
Piano Works Debussy
Claire Chevallier
2020
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With Piano Works Debussy, the French pianist Claire Chevallier places the work of Claude Debussy in a new light: modern and enormously diverse. She exposes the great contrasts in Debussy’s piano textures, ranging from a very rich sound in his Estampes to the finesse of his Elégie. Chevallier thus pays tribute to Debussy as a rebel and challenger among the steady composers, dwelling on his different periods. With the warm, woody and harmonic sound of her Erard piano from 1920, the pianist brings the work of Claude Debussy back to life in an inimitable way.
The CD was released on the occasion of the performance Piano Works Debussy by the dance company Voetvolk. It is a duet between dancer Lisbeth Gruwez and pianist Claire Chevallier. Together, they seek the space between the notes in the compositions of Debussy.
Piano Works Debussy is a co-production by Voetvolk and Claire Chevallier. It is the third album that Voetvolk releases on Rotkat Records. Earlier, they released Original Music from The Sea Within (2018) and Bring It to Our Senses (2017).
Buy Digital Album or Vinyl Record here or send a mail to maarten@voetvolk.be.
PIANO & TUNING
Claire Chevallier
USED INSTRUMENT
Piano Erard 1920
REALIZATION
Alban Moraud Audio
RECORDING & ARTISTIC DIRECTION
Alban Moraud
EDITING
Aude Besnard
RECORDED AT
Dada Studios, Brussels
PHOTOGRAPHY
Danny Willems
SLEEVE DESIGN
Sven Beirnaert
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CHOREOGRAPHY
Lisbeth Gruwez
MUSIC
Claude Debussy
PERFORMANCE
Lisbeth Gruwez & Claire Chevallier
ARTISTIC ASSISTANCE
Maarten Van Cauwenberghe
DRAMATURGY
Bart Meuleman
LIGHT DESIGN
Stef Alleweireldt
SCENOGRAPHY
Marie Szersnovicz
SOUND
Alban Moraud & Maarten Van Cauwenberghe
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
Gilles Roosen
PRODUCTION MANAGER
Anita Boels
COMMUNICATION
Sam Ecker
PRODUCTION
Voetvolk vzw
COPRODUCTION
KVS – Royal Flemish Theatre, Le Fonds de dotation du Quartz, Theater Freiburg, Klarafestival, ADC Genève, Vooruit Ghent, Liepaja concert hall Great Amber & MA scène nationale – Pays de Montbéliard
RESIDENCIES
KVS – Royal Flemish Theatre, Arts Centre NONA, Ultima Vez, Les Brigittines & Le Quartz
SUPPORTED BY
NONA, the Flemish Community & the Belgian Tax Shelter