Marie Gicquel / Photo credit: JOEL SAGET / AFP 2:56 p.m., March 7, 2024
The Labèque sisters return for a series of concerts at the Philharmonie de Paris.
Of course, the piano will be on the program, with music inspired by the operas of Philip Glass, who was himself inspired by the films of Jean Cocteau.
They are the rock stars of classical music.
The Labèque sisters, the most famous pianist duo in the world for 50 years, return for a series of concerts at the Philharmonie de Paris starting this Thursday evening.
On the program: piano of course, inspired by the operas of Philip Glass, who was himself inspired by the films of Jean Cocteau.
An enchanting and original show.
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Their two grand pianos face each other in a subdued atmosphere, and the scent of roses, diffused in the Salle de la Cité, perfumes the space.
If the romantic music of Philip Glass, the American composer of the 1970s, makes you fear music that is a little too cutting edge, it is quite the opposite for Katia Labèque.
"But no, it's the name of minimalist music that can be scary. And it's precisely the opposite of contemporary music as people conceive it. It's the school of people who wanted to return to the melody, the rhythms and something that connects with the audience", explains Katia Labèque.
Inspirations from Jean Cocteau
Philip Glass was inspired by three films by Jean Cocteau:
Orphée, Les Enfants Terribles, Beauty and the Beast
.
Marielle Labèque plunged back into this fantastic film with Jean Marais released in 1946 with happiness and some thrills. "When you realize in what year he made this, these are images that stay forever. When she advances, when she arrives in this castle, there are these white linen curtains that fly. It’s extraordinary,” rejoices Marielle Labèque.
A lesson in the history of music with Katia and a lesson in cinema with Marielle and above all a moment of grace in perspective.