{"id":132800,"date":"2025-02-15T12:07:03","date_gmt":"2025-02-15T17:07:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/interviews-panm360\/rickey-pageot-piano-madonna-christina-aguilera-concert-montreal-classic-black-interview\/"},"modified":"2025-02-15T12:08:06","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T17:08:06","slug":"rickey-pageot-piano-madonna-christina-aguilera-concert-montreal-classic-black-interview","status":"publish","type":"interviews","link":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/en\/interviews-panm360\/rickey-pageot-piano-madonna-christina-aguilera-concert-montreal-classic-black-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Ric&#8217;key Pageot: Madonna&#8217;s pianist and his passion for Black classical music"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Classic Black - Ric&#039;key Pageot joue les compositeurs classiques noirs - ENTREVUE\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sgQcVwkTOXE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ric&#8217;key Pageot was born and raised in Montreal, where he studied at \u00c9cole Pierre-Laporte and McGill. A solid education in classical and jazz opened the door to his first contract: musical director of Cirque du Soleil&#8217;s <em>Delirium <\/em>show (the youngest ever appointed to the post). Corneille, Jill Scott and Diana Ross got their hands on him, before Madonna made him her touring pianist (since <em>Sticky &amp; Sweet<\/em>, 2008-2009), and more recently, Christina Aguilera. Through it all, Ric&#8217;key continues to love classical music, and even more so since discovering the rich but unsuspected repertoire created by black composers. This love led him to immerse himself in this universe and to conceive a recital entitled <em>Classic Black,<\/em> which he will present on 21 February 2025 in the Salle Claude-L\u00e9veill\u00e9e at Place des Arts in Montreal. One performance at 8pm is already sold out, so a second is now necessary, this time at 10pm, for those who want tickets (but there aren&#8217;t many left!). I spoke to Ric&#8217;key about all this and more&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.placedesarts.com\/en\/event\/rickey-pageot\"><strong>DETAILS AND TICKETS HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ric&#8217;key Pageot was born and raised in Montreal, where he studied at \u00c9cole Pierre-Laporte and McGill. A solid education in classical and jazz opened the door to his first contract: musical director of Cirque du Soleil&#8217;s Delirium show (the youngest ever appointed to the post). 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