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Para One & Alexandre Tharaud play Ravel.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Europe.
- Electronic Music.
- Concerts.
- Musical performances.
- Music.
- Ravel, Maurice,.
- Local Subjects:
- Europe.
- Electronic Music.
- Concerts.
- Musical performances.
- Music.
- Ravel, Maurice,.
- Genre:
- Performance
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (34 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- Paris, Ile-de-France : Qwest TV, 2020.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Original language in English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- Instigator of encounters each more surprising and delightful than the last, the Variations series brings together, in this episode, the electronic music producer Para One and the classical pianist Alexandre Tharaud who plunge us deeply into the universe of Maurice Ravel. The two musicians take their place in the middle of the Théâtre du Châtelet, an imperial Italian-style hall which has welcomed many masters since its creation in 1862. Among them Ravel, whose famous symphonic ballet Daphnis et Chloé was premiered here. Suffice it to say that it is in a highly symbolic place that this meeting takes place! Magnificently decorated by the Parenthèse collective, the Châtelet setting is ready to welcome the two maestros. Former member of the unclassifiable hip-hop group TTC, artist of the Ed Banger team, producer, director, composer of film music and also DJ, Para One puts his know-how and mastery of sound manipulation at the service of the virtuoso Alexandre Tharaud, one of the greatest French pianists of today. The latter began the piano at the age of 5 before entering, at age 14, the Paris Conservatory where Ravel also studied almost a century earlier! Surrounded by only a few spectators, they revisit Ravel's works very freely, without ever losing their color. The sound of the piano blends subtly with the effects of the machine, sublimating the cinematographic side of the composer's pieces. They offer us a musical scenario worthy of the impressionist movement, in a remarkable four-handed exchange. Etienne Geremia
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed July 15, 2024).
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