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François-Frédéric GUY – Biography

Télécharger la traduction française de la biographie ici – In Deutsch hier

François-Frédéric Guy is widely regarded an outstanding interpreter of the German Romantics and Beethoven in particular, whose piano sonatas he has recorded in their entirety along with works for cello with Xavier Phillips, for violin with Tedi Papavrami, the 5 concertos with the O.P.R.F. under Philippe Jordan’s direction, and recently released in play/conduct with Sinfornia Varsovia.
Over the course of his career he has performed many different concertos from Brahms to ProkoGiev and Bartok, with some of the world’s greatest conductors including Marc Albrecht, Fabien Gabel, Bernard Haitink, Daniel Harding, Philippe Jordan, Sebastian Lang-Lessing, Kent Nagano, Michał Nesterowicz, Kazushi Ono, Josep Pons, Pascal Rophé, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Michael Tilson Thomas, Antoni Witt and Jaap van Zweden. He performed with renowned orchestras such as the Wiener Symphoniker, NDR Hamburg, Orchestre de Paris, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio-France, Seoul Philharmonic, Japan Philharmonic, Philharmonia Orchestra, London Philharmonic, BBC symphony and San Francisco Symphony among others.

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June 3rd, 2018 – JAPAN – Tokyo – Musashino Civic Hall

All Beethoven With Xavier Phillips, cello (2 concerts)

3 :00 p.m
Variations in G Major on See the conqu’ring hero (Handel’s Judas Maccabaeus), WoO 45
Cello Sonata No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 5, No. 2
Cello Sonata No. 4 in C Major, Op. 102, No. 1
Cello Sonata No. 5 in D Major, Op. 102, No. 2

7:00 p.m
Cello Sonata No. 1 in F Major, Op. 5, No. 1
Variations in F Major on Ein Madchen (Mozart’s Die Zauberflote), Op.66
Variations in E-Flat Major on Bei Mannern (Mozart’s Die Zauberflote) WoO 46
Cello Sonata No. 3 in A Major, Opus 69

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La Croix – « Jouer Beethoven exige du contrôle et de la folie » – Février 2020 (In French)

À l’occasion du 250e anniversaire de la naissance du compositeur, le pianiste et chef d’orchestre François-Frédéric Guy a interprété en une soirée l’intégrale des cinq concertos pour piano lors de la Folle journée de Nantes. Et pilotera une des 32 sonates de Beethoven à Radio France, du 20 au 22 mars.

Entretien par Emmanuelle Giuliani – Le 7 février 2020

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Planet Hugill – January, 2020

François-Frédéric Guy’s Beethoven piano concerti marathon proved an extraordinary event offering a delighted and informative audience a demonstration of technical prowess at the keyboard.

By Tony Cooper, concert review, Paris – Saturday, 22 January 2020