Dmitri Shostakovich - Music for Viola (Manuel Vioque-Judde)

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Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

• Impromptu for Viola and Piano
• Viola Sonata, Op. 147 (arr. Vladimir Mendelssohn)
• Preludes, Op. 34 (arr. Yevgeny Strakhov)
• Gadfly Suite, Op. 97 (arr. Vadim Borisovsky)

Manuel Vioque-Judde, viola

Nathanaël Gouin, piano

Camerata Nordica

Date: 2026

Label: Mirare

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Violist Manuel Vioque-Judde offers an evocative, authentic portrait of Dmitri Shostakovich, tracing the composer's life from his early Preludes to his final work, the Sonata for Viola and Piano. Across this expansive repertoire, the viola serves as a versatile narrator, alternating between cinematic heroism and the quiet, veiled voice of an artist living under Soviet oppression. Spanning the 1930s to Shostakovich's death in 1975, the album unfolds like a dramatic autobiography, a suspenseful crime thriller, and a historical travelogue through the USSR, capturing the profound emotional and political landscape of the composer's enduring legacy.

French violist Manuel Vioque-Judde is an internationally acclaimed soloist, chamber musician, and artistic director. Trained at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris and mentored by luminaries like Seiji Ozawa and Tabea Zimmermann, he holds residencies with the Chapelle musicale Reine Élisabeth and the Singer-Polignac Foundation. He has performed with major orchestras worldwide, including the Simón Bolívar Symphony and the Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie, and appeared at prestigious venues such as the Philharmonie de Paris and Boston's Seiji Ozawa Hall. A devoted chamber collaborator and member of the Trio Arnold and Quatuor Hermès, Vioque-Judde also serves as Artistic Director of the Just Classik Festival in Troyes.