At the moment, the French clarinettist Michel Lethiec is considered to be one of the most eminent figures on the world-wide classical musical scene. Besides his numerous concert and festival performances, he is also devoted to teaching and participates actively in the research and the distribution of the repertoire.

Michel Lethiec is a member of the Trio à vents de Paris, together with Vincent Lucas and Philippe Hanon.

He has played with the Barcelona Orchestra, the Israel Chamber Orchestra, the Saint-Petersburg Philharmonic, the Stockholm and the Malmoe Orchestras, the English Chamber Orchestra, the Toulouse Chamber Orchestra, the Orchestre National du Capitole, the Salzburg Mozarteum, the Milano Pomeriggio Musicale, the Prague Radio Orchestra, the Philharmonique de Radio France… and is a member of the Trio à vents de Paris together with Vincent Lucas and Philippe Hanon.

Devoted to contemporary music, he has played premier performances of numerous pieces and concertos by composers such as: Penderecki, Corigliano, Denisow, Maratka, Ballif, Landowski, Decoust, Fourchotte, Scolari, Narita, Brotons, Giraud…

Besides his concert performances in Europe and Asia, during the next season, he will give master classes at theAcadémie d’Été of Nizza, the University of Jerusalem, the Conservatoires of  Shangai and Peking, the Academy of Hong Kong, the Conservatoire of Lausanne, the Academy K. Penderecki in Poland.

His recordings include about twenty compact discs, among which are two Grand prix du Disque (“Ascèses” by Jolivet and “Contrasts” by Bartók, with G. Poulet and N. Lee), for Lyrinx, Arion, RCA, Bis, Talent, Actes Sud.

He has just recorded the three Concertos by Penderecki (with the Saint-Petersburg Camerata conducted by K. Penderecki and E. Leducq) as well as a CD devoted to the chamber music works of the same composer (Naxos), the Concerto by Vanhall (Talent) and the Préludes et Danses by Lutoslawski (Arion),  “Luminarium” by Maratka (Arion, with the Talich Orchestra Prague) the Duos by S. Giraud (with A. Noras), the Sonatas by Auric, Honegger and Poulenc (with C. Ivaldi).

He will shortly record the Concertos by Baermann and Mendelssohn (Talent) and the “Porgy and Bess” Suite for clarinet and strings (Naxos).

He teaches at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris and at the Nice Conservatoire and he also participates regularly in international competitions (Geneva, Leipzig, Prague…) as a jury member.

He is the Artistic Director of the Festival Pablo Casals in Prades.

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Fri, July 9th – 5.00 am !

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The place is only accessible via cable car. Cable car service starts at 4.15 am, last chance to go up Mount of Temptation is 4.45 am (It will be not working during concert 5.00 am until sunrise!!)

Cable car charge is NIS 50,00 per person for roundtrip up the Mount of Temptation including breakfast there after concert. (Please make payment for cable car right there in the morning).

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A magic moment of unpretentious but overwhelming artistic beauty: high above the Jordan Valley, a musical dramaturgy accompanies the breathtaking victory of light over the shadows of the night. Pure, natural and blessing.

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“Sunrise-Imrpovisation” with sound installation

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Michel Lethiec – clarinet, Erich Oskar Huetter – cello, Stefan Heckel – accordion, Razvan Popovici – viola, David Cohen – cello

STUDIO PERCUSSION graz: Günter Meinhart, Mamadou Diabate, Ismael Barrios, Bernhard Richter

Thu, July 8th – 6.30 pm
Talitha Kumi, Beit Jala / Bethlehem

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A hot mixture of the best musical ingredients that Sounding Jerusalem has to offer. Best enjoyed in a place, which contributes the most important ingredient itself: humanity and the ability to see the world beyond one’s own nose.

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Mélange Oriental

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Michel Lethiec – clarinet, Erich Oskar Huetter – cello, Stefan Heckel – piano, accordion, Paul Gulda – piano, Merel Quartet – string quartet

Wed, July 7th – 8.00 pm
Jerusalem International YMCA, Jerusalem

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Mahler and Mozart explored new paths with their exiting piano quartets – STUDIO PERCUSSION graz discovers completely new worlds with fireworks of sound and rhythm – Schumann’s brilliantly strong string quartet in A minor rekindles energy and passion. This evening crowns the ultimate “Mélange Oriental”, which tries new ways to trace Jerusalem’s mixture of cultures in all their brilliance and passion.

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Gustav Mahler: Piano Quartet
Wolfgang Amedeus Mozart: Piano Quartet in G minor KV 478
Robert Schumann: String Quartet  A Minor Op. 41/1
Mélange Oriental
Percussion Improvisation

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Michel Lethiec – clarinet, Erich Oskar Huetter – cello, Mahran Moreb – qanun, Stefan Heckel – piano, accordion, Paul Gulda – piano, Ensemble Raro – string trio, Merel Quartet – string quartet

STUDIO PERCUSSION graz: Günter Meinhart, Mamadou Diabate, Ismael Barrios, Bernhard Richter

Tue, July 6th – 8.00 pm
American Colony Hotel, Jerusalem

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Imagine that W. A. Mozart is strolling through the souk in Jerusalem’s Old City, having sweet melodies in his head, and every now and then he tries some of the Oriental delicacies. What could this evening sound like? A loving serenade to Mozart covering all shades of sounds, spiced up with a pinch of Enescu.

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Trio “Divertimento” in E flat major, K. 563
Piano Quartet in G minor KV 478
Sonatas for piano solo
Quintet for clarinet and String Quartet K. 581
Ludwig van Beethoven: Theme over Mozart´s Opera “The Magic Flute” – ”Bei Maennern, welche Liebe fuehlen” for Piano and Cello
George Enescu: Aubade for String Trio
Oriental Music

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Michel Lethiec – clarinet, Erich Oskar Huetter – cello, Stefan Heckel – piano, accordion, Paul Gulda – piano, Ensemble Raro – string trio, Merel Quartet – string quartet

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Concert fully booked. Unfortunately no more seats available.
Link

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Mon, July 5th – 8.00 pm
St. Vincent, En Karem

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This evening, “Mélange Oriental” begin their musical discovery journey in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City, offering the audience new perspectives on their way. Their paths cross those of subtle sounds from the amazing string quartet “Ph(r)asen”, led by the contemporary Swiss composer D. Ph. Hefti, and they finally reach the vastness of Hungary with Bartók’s dramatic String Quartet No. 4.

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David Philip Hefti: “Phrasen” for String Quartet
Béla Bartok: String Quartet Nr. 4
“Mélange Oriental”

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Michel Lethiec – clarinet, Erich Oskar Huetter – cello), Stefan Heckel – accordion, Merel Quartet – string quartet

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Sun, July 4th – 8.00 pm
Crusaders Church, Abu Gosh

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With the help of Smetana’s impressive and virtuoso Quartet “From my Life” and a great “Melange Oriental”, artists from all corners of Europe recount stories about the search for their roots and their identity, about exuberance and melancholy, about adventures in faraway countries and the longing for home.

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Bedrich Smetana: String Quartet “From my life“  in E minor,
“Mélange Oriental”

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Magali Léger – soprano, Michel Lethiec – clarinet, Erich Oskar Huetter – cello, Stefan Heckel – accordion, impro, Merel Quartet – string quartet, Quatuor Voce – string quartet

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