Documentary tribute to the pianist Brigitte ENGERER, who disappeared on June 23, 2012. Far from a traditional biography, the film focuses on the most moving moments of the musician’s life: her childhood and life in Russia, her musical friends, her Pianoscope festival and her last concert in the company of Boris Berezovsky at the Salle Pleyel in Paris... Through poignant archive footage, Brigitte Engerer tells us the story of her life.
An intensely moving portrait.
Alternation of archive footage and many excerpts of performances by Brigitte ENGERER at the Pianoscope Festival and during the concert "Une Nuit à l'Opéra" Salle Pleyel at Paris in 2008. Family photographs (personal collection Léonore Quéffelec) and interview with Lucette DESCAVES, Brigitte's teacher at the National Conservatory of Music in Paris, excerpts from Olivier Bellamy's "Passion classique" program: Radio interview classic. Brigitte ENGERER speaking at the Pianoscope Festival during a workshop for children. Archives Wilhelm KEMPFF on piano. Interview with her daughter Léonore QUEFFELEC ENGERER. Excerpt from the movie "I'll eat you" by Sophie Laloy (2007).
Performances :
- Posthumous Nocturne in C sharp minor of Frédéric Chopin.
- With the pianist Boris BEREZOVSKY: Nutcracker, Waltz flowers Tchaikovsky (A Night at the Opera Pleyel Hall, Paris 2008)
- Nocturne opus 27 N ° 1 in C sharp minor Frédéric Chopin
- Moonlight Claude Debussy with Yves HENRY
- Nocturne opus 32 N ° 1 by Chopin
- Accompanied by Henri DEMARQUETTE on cello, interpretation of a Schubert sonata.
- Léonore QUEFFELEC ENGERER: Concerto for piano n ° 2 in G minor by Camille Saint Saëns
- Sicilian of the sonata for flute in E flat of Bach
- Extract of Prince Igor of Borodine, slipped dance of the young girls.
-Transcription for four hands "Sleeping Beauty" by Tchaikovski with Hélène MERCIER.