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This programme links together some lively works inspired by various traditional cultures. Fiery Spanish folklore opens proceedings with Popular Spanish Songs by de Falla, revealing love's seduction, tenderness and treachery. Next we enter the magical world of the Czech legends, with Janacek's A Tale. Gentle and subtle, the piece immerses us in a wondrous fantasy world. We continue with Schumann's Five Pieces in Folk Style. Some of the pieces are spirited and full of energy and character, while others are much more profound and intimate. Here everything is suggested; it is as if Schumann decided to whisper stories without words into the listener's ear. Ginastera's Sonata will be the focal point of the journey. Although this Argentinian composer had already emigrated to Switzerland by the time he composed that work, his connection to his roots remained strong. Alongside the hot-headed cowboys of the region, he takes us on a tour of La Pampa. To finish the programme, what could be better than a Hungarian celebration? With its virtuosity and gypsy themes, Popper's Hungarian Rhapsody evokes rural fiddlers improvising by a fireside or accompanying dancers twirling from place to place. And so the final note of this picturesque evening's entertainment will be full of joy and life!

ESTELLE REVAZ & ANAÏS CRESTIN

Estelle Revaz and Anaïs Crestin met in 2012 at the Mendoza International Festival in Argentina. Their musical training through French and German schools has naturally allowed them to get along well both musically and humanly. Since then, they have performed regularly in South America and a concert Tour is planned for 2019 in Argentina, Uruguay, Belgium, France, Switzerland and Germany.

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ANAÏS CRESTIN

Anaïs Crestin regularly plays in Europe and South America. In Argentina, where she has been living since 2008, she performs at the Colón Theater, CCK, Usina del arte, Ushuaia Festival, Mozarteum Concerts, La Plata Theater, Neuquén Theater... with international artists such as soprano Sophie Klussmann, cellists Ophélie Gaillard and Estelle Revaz, saxophonist Claude Delangle, violinists Julien Szulman and John McGrosso, clarinetists Ronald Van Spaendonck and Luis Rossi or the string quartet « Cuarteto Gianneo ».

Her repertoire for piano with orchestra ranges from Mozart concertos to contemporary creations, including Argentinian works such as Carlos Guastavino's Romanza de Santa Fe and a selection of tangos. In 2018, Anaïs Crestin performs, in a South American premiere and with the Salta Symphony Orchestra conducted by Noam Zur, Nadia Boulanger's Fantaisie for piano and orchestra.

Her last disc Bajo templado published by the « Pulso 70 » label with Sebastián Tozzolla, solo clarinetist of the Colón Theater's philharmonic orchestra, was nominated for the Gardel Awards.

Anaïs Crestin was trained in France and Germany at the Hochschule für Musik Detmold with the excellent concert artist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet. She received merit scholarships from DAAD, GFF and Lions Club. She has won numerous piano awards such as the First Medal of the Brest Piano Competition, the First Prize of the Ginastera Competition and the Second Prize of the Necochea Competition. Between 2009 and 2017, Anaïs Crestin worked at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires as pianist of the philharmonic orchestra and as choirmaster.

Since 2018, Anaïs Crestin is a professor at the University of Arts and at the Astor Piazzolla Conservatory in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

"An ambitious, moving and contrasting program..."

"A cheerful, jubilant, moving result..."

"A nourished and refined program..."

"A brilliant program!"

"A varied, original, inventive and moving musical journey..."

"A very varied anthology of works delivered in delicate and complicit readings..."

"Contrasting works that are performed with breathtaking virtuosity and surety of style. A true musical delight!"

"From this journey... we retain the fascinating permeability of languages, the interpenetration of traditions in the writing work of the composers summoned"