Pascal Rogé and the new Ami Rogé
PASCAL AND AMI ROGÉ
“four hands and two hearts”
Pascal Rogé is one of the great interpreters of
French piano music--his name is simply synonymous
with the best playing of French repertoire in the
world today.
For several years, Pascal has enjoyed playing
recitals for four-hands/two-pianos with his partner
in life and in music Ami Rogé. Together, they have
travelled the world appearing at prestigious
festivals and concert halls. The have appeared in New
York Carnegie Hall, Hong Kong Joy of Music Festival,
the Australian Festival of Chamber Music, the Beijing
International Piano Festival, on tour in New Zealand,
at Incontri in Terra di Sienna in Tuscany, at the
Salisbury international Festival, the Thaxted
Festival, Music for Galway, The Sage Gateshead,
Nottingham’s Lakeside Arts Centre, London’s Chopin
Society, and Petworth Festival.
Their recent tour of Japan saw them perform the
premiere of Ami Suite, a new piece for four hands,
written especially for them by the Japanese-American
composer Paul Chihara. Additionally they have made a
growing number of orchestral appearances together
playing Poulenc’s Concerto for Two Pianos and
Mendelssohn’s Concerto for Two Pianos in E Major,
including the Shanghai Symphony, the Hong Kong
Sinfonietta, the Poznan Philharmonic, the
Metropolitan Orchestra of Lisbon, and the Jyväskylä
Symphony Orchestra in Finland.
Pascal and Ami will record a 2 CD set of French
repertoire for four-hands and two-pianos to be
released on the Onyx Rogé Edition label in the coming
year.
Together they will give the premiere of a
newly-commissioned Concerto for Two Pianos by the
composer Matthew Hindson with the Sydney Symphony
Orchestra conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy in 2011
"I have always said that my ambition was to play the
music I love with the people I love; this has never
been more true than today, since I have met Ami. With
her I have been able to continue my search of sounds
and colours throughout the French repertoire but now
with four hands and two hearts. I believe that the
love we share every day in our life together is our
inspiration for interpreting the music and the
emotions that transforms a double black and white
piano recital into a single colourful dream.” Pascal
Rogé