Par petites touches
Le jardin du Luxembourg est pour Philippe Cassard, grand pianiste classique international et producteur d’émissions à France-Musique, le point de départ d’une rêverie à la Debussy qui retraverserait « par petites touches » toute sa vie. Curiosité, gourmandise, exigence, drôlerie. Des figures majeures et des lieux apparaissent, Sviatoslav Richter, Vladimir Horowitz, Christa Ludwig, Natalie Dessay. Besançon, sa ville natale où il donna un récital en soliste à l’âge de huit ans, Chaux-les-Passavant, le village de son père, mais aussi Vienne, Dublin, Paris.
Et comme devant un clavier, cet autoportrait convoque les règles fondamentales du piano, le doigté, l’assise, l’aisance du corps, l’adhérence des doigts au clavier, la souplesse des poignets, le travail permanent des gammes, des arpèges, des traits d’octave, un enseignement qu’il aimera plus tard transmettre à son tour dans ses émissions. Un délicieux voyage qui part du jardin, s’envole dans les plis de la mémoire, et y revient.
- Traits et portraits
- Paru le 01/09/2022
- Genre : Littérature française
- 200 pages - 140 x 205 mm
- EAN : 9782715258280
- ISBN : 9782715258280
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The great classical pianist Philippe Cassard made his self-portrait from his walks in the Luxembourg Gardens. From Pierre Barbizet’s class, which gave him the elemental rules of piano, to international concerts and radio shows, his journey is made of curiosity, love of good food, humor but also high standards set for himself.
Like a farandole, episodes of his life come one after the other: Vienna, where he was a “page turner” for Richter and many other pianists, the Conservatoire of Paris, the decisive encounters with Magaloff, Horowitz, Christa Ludwig, Natalie Dessay, his enthousiasm for art and cinema, especially Fellini.
This book is a feast of wonderfull scenes in which he reveals his sensual relationship with the world, born from his physical relationship with the ivory and ebony keys of the piano.
Philippe Cassard, a reknowned french pianist, is also a musicologist, a critic, a producer and a radio host. He is a specialist of Schubert and Debussy whose work he recorded and studied. He was also an art director and programmer for diverse music festivals.
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