For those unaware, Ismael Margain was born in 1992 in Sarlat where he began his musical training (piano, flute, saxophone, jazz, writing, etc.).

The pianist and conductor Vahan Mardirossian, with whom Ismael had worked from an early age, introduced him to his former master Jacques Rouvier, who prepared him for the entrance examination for the Paris Conservatory.

Received unanimously, he chose to join the class of Nicholas Angelich, then at the departure of the latter to continue his training with Roger Muraro and Michel Dalberto.

Winner of the International Competition GeneArts in Geneva, it is at the Long-Thibaud Competition 2012 that the general public discovers Ismael. After playing Mozart’s concerto no.23 in the final, he won the Audience Prize and the 3rd Grand Prix Marguerite Long awarded by the president of the jury Menahem Pressler.

He played this concerto again at the Victoires de la Musique Classique 2015, where he was nominated in the category instrumental soloist revelation.

Margain’s new recording is the magnificently sculptured Impromptus (due out February 17th, 2023 via Naive) and it is genuine work of musical art, of that you have my word.

1. Impromptus No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 25
2. Impromptus No. 1 in D-Flat Major, Op. 29
3. Impromptus No. 2 in F-Minor, Op. 31
4. Etudes, Op. 25
5. Impromptus No. 3 in A-Flat Major, Op. 34
6. Fantaisie-Impromptus in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 66
7. Impromptus No. 4 in D-Flat Major, Op. 91
8. Impromptus No. 2 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 36
9. Impromptus No. 5 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 102
10. Impromptus No. 3 in G-Flat Major, Op. 51
11. Impromptus No. 6 in D-Flat Major, Op. 86
12. Berceuse in D-Flat Major, Op. 57
13. Improvisation in C-Sharp minor, Op. 84
14. Improvisation

Opening on the free flowing majesties within Impromptus No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 25, next up is the perky, gently fervent Impromptus No. 1 in D-Flat Major, Op. 29, which is itself followed by the diligently euphoric Impromptus No. 2 in F-Minor, Op. 31, the more cultured Etudes, Op. 25, the furtively-cultured Impromptus No. 3 in A-Flat Major, Op. 34, the strident Fantaisie-Impromptus in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 66, and then we get the quietly jaunty Impromptus No. 4 in D-Flat Major, Op. 91.

Along next is the sheer elegance of Impromptus No. 2 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 36 and the bright and bubbly Impromptus No. 5 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 102, and they are followed by the erudite Impromptus No. 3 in G-Flat Major, Op. 51, the grandiose Impromptus No. 6 in D-Flat Major, Op. 86, and then we get the quietly serene gossamer of Berceuse in D-Flat Major, Op. 57, the recording rounding out with the veritably coquettish Improvisation in C-Sharp minor, Op. 84, and closes on the dulcet Improvisation.

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