Jean-Marc Foltz.
Of the many female singers that used to play on my father's vinyl record player, Billie Holiday is the one who touched my heart, deeply defining my quest for a sound both expressive and singular. I used to dream of performing with this idol, channeling Lester Young: "He plays like she sings, she sings like he plays..."Later, the cycle of romantic Lieder, Frauenliebe und Leben - which tells, in a first person narrative, the life of a woman in eight episodes - reminded me of the singer I so admired and the way in which she hailed the listener by creating a character whose life and songs melded together. It is then that I started to imagine paying tribute to Billie Holiday with this piece of Schumman as watermark.
Jean-Marc Foltz.Jean-Marc Foltz
clarinets
Régis Huby
violin
Claudia Solal
voice
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