MalcolmMartineau

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• Recital with Lise Davidsen

  Zellerbach Hall

  Feb 2025 - Feb 2025

  • Martineau and Davidsen established an exquisite balance between stillness and delicacy with dramatic intensity. They stitched the delicate and the grave with finesse. They displayed a fastidious control of light and dark, low and high.

    • Lois Silverstein, OperaWire
    • 12 February 2025

  • It was at this point Martineau worked a special kind of magic. I could have sworn there were cellos onstage during his introductory phrases, and he drew a truly orchestral sound from the piano.

    • Lisa Hirsch, San Francisco Classical Voice
    • 06 February 2025

• Recital with Sasha Cooke

  Wigmore Hall

  Oct 2024 - Oct 2024

  • Martineau was an impeccable collaborator, somehow – as ever – playing the piano as if in character, supporting every shift in tone or mood.

    • Adrian Ainswroth, Art Muse London
    • 19 October 2024

• Recital with Elīna Garanča

  Festival d’Aix-en-Provence 2024

  Jul 2024

  • With the amazing playing of Martineau, I was ecstatic when they performed Brahms’ “Von ewiger Liebe.” Their rendition of Strauss’s “Berfreit” had one of the best exclamations of sorrowful joy in the final “O Glück!” And their “Ne poy, krasavitsa, pri mne” was extraordinary, especially Martineau’s amazing playing of the piano introduction. Certainly, a fine recital to see where Garanča and Martineau’s musicianship fully blossomed.

    • João Marcos Copertino, Opera Wire
    • 22 July 2024

  • Les romances se colorent de nuances variées, mais toujours vivaces qui requièrent l’abattage certain du pianiste. Occasion pour Malcolm Martineau de briller, lui dont le regard oscille en permanence entre ses partitions et la mezzo qu’il semble ne jamais quitter des yeux. The romances are coloured by a variety of nuances, but always lively, requiring the pianist's undoubted skill. This is an opportunity for Malcolm Martineau to shine, his gaze constantly oscillating between his scores and the mezzo he never seems to take his eyes off.

    • Thierry Verger, Forum Opera
    • 19 July 2024

• Recital with Miah Persson

  Prague Spring International Music Festival

  May 2024

  • Vždy je cenné přivést prvotřídní písňový večer, letos se o něj postarala Miah Persson s klavírním mistrem svého druhu Malcolmem Martineauem. It's always valuable to bring in a first class evening of song, and this year Miah Persson and piano master Malcolm Martineau provided the evening.

    • Jindrich Balek, Lidové noviny
    • 05 June 2024

  • není klavír pouhým doprovodem, ale spoluvytváří atmosféru do synergického celku, ... i tentokrát Malcolm Martineau potvrdil své mistrovství. Spočívá nejen ve virtuózním ovládání klavírní techniky, ale především v hloubce empatie a souznění právě se zpěváky. Způsob, jakým svým úhozem, dynamikou a frázováním souzní s lidským hlasem a hudebním i textovým obsahem interpretovaných písní, je vskutku mimořádný. Povyšuje koncerty na výjimečné zážitky. the piano is not a mere accompaniment, but co-creates the atmosphere into a synergistic whole, ... Malcolm Martineau has confirmed his mastery this time too. It lies not only in his virtuoso command of piano technique, but above all in his depth of empathy and harmony with the singers in particular. The way in which he harmonises his stroke, dynamics and phrasing with the human voice and the musical and textual content of the songs he interprets is truly extraordinary. He elevates concerts to exceptional experiences.

    • Helena Havlíková, Opera Plus
    • 27 May 2024

  • K čemuž přispěl i pianista Malcolm Martineau svojí citlivou, měkkou, básnivou hrou. Pianist Malcolm Martineau contributed to this with his sensitive, soft, poetic playing.

    • Věra Drápelová, Klasika Plus
    • 18 May 2024

  • Skotský klavírista Malcolm Martineau patří k vůbec nejoceňovanějším hudebním partnerům světových pěvců. The Scottish pianist Malcolm Martineau is one of the most appreciated musical partners of the world's singers.

    • časopis Harmonie
    • 16 May 2024

• Recital with Paula Murrihy

  Wigmore Hall

  May 2024

  • The pleasure was doubled in the consummate partnership of an unsurpassed pianist for singers, Malcolm Martineau, who seemed to take great delight in his mezzo’s infinite variety and even sat on the piano stool, rapt, to listen to her poised delivery of a traditional Donegal song in Irish as unaccompanied encore.

    • David Nice, The Arts Desk
    • 30 May 2024

• Recital with Günther Groissböck

  La Monnaie, Brussels

  Nov 2023

  • Malcolm Martineau accompagnait déjà ce programme façonné durant l’été 2022, d’abord enregistré dans la Mozart-Saal de Salzbourg. Accompagnant la voix, le toucher du pianiste vient compléter de tempérance la force de la basse. Grand habitué des accompagnements de Lieder, le pianiste écossais propose une lecture des poèmes avec une luminosité et une versatilité acolyte. Complice, il marque les opus d’une touche très légère, apportant une teinte résolument lumineuse à la lecture du chanteur. Malcolm Martineau already accompanied this program created during the summer of 2022, first recorded in the Mozart-Saal in Salzburg. Accompanying the voice, the pianist's touch complements the strength of the bass with temperance. A great veteran of Lieder accompaniments, the Scottish pianist offers a reading of poems with acolytic luminosity and versatility. An accomplice, he marks the opuses with a very light touch, bringing a resolutely luminous tone to the singer's reading.

    • Soline Heurtebise, Olyrix
    • 07 November 2023

• Recital with Fatma Said

  Taggenbrunner Festspiele

  Aug 2023

  • Ihr zur Seite ein Profi von einem Sängerbegleiter, der Pianist Malcolm Martineau, der sich als feinsinniger und aufmerksamer Partner erwies. Er formte die Musik am Klavier plastisch und mit vielfältiger Anschlagskultur aus. Jubel! At her side was a professional singer accompanist, the pianist Malcolm Martineau, who proved to be a sensitive and attentive partner. He shaped the music on the piano vividly and with a diverse touch culture. Cheers!

    • Helmut Christian, Keine Zeitung
    • 02 September 2023

• Recital with Ilker Arcayürek

  Edinburgh International Festival

  Aug 2023

  • Throughout, Malcolm Martineau’s piano part was an equal player in the musical texture, adding ballast and delicacy wherever needed. In fact, Martineau...was probably the star in the final Schubert selection...Announcing their encore, Martineau pointed to his singer and said “Aren’t we lucky?” Yes, but we were luckier still to have Martineau.

    • Simon Thompson, The Arts Desk
    • 10 August 2023

• Schwanengesang with Konstantin Krimmel

  Bayerische Staatsoper

  Jul 2023

  • Sehr getragen das Ständchen, zurückgefahren im Stimmvolumen, um die Atmosphäre „in des Mondes Licht“ nicht zu übertönen; stilgerecht imitierte Martineau am Flügel den Klang einer konzertierenden Mandoline. Pointiert, fast militärisch dann der Abschied von Stadt und Mägdelein; allargando, schon sezierend die Worte zur Sehnsucht In der Ferne, wie aus Felsen gemeißelt der Schmerz in Aufenthalt. Eine markante Einleitung von Martineau zu Kriegers Ahnung, aufflammende Sehnsucht und ein mildes, geradezu absterbendes „Gute Nacht“ im Gedanken an die Herzliebste...die beiden Künstler [stellten] Johann Gabriel Seidls Taubenpost in eine eigene mittlere Gruppe. Das Liebchen als Augenstern, Wandern in Hain und Heimat: Krimmel faszinierte auch hier mit geheimnisvoll süßem Ausdruck oder vor Aufregung vibrierender Stimme, mit Malcolm Martineau als wachem, durchaus tonmalendem Begleiter. The serenade is very solemn, with the vocal volume reduced so as not to drown out the atmosphere “in the light of the moon”; Martineau stylishly imitated the sound of a concerto mandolin on the grand piano. The farewell to the city and the girl is pointed, almost military; allargando, already dissecting the words of longing In the distance, as if carved from rock, the pain in residence. A striking introduction by Martineau to Krieger's premonition, flaring longing and a mild, almost dying “Goodnight” in the thought of the sweetheart...the two artists placed Johann Gabriel Seidl's Taubenpost in its own middle group. The sweetheart as the star of the eyes, wandering in the grove and home: Krimmel also fascinated here with a mysteriously sweet expression or a voice vibrating with excitement, with Malcolm Martineau as an alert, thoroughly tone-painting companion

    • Michael Vieth, Bachtrack
    • 22 July 2023

• Schwanengesang with Konstantin Krimmel

  Athénée Théâtre Louis-Jouvet

  Jul 2023

  • Le jeu du pianiste est haletant, comme suspendu et pourtant ne manque pas de souffle ni de phrasés déployés. Ces choix se complémentent entièrement avec l'interprétation du chanteur et les éléments sur lesquels le pianiste insiste, certes jusqu'à l'exagération, sont autant de preuves supplémentaires de sa grande connaissance des morceaux : lorsqu'il marque et martèle une note c'est celle dont Schubert fait un glas ou un pivot, s'il joue les petits ornements de la Sérénade comme un claveciniste c'est qu'ils expriment la légèreté amoureuse d'antan... The pianist's playing is breathless, as if suspended and yet does not lack breath or deployed phrasing. These choices complement each other entirely with the singer's interpretation and the elements on which the pianist insists, certainly to the point of exaggeration, are additional proof of his great knowledge of the pieces: when he marks and hammers a note it is the one of which Schubert makes a toll or a pivot, if he plays the little ornaments of the Serenade like a harpsichordist it is because they express the loving lightness of yesteryear...

    • Charles Arden, Olyrix
    • 05 July 2023