Accents Ensemble K & Simone Menezes

• Alexander Borodin (1833 - 1887):
• 1 Polovtsian Dances 12:37
• Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918):
• 2 Prélude à l'Après-midi d'un faune, L. 86 09:53
• Aaron Copland (1900 - 1990):
• 3 Appalachian Spring 25:46
• Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887 - 1959):
• 4 Chôros No. 5, W207 04:48
• Sophie Lacaze (b. 1963):
• 5 Histoire sans paroles 08:35
• Total Runtime 01:01:39

Info for Accents

K, a multicultural orchestra under the direction of the Italian-Brazilian conductor Simone Menezes, is bringing out its first album. Born out of the awareness that classical music was exported throughout the world and took on multiple influences in the last century, K’s project seeks to find the original accents of the works it performs. Their goal: to tell each story in its original language.

Ensemble K
Simone Menezes, conductor

Simone Menezes
Italian-Brazilian conductor, the visionary Simone Menezes, is known for her artistic and innovative leadership. At the tender age of 20, she founded her first chamber orchestra, Camerata Latino Americana, which was distinguished in the International Society for the Performing Arts of New York. She subsequently co-founded the “Villa-Lobos Project”, an international project dedicated to Brazilian classical repertory. Recent appearances include engagements with orchestras such as Rotterdam's Philharmonic Orchestra (Holland), Orchestre National d’Île-de-France, Orchestre National du Pays de la Loire, Orchestre National de l'Opera de Lorraine (France), Orquestra Sinfônica Nacional (Rio de Janeiro - Brazil), Osaka Symphony Orchestra (Japan), among others. Menezes has recorded 2 CDs and premiered over 20 works. In 2019 she placed second in the European Competition of Female Conductors "Mawoma" in Vienne. In 2020, her new project "K", based in the geographical triangle Brussels - North France - Paris, makes its exciting debut. We hope it will be one of many!

Booklet for Accents