Music@Menlo

Concert, Reception, & Season Unveiling

Menlo School Campus

Chad Hoopes & International Program Alumni

The 2025 Festival!

Swiss-born pianist Gilles Vonsattel has carved himself an international career as a concerto soloist, recitalist, recording artist and especially as a chamber musician. One of today’s most thoughtful and articulate performers, he and Music@Menlo Co-Artistic Director Wu Han have crafted this unique program inspired by love, infatuation, and the women that surrounded fin-de-siècle French composers. Gabriel Fauré’s Dolly Suite, written for the daughter of his mistress, Emma Bardac, is juxtaposed with the Petite Suite written by another of Bardac’s lovers, Claude Debussy. Also included are D’un jardin clair and Cortège by one of classical music’s most celebrated women composers, Lili Boulanger.

Les Parisiennes

Gabriel Fauré - Dolly Suite for Piano, Four Hands, op. 56 (1894–1896) Berceuse Mi-a-ou Jardin de Dolly Kitty Valse Tendresse Pas espagnole

Lili Boulanger - Selections from Trois Morceaux for Solo Piano (1914) D’un vieux jardin D’un jardin clair Cortége

Claude Debussy - Petite Suite for Piano, Four Hands (1886–1889) En bateau Cortége Menue Ballet

Louise Farrenc - Air Russe Varié for Solo Piano, op. 17 (1835)

La valse