C’est exactement ce que nous souhaitions pour le FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL SAINT-GEORGES de la Guadeloupe : succiter l’intérêt de visiteurs potentiels pour la Guadeloupe.
Alors le 10 janvier 2010 quelques bonnes volontées dont l’enthousiasme est émouvant, quelques fou ou folles volent au secours de la Guadeloupe et de Saint-Georges en organisant un Concert dans la Grande Ville américaine.
Magali LEGER a été requise et malgré un planning chargé (La vie Parisienne à Toulouse) a accepté de faire un petit saut pour chanter du Mozart et du Saint-Georges. Une conférence sera aussi donnée par l’un des membres du Comité d’organisation du festival avec la lourde tâche de dire en Anglais tout le bien que l’on pense du Pays de Saint-Georges.
French soprano Magali Léger
hails Saint-Georges International Music Festival
by performing debut concert in New York
On January 10, 2010 7pm at Merkin Concert Hall, Ensemble du Monde and its Music Director Marlon Daniel welcome super star French soprano Magali Léger in a concert entitled ‘Classical Innovators’. Featured the works of Beethoven, Grétry, Mozart and French composer Joseph Boulogne (Le Chevalier de Saint- Georges).
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About Saint-Georges Born in Basse-Terre Guadeloupe of a Senegalese slave and a French/Italian plantation owner, Saint-Georges was undoubtedly one of the most iconic figures in history. A master musician and the world’s first Black composer, he was also France’s greatest swordsmen and fought for the civil rights of people of color at the time of the French revolution. His amazing abilities were praised by the nobility of the 18th century including King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. His virtuosity as a violinist was revered and his compositions admired by all the great composers of his day. In fact Mozart adored Saint-Georges’ music and emulated his style in his own compositions. Historians have miss-named Saint-Georges “The Black Mozart” when in fact perhaps it should have been the other way around. Saint-Georges undoubtedly is one of the great if not the greatest French composer of the classical period. |
This concert is especially interesting because it features Saint-Georges L’amant anonyme: Ouverture and Two Arias, the arias which are an American premiere will be performed by Magali Léger, who is making her New York debut.
In fact these works have not been performed outside of France, which makes this concert of great historical significance.
Guadeloupe Attitude 