WORLD SONGS

A unique collaboration between two brilliant and generous musicians, between two friends, between two stage lovers : Christian-Pierre La Marca and Félicien Brut. An outstanding classical duo of French virtuosos of the new generation !

Combining accordion and cello may seem surprising, but it only takes a few minutes to realize that these two have so much to say together… Once you’ve heard the combination, few things are as captivating as the sound of a cello and accordion together. It is a richness of shared reed, mellow and sweet, made richer by the distinct phrasing of the bellows and the bow stroke. They are highly complementary instruments that produce an ever-different tapestry of sound.

Both La Marca and Brut share a love for innovative music programming, a curiosity for a wide range of repertoires and styles, and a commitment to new works for their respective instruments.

From baroque to chanson, from the romantic repertoire to the national schools, the two musicians take us on a journey through time and space. Eastern European composers meet those of the New World, and the music of yesterday clashes with the music of today.

Jean-Philippe Rameau opens the ball before Béla Bartók waltzes alongside Tony Murena, Frédéric Chopin and Dimitri Shostakovich greet George Gershwin and Astor Piazzolla, David Popper or Carl Maria von Weber give the reply to Ariel Ramirez or Richard Galliano.

This is how Christian-Pierre and Félicien’s fingers pass through the centuries, the eras and the continents. From East to West, the strings of the cello merge with the breath of the accordion to remind us that our world is as small as the musical heritage it holds is large…