{"id":1394,"date":"2024-05-28T22:46:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T22:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staffansandstrom.se\/?p=1394"},"modified":"2024-05-31T12:56:35","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T12:56:35","slug":"meetings-and-music-in-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staffansandstrom.se\/?p=1394","title":{"rendered":"Meetings and Music in Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Tuesday 28 May 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This weekend I had the pleasant opportunity to meet two of my former piano students in the French capital, and at the same time also attend two great concerts! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jan Daniels was my student during his high school years in V\u00e4ster\u00e5s, and Alice Power and I worked together for a few months in the Fall semester 2018 within the framework of the Bachelor’s program at the Academy of Music and Opera, M\u00e4lardalen University.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the concerts was Jan performing chamber music in a privately arranged concert in a home in the central Marais quarter, a beautiful program where Jan and his good friend violinist Adam H\u00f6ier from Denmark played Prokofiev’s D major Sonata and Beethoven’s c minor Sonata. A very nice evening where the instrument that Jan played was nothing less than a Fazioli, which is an instrument somehow equivalent to a pianist’s Rolls Royce. Chamber music performed in an ideal intimate setting!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second concert was a magnificent production of Richard Strauss’s non-stop opera Salom\u00e9 at the Opera Bastille<\/a>, the first time I heard this opera live and it did really make a huge impression on me: the magical colors of the orchestra, the impressive scenography and last but not least an absolutely extraordinary Lise Davidsen (Norway) in the lead role. A real treat!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I also had time to talk with both Jan and Alice about life in Paris, studies and of course playing the piano. Both are students at the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris \u2013 Alfred Cortot; Alice studying for Rena Shereshevskaya and Jan for Bruno Rigutto. In addition to my own questions and thoughts, I brought with me a whole bunch of questions from the piano class in V\u00e4ster\u00e5s, which it was very interesting to hear the answers to and also to discuss around. I am a firm believer of the value of internationalization, something that was further strengthened when listening to the stories and experiences of both Alice and Jan!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A very valuable and inspiring weekend, thank you so much to you Jan, Alice – and Paris!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tisdag 28 maj 2024 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

M\u00f6ten och musik i Paris<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I helgen har jag har haft den angen\u00e4ma m\u00f6jligheten att i den franska huvudstaden m\u00f6ta tv\u00e5 av mina tidigare pianoelever\/studenter och \u00e4ven g\u00e5 p\u00e5 tv\u00e5 mycket fina konserter! Jan Daniels gick f\u00f6r mig under hans gymnasietid i V\u00e4ster\u00e5s, och Alice Power och jag arbetade tillsammans under n\u00e5gra m\u00e5nader h\u00f6stterminen 2018 inom ramen f\u00f6r kandidatprogrammet vid Musik- och operah\u00f6gskolan, M\u00e4lardalens universitet<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Den ena av konserterna var Jan som deltog i en privatarrangerad konsert i ett hem i centrala Marais-kvarteren, ett kammarmusikprogram tillsammans med hans gode v\u00e4n violinisten Adam H\u00f6ier d\u00e4r Prokofjevs D-dursonat och Beethovens c-mollsonat stod i fokus. En v\u00e4ldigt fin kv\u00e4ll  d\u00e4r instrumentet som Jan spelade p\u00e5 var inget mindre \u00e4n en Fazioli, som v\u00e4l kan liknas vid en pianisternas Rolls Royce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Den andra konserten var en magnifik upps\u00e4ttning av Richard Strauss non-stop-opera Salom\u00e9 p\u00e5 Bastilleoperan<\/a>, f\u00f6rsta g\u00e5ngen jag h\u00f6r den live och den gjorde verkligen ett stort intryck: de magiska f\u00e4rgerna i orkestern, den effektfulla scenografin och sist men inte minst en alldeles utomordentlig Lise Davidsen (Norge) i huvudrollen. En verklig upplevelse!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jag hann ocks\u00e5 med samtal med b\u00e5de Jan och Alice om livet i Paris, studierna och s\u00e5klart pianospelet. B\u00e5da tv\u00e5 studenterar vid Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris \u2013 Alfred Cortot; Alice f\u00f6r Rena Shereshevskaya och Jan f\u00f6r Bruno Rigutto. F\u00f6rutom mina egna fr\u00e5gor och funderingar hade jag med mig en hel bunt fr\u00e5gor fr\u00e5n pianoklassen i V\u00e4ster\u00e5s som det var v\u00e4ldigt intressant att h\u00f6ra svaren p\u00e5 och ocks\u00e5 diskutera runt. Jag \u00e4r en riktig anh\u00e4ngare av v\u00e4rdet av internationalisering, n\u00e5got som st\u00e4rktes ytterligare n\u00e4r jag fick h\u00f6ra ber\u00e4ttelserna och upplevelserna fr\u00e5n b\u00e5de Jan och Alice !<\/p>\n\n\n\n

En mycket v\u00e4rdefull och inspirerande helg, tack s\u00e5 mycket Jan, Alice och Paris!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Alice Power<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Jan Daniels<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Salom\u00e9, Richard Strauss at Op\u00e9ra Bastille<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n

About Staffan Sandstr\u00f6m<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

About<\/a> University of Music and Opera, M\u00e4lardalen University<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Om Staffan Sandstr\u00f6m<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Om Musik- och Operah\u00f6gskolan vid M\u00e4lardalens universitet<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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