Chartres. CHARTRES/ Master-Class at the music and dance conservatory. Accustomed to their piano teachers (Murielle Petit, Lydia Tanguy and Cécile Humeau), the students of the conservatory were able to meet an internationally renowned pianist and teacher at the Paris conservatory on Saturday, Claire Désert, who spent the day on Saturday with five students from Chartres where each had chosen to work on two different composers: Adélaïde Riolet (Schumann and Beethoven), Victor Coccitto (Copin and Prokofiev), Augustin Moreau (Bach and Liszt), Unai Madrazo (Mendelssohn and Ravel) and Sacha Morice (Beethoven alone).
A high-quality master class, as highlighted by Juliette Durdilly, president of APEC (conservatory parents’ association) which financed the arrival of the pianist, she explains: “for the students, it is a great chance to be guided by a great international pianist.”
The five students alternated with Claire Désert on a piano, where she guided them and analyzed their practice, she explains: “it’s a different look and speech than usual that the students will hear today, I also explain to them the context of each composition and the phrasing, we also discuss the musical language of the hands and the body and of course, some techniques to improve their practice” underlines the pianist.
Among these students of the day, Victor Coccitto, who chose Chopin and Prokofiev, he confides: “I have been practicing the piano since I was 3, I love Chopin’s music, the moment spent next to Claire Désert will remain engraved in my mind. memory and I will remember his valuable advice every time I play the piano,” he said.
In addition to the piano master class, APEC also financed the arrival on the same day of Hélène Bourette Edelboude for a dance master class with young dancers from the conservatory. Natacha Le Saint, professor, explains: “the subject is the functional analysis of the body through danced movements.
