In La Châtre you can find a multitude of cultural events, like e.g. these master classes with piano music by Frédéric Chopin.The pianist Yves Henry, one of the foremost (some would even say the foremost) interpreters of the piano music by Chopin is the Master of these master classes.
The piano keyboard was displayed on a screen whereby we could follow the young musicians when performing different pieces by Chopin.
Henry was in charge also of the film camera registrating the keyboard and the notation, enabling us to see the differences between how the pianists played and how Henry wanted them to play.
They used two grand pianos (Pleyel), one modern and one from the 19th Century, the latter probably the one Chopin used to play at when visiting George Sand.
Henry also showed the audience the original notations by Chopin and how they actually differed a lot from the modern notations, concerning both tempi and dynamics.
Two very interesting and enlightening evenings (22-23/7) with exquisite music!
We strongly recommend the book below (unfortunately only in French as far as I know), telling the story about Chopin and his relationship with the author George Sand at her maison in Nohant, a book containing four CD:s with Yves Henry playing Chopin!
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