore Lalliet. The program note highlights how double‑reed instruments, once mainly confined to orchestral roles, gained solo and chamber prominence through the Paris Conservatoire’s training after 1795. Grandval—renowned for her Oboe Concerto, Op. 7—wrote extensively for oboe and English horn, often for Georges Gillet, a central figure in the instrument’s evolution. The concert will be recorded for Bru Zane Replay, the institution’s on‑demand digital platform, and takes place at Palazzetto Bru Zane (San Polo 2368) in central Venice.

Cast & creative

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  Oboe

  Ilyes Boufadden- Adloff
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  English horn

  Ilyes Boufadden- Adloff
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  Bassoon

  Lola Descours
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  Piano

  Théo Fouchenneret