Aimo Pagin, pianist December 1, 2018, at 5:00 p.m. at the Château de Bourgon-Montourtier Piano concert with Aimo Pagin: Theme “Chopin’s Waltzes,” which will also be the theme of this incomparable virtuoso’s next CD recording!Each concert is a pay-what-you-can event to benefit the artists and concludes with a shared cocktail reception—feel free to bring whatever you’d like to enjoy! Reservations: by email at [email protected] or by phone at 06 11 37 29 99--- 
Saturday, March 3, at 4:00 p.m. at the Château de Bourgon in Montourtier (GPS: Lincé). Concert featuring Aimo Pagin on piano, an established talent, and Vikram Sedona, a 17-year-old violin prodigy, accompanied by his renowned teacher Silvia Marcovici - Beethoven’s Sonata No. 5, “Spring” - Caprice in the Form of a Waltz (Saint-Saëns) And some virtuosic surprises.
Vikram Sedona , violinist Vikram was born in 2000 in Treviso, Italy, and began playing the violin at the age of five. A precocious violinist, he studied under Silvia MARCOVICI at the University of Music in Graz and has won various national and international competitions, the most recent of which was the “Andrea Postacchini” International Competition in Italy.
Vikram was invited to perform in France (at the Tresques Festival, in Cassis, and in Strasbourg), in Austria (Vienna, Salzburg, and Graz), in Italy (at the Venice Festival and the “La Fenice” Theater), at the Malta Festival, and in Russia, at the “P.I.” Conservatory
“Tchaikovsky” from Moscow… to Paris, and now at the Château de Bourgon, which loves to showcase young prodigies! Who is Silvia Marcovici: 
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Aimo Pagin, Vita Peterlin
Live at the *Château de Bourgon-Montourtier* on Saturday, December 9, 2017, at 4:00 p.m. — Piano and Cello Concert featuring Beethoven’s 3rd Sonata, Prokofiev’s Sonata, Dvořák’s Rondo, and some surprises!**Donations welcome: A potluck cocktail party will follow! Bring whatever you’d like to eat or drink…
Alas, those wonderful concerts are now in the past… Saturday, May 6, 2017, at 3:30 p.m.: a concert featuring Aimo Pagin and Vita Peterlin on piano and cello-
Surprise Program Sunday, July 7, 2017, at 7:00 p.m.
Concert featuring Aimo Pagin and Michael Wladkowski as a duo on a Bösendorfer and a Yamaha
Reservations Preferably by email: [email protected] or by phone: 0243021620 or 06 11 37 29 99 
Starting in September 2016, Aimo Pagin will teach at the Pôle Supérieur de la Cité des Arts in Strasbourg (conservatory). www.aimopagin.com Aimo Pagin was born on February 1, 1983, in Frankfurt, into a family of musicians, and decided at a very young age to devote himself to his passion: the piano…My parents’ story is truly unique: since they were both violinists—my father was the concertmaster of the Frankfurt Radio Orchestra, and my mother was a concert violinist—fate brought them together on stage the day she performed Beethoven’s concerto with that orchestra…
So I was born into circumstances that were largely conducive to the development of a musical talent; even my sister, who played the violin as a child, eventually turned to singing, and I figured I had to be original and play a different instrument…
“So I started playing the piano around the age of 7… With his parents’ regular support, Aimo Pagin took his first lessons at the Strasbourg Conservatory, where his family had moved, and he studied for several years with Françoise Claustre…” In the tradition of the French school, this involved consistent practice and a wide variety of exercises and pieces to help me improve…
He then continued his studies at the Colmar Conservatory in RENA SHERESHEVSKAYA’s class, where he completed his program by earning unanimous diplomas in piano, music theory, and chamber music… Aimo Pagin then went to Switzerland to further his studies with Dominique Merlet, then a professor at the Geneva Conservatory of Music, and graduated with the highest distinction: the Soloist Diploma…
Eager to learn and gain experience, Aimo Pagin decided to go to the United States, to the Peabody Institute in Baltimore, and was accepted in 2004 into the renowned class of the great pianist and teacher Léon Fleisher, whose influence would prove immense: “I’ve never really considered any path other than the one that is currently leading me into the eternal realms of music!”
You only have to listen to a Bruckner symphony, for example, to realize that, ultimately, these masterful scores are enough to shed light on all the contradictions and richness of the human condition.
- “My two years with Leon Fleisher were nothing like piano lessons in the strict sense of the word… A whole page would hardly suffice to express what, in my view, represents the very understanding of the essence of music—the philosophy taught by Leon Fleisher.” *Aimo Pagin previously performed in concert on December 4, 2016, at 3:00 p.m. Chopin: Waltzes, Nocturne, Debussy: Clair de Lune,
- Haydn: Sonata in B minor
- Liszt: Petrarch’s Sonnet No. 104, Obermann’s Valley; Mozart: Fantasy; Sibelius: La Valse Triste*
“When asked about his approach to his work, he says: “The approach to a work of art is highly complex and fascinating, and I believe there are as many possible approaches and concepts as there are existing works of art; it is therefore difficult to define how one might address the theme of personal work. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n\_FFErBDenw However, it is true that the performer’s imagination must never give way to the mere execution of notes written on paper—that very imagination which makes each of us, in every field imaginable, beings endowed with subjectivity.”
Ideally, the performance should be done without sheet music.
The composition of the piece—its form, sound, and movement—is so complex that it is actually better to play with your eyes closed, so that you can truly “feel” the music. On stage, amid emotion and joy, beauty lies somewhere between the power to connect with the audience and the magic that emanates from the score—that subtle blend which, when carefully crafted, gives rise to the miracle of art.” http://www.pianobleu.com/aimo\_pagin.htmlhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQWoO3N0gGg Aimo Pagin’s piano repertoire is primarily German: “It stems from Fleisher’s influence: Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, or Brahms—nothing, in his eyes, could better represent and recreate the ‘metaphysical’ ideal.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhfBFy3Wt08 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJz9p8rHKvI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYFJ9XkwbfU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rws9xY3qxIY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loqlui1ryR0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEOReNzeslw As a soloist, he performs with prestigious orchestras such as the NSO (New Symphony Orchestra), the Berlin Symphony Orchestra, the Bucharest Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Nati OrchestraHe is a member of the Montpellier Chamber Orchestra and also loves chamber music: “Like many soloists, I’m very fond of chamber music—it’s a world unto itself. I think we can never do enough of it, and every opportunity to play it, even among friends, is magical! “https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udlIKsYZdOI Aimo Pagin has also had the good fortune to play for great artists who have helped him a great deal, he says, including Radu Lupu and Murray Perrahia, whom he considers to be truly great musicians - Aimo Pagin also draws inspiration from the valuable advice of other renowned musicians, such as David Zinman, András Schiff, Pascal Rogé, Dimitri Bashkirov, Maria Tipo, Valentin Gheorghiu, Noël Lee, and Vladimir Feltsmann.
But also more unconventional—yet equally moving—repertoires: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNFabSgerYw Aimo Pagin’s career has been marked by numerous national and international awards: at the age of 14, he won First Prize at the CONCOURS MUSICAL DE FRANCE (Paris).
A winner of the GEORGE ENESCU INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION (Bucharest, 2005) and the VALSESIA MUSICA Competition (Italy, 2006), he won First Prize at the PREMIO PIANISTICO PAUSILYPON International Competition in Naples that same year, to resounding acclaim, making his first appearances on Italian television (RAI) on that occasion.
In November 2007, he won Second Prize at the FERROL INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION (Spain), Second Prize at the JACOPO LINUSSIO INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION (Italy, 2008), as well as First Prize at the PALMA D’ORO INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION (Italy, 2009) and, more recently, Second Prize at the PREMIO FAUSTO ZADRA Competition (Italy, 2010)