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Stefano Bollani at Bal Blomet

Courtesy of Paris Jazz Club | Posted on June 16, 2021

Where

Bal Blomet
33 Rue Blomet
Paris
Map
+33 1 45 66 95 49

When

Sat, September 25, 2021
8:00 pm

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Italian pianist and composer Stefano Bollani continues to surprise us: here he presents his version of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s 'Jesus Christ Superstar'! And he chooses to do it exactly 50 years after the release of the original album.Bollani saw the film “Jesus Christ Superstar” for the first time when he was 15, and he immediately fell in love with the music and the atmosphere of the scenes.Since then he has listened to the album again and again. He learns very quickly all the lyrics of the songs, but hardly dares to play the music."Now I feel that the time has come for me to resume the cult opera and see how far my version can go. Lloyd Webber’s music will certainly be an important source of inspiration, guide and reference. I chose the solo piano because the love story here is really between the rock opera and myself, and I know that a love story is better when it stays intimate.”And here is the solo piano version of Bollani from «Jesus Christ Superstar»!Don’t expect an instrumental performance true to the original. No, Bollani goes free – but respectfully! – approach and improvise on the pieces and songs of Lloyd Web-ber’s masterpiece following his own musical spirit.His interpretation will be influenced by the many musical traditions, genres, styles and encounters that, during his thirty years of multi-faceted music, influenced and shaped him to lead to his own language....

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