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Variations sauvages

Wild harmonies : a life of music and wolves

A celebrated French pianist's poignant story of her journey from her early days as a student in Paris to her life as the founder of a wolf conservation center in upstate New York. A gifted pianist from a young age, Hlne Grimaud made her first recording at the age of fifteen and won the French equivalent of a Grammy at sixteen. She is a classical music star whose concerts continue to draw sellout crowds all over Europe and North America. But it wasn't until she met her first wolf that she discovered there was something missing in her life. Late one night in 1991, Grimaud encountered a wolf-dog hybrid in Florida and felt an immediate, instinctual connection to the animal-one that the wolf also seemed to share. Determined to do what she could to protect this threatened species, she committed her time and resources to becoming certified to found her own wolf preserve on the grounds of her home in New York State. Today, the master pianist acts as a tireless advocate for wolves, a species she believes has been unfairly demonized throughout history. In turn, the animals have given her a sense of freedom that she has never before experienced, even as an artist. In a beautifully rendered personal story that weaves the tale of a musical prodigy's rise to stardom with one of an animal lover learning to communicate on a level as primal as music, Hlne Grimaud touches, astonishes, and delights with her remarkable insight and passion.

Renaître

""C'est une petite fille, à la sortie d'un concert, qui m'a donné l'élan qui me manquait. Elle m'a demandé, simplement : La musique, ça sert à quoi ? J'ai été, un court instant, aussi déconcertée que ses parents. Oui, pour quoi faire la musique ? Et pour quoi faire tous ces musiciens grâce auxquels nous continuons à entendre un son qui traverse les siècles ? Tous ces artistes qui ne produisent ni ne fabriquent rien dans un monde pourtant dévolu à la matière, à la technique, un monde où, justement, la parole ni le dialogue ne sont plus vraiment le diapason de nos échanges. De là, ce livre, et l'idée que porte son titre Renaître. Ce n'est encore pas assez d'être né : il importe de se remettre au monde, et de l'aimer.""--Page 4 of cover.