1 hour of an imaginary journey with Louise Akili, virtuoso pianist of international renown
Some of the most beautiful piano compositions by composers who cherished this instrument.
From Rameau, Handel to the modern Debussy or Satie, passing of course by Schubert, Liszt, Chopin or Mozart.
“Games and Mirrors” invites us to a garden of sounds and harmonies where landscapes, lights and depths of exceptional musical pieces chosen from the greatest masterpieces of the piano repertoire are intertwined.
In a multi-coloured program, pianist Louise Akili, an artist of international dimension, retraces, in a virtuoso and sensitive interpretation, the subtle and intense link woven by the genius of the great composers who have offered us these universal and timeless masterpieces.
From the elusive nocturnes whose notes slip away in a fluidity that nothing hinders to the continuous and melted flows of arpeggios with stunning intensities, it is just as many variations and contrasts that give a width to the space, sound and timbre of the instrument as to the images that notes and melodies inspire us…
Rêverie, Debussy
Lascia ch’io pianga – from Rinaldo opera, Haendel
Ständchen( Serenade), Schubert (arr, Liszt)
Dance of the sugar plum Fairy – from Casse-Noisette, Tchaikovsky
Les Sauvages, Forêts Paisibles – from Les Indes Galantes, Rameau
Gnossienne N°1, Satie
Raindrop Prelude – Op.28 N°15, Chopin
Intermezzo in A Major Op.118 N°2, Brahms
Nocturne Op.54 N°4, Grieg
Intermezzo, Carnival Scenes from Vienna Op.26, Schumann
Nocturne Op.9 N°2 , Chopin
Consolation N°3, Liszt
Fantasia in D minor, K 397, Mozart
Born in Paris in 1990, pianist Louise Akili is graduated from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris.
Having received valuable advice from Cécile Emery, Macha Belooussova, Claire Désert, Anne Le Bozec, Hugues Leclère, Philippe Ferro, Christian Ivaldi, Jeff Cohen, Yves Henry, Emmanuel Olivier, Eric Le Sage and Paul Meyer, she enjoys playing as a soloist as well as in chamber music formation.
Laureate of the Fondation Royaumont, the Cité Internationale des Arts de Paris and the Académie Ravel, Louise regularly performs in concerts in France and abroad. He has performed at the Nohant Chopin Festival, the Saint-Ursanne Piano Festival in Switzerland, the Romanian Athenaeum in Bucharest, the Hampshire Barn (United Kingdom), the Sibiu Philharmonic (Romania), the Deauville Books and Music Festival, the Grand Théâtre de Provence, the Metz Arsenal, the Avignon Festival, the Ars Terra Festival, the Chaise-Dieu Festival, at the Kiosque de Nancy, the Théâtre Impérial de Compiègne and in Paris at the Centre Pompidou, the Théâtre du Châtelet, the Musée de la Vie Romantique, the Collège des Bernardins, the Petit Palais, the Théâtre de l’Ile Saint-Louis, Salle Cortot, the Cercle de l’Union Interalliée, the Jean-Jacques Henner Museum, the Hôtel Bedford with the Friends of Maurice Ravel, at the Musée d’Orsay and the Philharmonie in Paris.
Curious to discover a varied repertoire, the young artist excels in a wide musical range ranging from the baroque period to contemporary creation in all possible formations.
She was invited by Gaëlle Le Gallic on France Musique. Louise regularly collaborates with soprano Axelle Fanyo, violist Antonin Le Faure, violinists Rachel Koblyakov and Hugues Borsarello, cellists Thomas Chartré and Raphaêl Ginzburg as well as composer Olga Neuwirth. Her first solo album dedicated to composers Roland-Manuel and Maurice Ravel was released in November 2020 by Passavant Music.
In October 2021, she gave concerts in Finland with cellist Laura Martin and violinist Jean-Samuel Bez. In 2022, she performed in concerts in Trio, Duo, Sextet, at the Festival des Nancyphonies and at the Festival de La Pochette Musicale (Parc de Bagatelle).
Holder of the CA of piano teacher, she teaches at the Chopin Conservatory of Paris15th. She is also artistic director of the Compagnie du Jardin Féérique and pianist of the Jardin Féérique Trio, which develops projects in Finland, Switzerland, Belgium and France.
The recital will be given for the first time at the Grand Opera of Algiers Boualem Bessaïh, mid 2023.
In the philosophy of the company, every show is accompanied by a moment of exchange and sharing. Thus, following the creation of the recital “Games & Mirrors “, students of the conservatories of Algiers will be offered a piano master class: a moment of sharing and exchange with the pianist, Louise Akili.
From a program defined in advance, short works (5 to 6 minutes : etude, prelude, sonata movement …) the virtuoso pianist will audition a dozen pianist students, in the form of a mini working session and / or audition type competition with personalized feedback.
She will address different technical and artistic aspects of the chosen works and will offer students her advice likely to improve their technical level, their sensitivity and their musical approach.
