Dimitri Naïditch et Polina De Carlo - Ravel, Legrand, Improvisations ...

Official launch concert for the album « French Kiss  » From Ravel to Legrand, two pianists, four hands: French charm between classical and jazz!

After an album dedicated to Ukraine, his bruised birth country, Dimitri Naïditch pays tribute to France, his adopted homeland, alongside Polina De Carlo, an American pianist of Belarusian origin. Four hands on a single keyboard, the two pianists celebrate French charm through works from different periods and styles: Saint-Saëns, Debussy, Ravel, Fauré, Massenet, but also Legrand, Lai, Piaf, Aznavour and Gainsbourg. From these famous melodies, Dimitri Naïditch weaves new, orchestral and virtuoso versions, where the rigour of classical music marries the freedom of jazz. Classical and jazz, East and West, a man and a woman: so many dualities united in a musical kiss, a show that makes you happy!

PROGRAMME

Dimitri et Polina – inspired by « Mon cœur s’ouvre à ta voix  », from Samson et Dalila, Op. 47

Valse pour Claude – inspired by « La Fille aux cheveux de lin  », from Préludes, Book I, CD 125; L. 117

Improvisation in C sharp minor – Inspired by Op. 84 No. 5 by Gabriel Fauré

Improvisations on Les Parapluies de Cherbourg by Michel Legrand

Une femme et un homme – Variations on Chabadabada by Francis Lai

Improvisations on « Une vie d’amour  » by Georges Garvarentz

Les Jeux à deux – Inspired by « Jeux d’eau  » by Maurice Ravel

Prélude in A minor – M65 by Maurice Ravel

La plus que lente – CD 128; L. 121 by Claude Debussy

Fantaisie on « Padam… Padam…  » by Norbert Glanzberg

Parfums de Thaïs – inspired by the « Méditation de Thaïs  » by Jules Massenet

Improvisations on « La Javanaise  » by Serge Gainsbourg

CAST

Dimitri Naïditch, piano

Polina De Carlo, piano