NPR's A Martínez speaks with Dutch brothers Lucas and Arthur Jussen about their new EP, Rêve, featuring piano duets by lesser-known composers influenced by — or rejecting — French Impressionism.
Lucas and Arthur Jussen perform with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Christoph Eschenbach in October 2024.Brothers Lucas and Arthur Jussen have played music together as far back as they can remember. They performed for the Dutch queen as young boys. As a piano duo, they've taken that symbiotic connection to some of the world's greatest concert halls.
Hahn, the one-time lover of French novelist Marcel Proust, primarily composed lyrical music. Even for his piano works,"you have to play them also as if you are singing," said Lucas, 31. That's a major challenge at the piano, which, unlike the voice or string instruments, can't sustain a note at length, let alone indefinitely.Dutch brothers Lucas, left, and Arthur, right, Jussen have performed together as a piano duet since they were young children.
Arthur says he tries to adapt to Lucas"almost each millisecond." When they both achieve that level of synchronicity at the keyboard,"you can can reach a state of playing where you both almost start feeling the same and the blood starts flowing the same way," he added.Lucas and Arthur Jussen bow with conductor Christoph Eschenbach after performing Mozart's Concerto for Two Pianos with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in October 2024.
The Jussens praised the increased presence of women composers and conductors in classical music programming, a transition and reckoning that has been slow in coming.
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