A prodigious duo for the 25th autumn festival this Tuesday in Saint-Tropez
The female opening act for this 25th autumn festival organized by the Tropezian Society of Friends of Music (STAM) will be soprano Laure Baert, who will be accompanied by pianist Laure Favre-Khan.
Laure Baert is certainly a great soprano, but her musical culture is immense and is not limited to her marvelous voice. She first studied piano, then pursued studies in literature and musicology, while working at the conservatory of Lille and then Nancy.
A multi-talented soprano2003 marked a turning point in her career. She won the " Golden Voice of Opera " and was ranked among the four most beautiful voices in the Queen Elizabeth International Competition in 2004.
She performs on stages all over France and abroad, alongside pianists Elena Rozanova and Laure Favre-Khan, whom she will meet again in Saint-Tropez.
But also cellists Ophélie Gaillard and Diana Ligeti.
Her versatility led her to become an artistic director of festivals.
She also teaches piano and singing!
A multi-award-winning pianistLaure Favre-Khan obtained first prize in piano at the National Conservatory of Music and Dance in Paris at a very young age (17 years old).
She then won the Adami Classical Revelations, before recording her first album at the age of 20.
Performing throughout France and the world, she won the Propriano International Competition in New York before playing at the famous Carnegie Hall in the American megalopolis.
In 2013, she attracted attention at the Avignon Festival with her tribute to Chopin. At the same time, her solo album, Dédicaces , was a huge success.
She plays 14 pieces chosen by 14 personalities.
Mirror , their original representation in commonFor this gathering in Saint-Tropez, the program is quite unusual.
The two artists chose to play sets of two works that have the same theme but different composers.
The themes are flowers (Fauré and Poulenc), the month of May (Fauré and Hahn), moonlight (Fauré and Debussy), stars (Hahn and Debussy), hair (Debussy and Strohl), and rain (Luise Didier and Debussy).
The audience will be able to compare how the themes were transcribed by the musicians.
Hence the title of this concert, Mirror .
The finale will also be original with I Have Two Lovers by Messager and A Man and a Woman by Francis Laï.
Var-Matin
