Katia y Marielle Labèque

Katia and Marielle are regular guests with Berlin Philharmonic, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Chicago Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, Leipzig Gewandhaus, London Symphony, London Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris , Dresden Staatskapelle, Royal Concertgebouw Amsterdam and Vienna Philharmonic, under the direction of Marin Alsop, Semyon Bychkov, Gustavo Dudamel, Gustavo Gimeno, Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, Pietari Inkinen, Louis Langrée, Zubin Mehta,, Andres Orozco-Estrada, Seiji Ozawa, Antonio Pappano, Matthias Pintscher, Georges Pretre, Sir Simon Rattle, Santtu Matias Rouvali, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Michael Tilson Thomas and Jaap van Zweden.

The Labèques’ label KML Recordings joined Deutsche Grammophon in 2016. They had the privilege of working with many composers including Thomas Adès, Louis Andriessen, Luciano Berio, Pierre Boulez, Bryce Dessner, Philip Glass, Osvaldo Golijov, György Ligeti, and Olivier Messiaen. At Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles they presented the world premiere of Philip Glass’s new Concerto with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Gustavo Dudamel. Spring of 2019 saw the world premiere of Bryce Dessner’s concerto at Royal Festival Hall with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and John Storgards. Another recent highlight was the tour with the Filarmonica Joven de Colombia under Andrés Orozco-Estrada, through Germany, Austria and Holland.

They are working on their new project "SONIC WIRES" with Bryce Dessner and David Chalmin. Their project "Electric Fields" with Barbara Hannigan was premiered at Disney Hall this season followed by concerts at Aix en Provence Festival , Elb Philharmonie Hamburg, Budapest Mupa and Zurich Townhalle. They are currently touring their project the "Cocteau/Glass Trilogy" with stage director Cyril Teste and perfumer Francis Kurkdjian after the premiere in Paris Philharmonie followed by Bordeaux, Metz, Andorra, Dublin, London Barbican, Lyon Fourvieres Festival and Ravel Festival.