Vanessa Wagner et Murcof

Beyond my piano
Experienced Pianists Festival

A futuristic and a historic instrument, avant-guard and timeless, the piano is a unique instrument. Beyond my piano is a festival for experienced pianists who transgress the rules in order to take us to new horizons of sound and music. 
« I discovered Murcof’s music on the occasion of a screening of F. Lang’s "Metropolis" for which he created "live" music. I was immediately fascinated by the rich and sensual textures of his music, by the mystery, the magic that it emanated, far from all known clichés from which all music played on machines usually suffers. His vast musical culture allows him to reach beyond the tenacious frontier between closed worlds to which musicians of all persuasions often confine themselves. I wished to attempt this musical experience by adding my little stone to this edifice of curiosity and openness.  We decided to meet – classical piano for me, electronic music for him – in order to rediscover, to re-play (as jazz musicians would do)  composers dear to us, from Erik Satie, Maurice Ravel to Arvo Pärt, John Adams or Morton Feldman – who could all be considered as forerunners of contemporary repetitive music.» Vanessa Wagner