Ombre et lumière - Shadow and Light: Kim Barbier
Introduction to the Piano Recital: “Shadow and Light”
The theme “Shadow and Light” explores the profound contrasts that define our musical and emotional experiences.
Throughout this recital, each work embodies a tension or harmony between dark moments, filled with mystery or melancholy, and bright moments, full of hope and clarity.
This ongoing dialogue between shadow and light reflects the essential duality of life and music, where every nuance finds its expression, from intimate tenderness to dazzling passion. This program explores the powerful and subtle contrasts between shadow and light through a multifaceted musical journey.
Beethoven’s *”Moonlight Sonata”* opens the recital with its melancholic tones and bright flashes, emblematic of the fragile balance between darkness and clarity. Next comes Chopin’s *Barcarolle*, a work bathed in a gentle, floating atmosphere, where light seems to rise from calm waves.
With Liszt’s *Liebestraum*, tenderness and intensity intertwine, painting a love both passionate and serene. Chopin’s *Andante spianato and grande polonaise*, on the other hand, alternates between delicacy and grandeur, illustrating a path from shadow to the radiant light of a triumphant dance. Debussy’s pieces, including *”Les collines d’Anacapri”* and *Dr. Gradus ad Parnassum*, play with Mediterranean light and the vibrant energy of modernity, revealing subtle shades of luminous rhythms and colors. Finally, Bizet’s *Grande valse de concert* concludes this exploration with an explosion of vitality and virtuosity, celebrating light in all its splendor.
Each piece in this program reveals, in its own way, the dialogue between shadow and light, a dynamic that transcends time and style.
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Le thème “Ombre et Lumière” explore les contrastes profonds qui définissent notre expérience musicale et émotionnelle.
À travers ce récital, chaque œuvre incarne une tension ou une harmonie entre des moments sombres, empreints de mystère ou de mélancolie, et des instants lumineux, porteurs d’espoir et de clarté.
Ce dialogue perpétuel entre l’ombre et la lumière reflète la dualité essentielle de la vie et de la musique, où chaque nuance trouve son expression, de la douceur intime à la passion éclatante.
Ce programme explore les contrastes puissants et subtils qui se jouent entre ombre et lumière, à travers un voyage musical aux multiples facettes.
La *Sonate « Clair de Lune »* de Beethoven ouvre le récital, avec ses teintes mélancoliques et ses éclats lumineux, emblème de l’équilibre fragile entre l’obscurité et la clarté. S’en suit la *Barcarolle* de Chopin, une œuvre baignant dans une douceur flottante, où la lumière semble surgir des vagues tranquilles.
Avec *Liebestraum* de Liszt, la tendresse et l’intensité se mêlent, peignant un amour à la fois passionné et serein. L’*Andante spianato et grande polonaise* de Chopin, quant à lui, alterne délicatesse et grandeur, illustrant le cheminement de l’ombre vers la lumière éclatante d’une danse triomphale.
Les œuvres de Debussy, avec le *Prélude « Les collines d’Anacapri »* et *Dr. Gradus ad Parnassum*, jouent avec la lumière méditerranéenne et l’énergie vive de la modernité, révélant les nuances de couleurs et de rythmes lumineux. Enfin, la *Grande valse de concert* de Bizet conclut cette exploration par une explosion de vitalité et de virtuosité, célébrant la lumière dans toute sa splendeur.
Chaque pièce de ce programme révèle à sa manière le dialogue entre ombre et lumière, une dynamique qui traverse les âges et les styles.
Event Schedule:
🔖🎹 15 November 2024 at 4:00 pm (Registration required) * To attend, please register at [email protected] with your Full name, mobile number, and preferred performance date.Kim Barbier
Kim BARBIER
Kim Barbier was born in Paris to French-Vietnamese parents and grew up in Africa and the South of France. After completing her diploma and the “cycle de perfectionnement” at the Paris Conservatoire with Pierre-Laurent Aimard, she studied in London under Maria Curcio in the tradition of Artur Schnabel. Curcio was to become her most important influence, both musically and personally. Other teachers with whom Kim studied were György Kurtag, Patrick Cohen, Odile Poisson, Theodore Paraskivesco, Nicholas Angelich, Leon Fleischer and Ferenc Rados.
The pianist has performed with a wide range of renowned orchestras, including the Orquesta de Valencia, the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, the Estonian National Orchestra, the Zagreb Radio Orchestra, the China National Symphony Orchestra, the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra di Roma e del Lazio, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Nice, the Berlin Symphony Orchestra and the New Chamber Orchestra Potsdam. Conductors under whom she has performed include Lionel Bringuier, Robin Ticciati, Fabien Gabel, Yaron Traub, and Stanley Dodds.
Kim has appeared as a guest soloist in internationally renowned concert halls such as the Philharmonie and Konzerthaus in Berlin, the Auditorium Parco Della Musica in Rome, the Beijing Concert Hall, the Hanoi Opera House and the Palau de la Musica in Valencia. She has also performed at international festivals, including the Festival International de Menton, the Festival Musique à l’Emperi in Salon-de-Provence, the Rolandseck Festival and the Salzburg Easter Festival.
Kim Barbier has also devoted herself to the chamber music repertoire. She has given concerts with Sol Gabetta, Emmanuel Pahud, Antoine Tamestit, Guy Braunstein, Bruno Delepelaire, François Leleux, Paul Meyer and the Berlin Piano Quartet. With the latter she has recorded two CDs for RCA/Sony and has also released a solo CD with Oehms Classics.
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