From the Rhapsody in Blue to the Fantaisie-Impromptu: Journey between jazz and romanticism with Jean-Philippe Sylvestre

Interview by Alexandre Villemaire
Genres and styles : Jazz / période romantique

Additional Information

Returning from a triumphant tour through China and South Africa, Montérégie pianist Jean-Philippe Sylvestre will be in Montreal and Quebec City on September 26 and 27, respectively, for two concerts at the Maison symphonique de Montréal and Palais Montcalm in Quebec City. In this program, he invites audiences on a musical journey on the frontiers of twentieth-century jazz and American music and the piano music of such Romantic masters as Chopin, Liszt, and Scriabin. What links such works as Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, Bernstein’s Symphonic Dances from West Side Story, and Chopin’s Fantaisie-Impromtu? The “poet of the piano,”  as Yannick Nézet-Séguin calls him, spoke to Alexandre Villemaire a few days ago before leaving for a short stay in Nova Scotia.

This interview was realized in French

photo: Tam Photography

Rhapsody in Blue – Jean-Philippe Sylvestre

Programme

Rhapsody in Blue, George Gershwin
Fantaisie impromptu, Frédéric Chopin
Nocturnes op.9 1-2, Frédéric Chopin
Ballade no.1, Frédéric Chopin
Liebestraum no.3, Franz Liszt

– Entracte –

Sonate no.4, Alexander Scriabin
West Side Story – Symphonic Dances, Leonard Bernstein

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