In the morning darkness of the Polignac Foundation's music room, Simon-Pierre Bestion struggles to hide his emotion.
A few minutes from the last rehearsals of
Vespers
by Monteverdi, which he is resuming this evening at the MC2 in Grenoble, and a few hours from the presentation of the prize for choral singing Liliane Bettencourt, which falls to his company this year, the young conductor measures the road traveled.
“A path full of achievements.
But also doubts and questioning, ”
he concedes.
He knows it: his vocal and instrumental company La Tempête, created seven years ago, is still like a UFO in the French landscape.
His latest project, dedicated to Rachmaninoff's
Vespers
and whose recording has just been released by Alpha, is the perfect illustration of this.
Bringing this major work of the choral repertoire into dialogue with music from an oral tradition that he particularly cherishes: Orthodox Byzantine chant.
Read alsoNational Opera of Greece: a singing school still very much alive
An approach that echoes his
Vespers
by Monteverdi, revisited...
This article is for subscribers only.
You have 65% left to discover.
Cultivating your freedom is cultivating your curiosity.
Keep reading your article for €0.99 for the first month
I ENJOY IT
Already subscribed?
Login