New Adventures in Good Music

Today on New Adventures in Good Music, we travel from mountain vistas surrounding Schubert's Vienna to the City of Lights, Paris, France.  Not only do we travel the seven hundred some odd miles but also a few hundred years from the time of Schubert to the present day.  I have featured some of the world's greatest composers in this series, but today I would like to explore the Music of one of our many Contemporary Classical Composers.  While yet at the tender age of 20, Coretin Boissier is already an award winning Composer and Concert Pianist.

Corentin was born in January 1995 to Laure and Denis Boissier in Suresnes near Paris.  He saw his first Piano at the age of 6, beginning immediately to improvise, listening to at least 2 hours of Classical Music each day.  At 7, he began learning  English and Chinese;  He also wrote  and recorded his first 'compositions'.  At the age of 9, his Professor at the Conservatoire de Puteaux, Thierry Escaich writes to his parents: "Corentin already has real qualities that will make him a complete musician. He already has a real sense of color Harmonic, a sense of the invention and especially of renewal, a rhythmic invention - in short, a variety of mind openings that suggest a real creative temperament. ".  Corentin also began learning computer aided composition and wrote the Finale software for that purpose.  

At age 12 he entered the Regional Conservatory of Boulogne-Billancour where at fifteen, Michèle Ejnes composer and harpist educational advisor at the CRR of Boulogne-Billancourt, wrote to his parents: "How to convey the intense musical emotion that I just live listening Alice in Wonderland, the concertino for harp Corentin, your son, has composed and dedicated to me. Original instrumentation, in keeping with the theme, originality and multiplicity of ideas that are full of thematic richness, it is a musical gem. Send to Corentin my warm congratulations for his compositions, I have a reputation for being very difficult and challenging in my musical choices, with the "Concertino" Corentin exceeded the rational barrier to directly reach the emotional music, so difficult to touch, especially for a  professional who has uncompromisingly judged  young musicians for 40 years."

In 2011 while learning counterpoint and harmony with Composer Stephen Delplace, Corentin becomes a permanent staff member of Dr. Allan Ho of the University Edwardsville (USA, Southern Illinois) for Music for Piano and Orchestra: The Recorded Repertory.  He also appeared on You Tube fo the first time in an interview hosted by Jean Waterkeyn lasting 26 minutes.  He now has 4 collections of compositions on You Tube and you can discover more for yourselves by visiting his You Tube or his website.

Now to explore some of his Music the play list for today includes Three pieces for Piano by Corentin. First up is one of his earliest works, the Brothers Karamozov Concerto for Piano without orchestra. Karamazov was composed in 2007 when the Composer was 12 or 13. Then we have Boissier's Piano Sonata Number 1, "Romantica" composed in 2013 and his Piano Sonata Number 2 "Appasionata" composed just this year. The Composer himself is at the Piano for all three pieces.  Over on my tumblr, you may join Corentin for his recorded performance of his "Around the World in 80 Minutes", 24 Preludes to Travel written just last year. 

Then finally for this Wednesday, we indulge in a little splashy skin fest with sexiness galore in this week's edition of Wet Wednesday posted down below.  Also on my tumblr is your Hottie of the Day! who is "Wet, Wild & Willing!".  Thanks for the visit, see you again soon.  Until next time as always, Enjoy!