ADÉLAÏDE FERRIÈRE – SOLO (NOT JUST) ON MARIMBA

JOHN CAGE Composed Improvisation for snare drum

ANDREW THOMAS Merlin for marimba

FRANCO DONATONI Omar, two pieces for vibraphone

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH / arr. FERRUCIO BUSONI, ADÉLAÏDE FERRIÈRE Chaconne from Partita No. 2 in D minor BWV 1004, arrangement for marimba

IANNIS XENAKIS Rebonds for percussion solo

Adélaïde Ferrière marimba and other percussion instruments

Adélaďde Ferričre, a French percussionist of international renown, has performed in Brno once before, in early December 2023 at the Percussion Festival organised by the Janáček Academy of Performing Arts; she led a workshop and gave the closing concert, demonstrating her mastery of the marimba to great acclaim. While she is in town to perform Fazil Say’s Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra with Brno Philharmonic led by Tomáš Hanus (19 and 20 June 2025 at the Janáček Theatre), she has agreed to give a recital as part of the Philharmonic Chamber Series at Besední dům the same week. Her programme includes works by Johann Sebastian Bach and two luminaries of 20th-century music, the French composer of Greek origin Iannis Xenakis (1922–2001) and the Italian composer Franco Donati (1927–2000).

The concert can be purchased as a part of a full subscription at the Ticket office of Filharmonie Brno on Besední Street and online.

Pieces from the program to listen to:

BACH/BUSONI Chaconne (Adélaïde Ferrière) (youtube.com)

XENAKIS / Rebonds A / LIVE CULTUREBOX (Adélaïde Ferrière) (youtube.com)

“REBONDS B” – by Iannis Xenakis (performed by Adélaïde Ferrière) (youtube.com)