Music softens manners ... and will never stop making us vibrate. The Lille Piano (s) Festival, scheduled from June 12 to 14, will be maintained in an unprecedented digital version, failing to accommodate the public due to the epidemic of Covid-19, the organizers of this original event have just announced. dedicated to classical, jazz and electro.
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François Bou, director general of the Lille National Orchestra (ONL) and the organizer of this festival, told AFP: "We did not want to cancel it simply, and as we have a high-tech audiovisual studio, we are autonomous in terms of streaming. ”
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Completely free, this 17th edition offering classical, jazz and electro will honor around thirty artists, including the young 23-year-old virtuoso Alexandre Kantorow, doubly sacred to the Victoires de la musique classique, David Kadouch or even Jean-François Zygel.
The concerts, whose duration has been reduced to adapt to digital uses, will be filmed from the New Century auditorium in Lille, but also from New York, Philadelphia or Amsterdam. They will be broadcast live or deferred on YouTube and visible in Replay.
François Bou explained why he wanted to ensure the sustainability of his “digital” festival: “The health crisis has been an accelerator and has confirmed our strategic choices. This edition allows us to maintain the link with the public and to make artists work. I hope that it will inspire people to come and meet us in the hall as soon as possible because the experience of a live concert is irreplaceable. ”
Since its creation in 2004, the festival has attracted some 210,000 spectators. And this year, all these music lovers will be able to follow the entire Lille Piano (s) Digital Festival from June 12 to 14, by streaming on our Youtube channel! #LillePianosDigital. A great first!
Virtuoso Alexandre Kantorow performs the macabre dance of Saint-Saëns