Martynas Levickis, accordion The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen Omer Meir Wellber, conductor

Fiery passion has a name in music history: Carmen! Georges Bizet's opera has become a musical synonym for love, joie de vivre, and fatalism – and for the rapturous enthusiasm for Spain that gripped all of Paris from the mid-19th century onward. The accordion, in turn, is France's secret voice of the heart and is closely intertwined with French savoir-vivre, with valse musette, and the blend of lightness and melancholy. When our featured artist Ma...