French Percussionist Adélaïde Ferrière stops by to talk about her PASIC 2019 performance and other elements of marimba performance (03:40), her career as a freelance percussionist in France (19:30), growing up in Dijon, France to musical parents and entering the Paris Conservatory at 16 (35:35), going to Paris Conservatory for her undergrad and master’s degrees and studying in England (53:15), and takes time for the Random Ass Questions (01:27:00).
Finishing with a Rave on American Experience: Jubilee Singers (01:45:15).
Links:
Rhapsody in Blue - solo marimba version
Adélaïde’s version of “Asturias” published by Edition Svitzer
American Museum of Natural History
“Nocturne in E-Flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2” - Frederic Chopin
“Rebonds A/B” - Iannis Xenakis
“She Who Sleeps with a Small Blanket” - Kevin Volans
“After Syrinx II” - Richard Rodney Bennett
The Mysterious Island - Jules Verne
Raves: