Les Nocturnes de Chopin

Thu, 7 Nov

La Cité Bleue

La Cité Bleue Genève

Without knowing it, we are all familiar with Chopin's Nocturnes, so much so have they been used in popular culture, particularly in film. Dreamy and enchanting, they represent the apogee of spleen and delicacy, proper to the introspection and gentleness of the soul. Frédéric Chopin may not have invented the genre, but he gave it its letters of nobility and brought it to its highest degree of completion. No nocturne composed after him has ever surpassed his own, to which he entrusted the deepest secrets of his heart and devoted the best of his ever-evolving genius. This is a rare opportunity to witness Chopin's stylistic evolution under the fingers of Cédric Pescia, who rises to the demanding challenge posed to pianists: to convey the lyricism and emotion of these sublime pages without sacrificing implacable technical rigour.