Event Details - SF Duo: Laurent Estoppey, saxophone / Antoine Francoise, piano

SF Duo: Bobby’s Go-Kart
Laurent Estoppey, saxophones
Antoine Françoise, piano

Beckwith Recital Hall, located in the Cultural Arts Building on Randall Drive
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
7:30 pm

$6 general public / free to students with valid UNCW ID
Tickets are not sold in advance and will be available at the Cultural Arts Building Box Office one hour prior to performance.

About the artists
After studying saxophone at the Conservatory of Lausanne, Laurent Estoppey devoted himself entirely to contemporary music. Collaborations with composers have led him to create at least 100 works. He performs throughout the world as a soloist, and with orchestras and chamber ensembles, and has recorded 16 CDs.
www.laurentestoppey.com

Antoine Françoise studied in Switzerland and London’s Royal College of Music, where he was awarded the prestigious Tagore Gold Medal, for outstanding talent and dedication to music; Françoise is now a professor of piano (contemporary specialism) at the RCM.
www.francoise-green.com

About the program
The program begins with Slant Song based on a 1910 children’s book written by American writer Peter Newell. Here, the musicians tell the story of the adventures of Bobby, whose go-kart escapes down a steep hill. Frop utilizes a fingering technique that creates a continuous flow of surprising sounds and textures. Gnal transposes the geometric proportions of a landscape into music. Opening Lines, written for Antoine Françoise, is based on the first phrases found in Dashiell Hammett’s stories. Lulu in a Box, written for Laurent Estoppey, is based on the prologue of Frank Wedekind’s 1904 play Lulu. The text, as well as a second piano part are played through a small loudspeaker–in a box.

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