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Gabrielle Thierry, "Partition Colorée de la « La Valse » de M.Ravel", Huile sur toile, 100x300 cm © GabrielleThierry.com

Tribute to Maurice Ravel

Musical conference!

january 23

18h15

Duration 1h30

All audiences

Presented by Gabrielle Thierry

"Ravel, it's a masterpiece, but it's not a ballet. It's the painting of a ballet." Diaghilev, 1920

 

Gabrielle Thierry
© Gabrielle Thierry

Gabrielle Thierry is a painter who transposes the musicality of landscapes onto canvas. Immersing herself in a landscape provides her with a profound sensory and musical experience. Since this discovery, she has focused on her new perceptions of music, translating the compositions of J.S. Bach, F. Schubert, F. Mendelssohn, Chopin or Stravinsky into "colorful scores". Her personal, intuitive approach follows in the footsteps of the great modern painters such as Kandinsky, Klee and Kupka.


Ten years ago, while visiting the Salle Pleyel rehearsals of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Gabrielle Thierry discovered Maurice Ravel's "La Valse". Fascinated, she decided to

instantly transpose it into painting. She invites us to discover this tumultuous and colorful encounter with Ravel's masterpiece, the second most famous work after the Bolero, while opening the doors to synesthesia.
In recent years, Gabrielle Thierry has explored the musical space of landscapes such as views of Paris, the Alps, Italy, Norway, Tunisia and New York. She is a regular guest at
of symposia on synesthesia and the color of sounds, while multiplying "Painting Music" workshops.

Gabrielle Thierry
© Gabrielle Thierry

 

 

Partition Colorée de la

 

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Portrait d'une femme debout, vêtue d'une robe rouge, sur un fond nu (support papier visible). Elle est positionnée de trois-quarts vers la gauche, le visage de face regardant le spectateur, et porte dans ses mains un plateau sur lequel est placée une tête d'homme coupée.
HENNER Jean-Jacques, Salomé, dite à tort Hérodiade - Salon de 1887 © RMN-Grand Palais / Franck Raux
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