{"id":2502,"date":"2015-10-25T06:00:20","date_gmt":"2015-10-25T06:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.harpblog.info\/?p=2502"},"modified":"2015-10-25T06:00:20","modified_gmt":"2015-10-25T06:00:20","slug":"ten-years-of-the-festival-camac-celebrated-well-in-nancy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/en\/uncategorized\/ten-years-of-the-festival-camac-celebrated-well-in-nancy\/","title":{"rendered":"Ten years of the Festival Camac, celebrated well in Nancy!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Ca y est<\/em>! We\u2019re back from celebrating our tenth\u00a0Festival Camac in Nancy.\u00a0Over the last decade, our festival has become a consistent concept, always underpinned by two key ideas. The first is to reveal as many different facets of the harp as stssible, for as many different audiences as possible. We invite concert artists and traditional musicians, present everything from jazz and pop to the newest reaches of the avant-garde, and enjoy the performances by everyone from the most famous soloists in the world, to the youngest members of the regional classes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2502 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/en\/festival-camac-nancy-2015\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2015\/07\/6a00d8341d450753ef01b7c78cb9bb970b1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Festival Camac, Nancy 2015\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/en\/festival-camac-nancy-2015-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2015\/07\/6a00d8341d450753ef01b7c78cbb99970b-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Festival Camac, Nancy 2015\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The second defining feature of every Festival Camac is that it is regional. Every year for the last ten years, we have held a festival somewhere French-speaking, that is not Paris. Culture is not the exclusive preserve of capital cities: indeed, the more a society values regional cultural provision, the stronger is every art form.\u00a0Whatever the Romantics thought about art for art\u2019s sake, this is not how most art endures. Its power lies rather in how it reaches people, how it is relevant to and touches them. A great work of art may be universally and timelessly relevant, but you will not discover it if it is sitting in the Louvre or being performed in the Salle Gaveau, and you live seven hours\u2019 drive away.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, there are very few &#8211; indeed, almost no &#8211; harp concerts included in mainstream concert seasons. Venues and managers are afraid there is no audience for them; but our festival is proving, year after year, that there is. It is also important that harp students and their families have the chance to hear their favourite instrument in concert, and this is another of our motivations in organising our travelling festival.<\/p>\n<p>And so it was that we travelled\u00a0for seven hours from Mouzeil, loaded with every conceivable type of harp, from a custom, French blue <a href=\"https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/en\/harps-eng\/lever-eng\/ulysse-eng\" target=\"_blank\">Ulysse<\/a> with hand-painted gold decoration, to a selection of antique instruments. We didn\u2019t even only go to Nancy: rehearsals for our opening concerto evening began in nearby Metz, with the Mettensis Symphonia. This programme featured no less than four harp concertos: the Handel Concerto with Val\u00e9rie Milot, the Debussy Dances with Mai Fukui, Boildieu with Isabelle Moretti, and as a grand finale, six harps on the stage for Granville Bantock&#8217;s Celtic Symphony. In this, our three soloists were joined by three young professionals originally from the class of the Nancy conservatoire: Lucie Delhaye, L\u00e9o Doum\u00e8ne and Blandine Pigaglio.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-2502 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/en\/concertos-nancy-milot\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2015\/10\/u7a3516-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Concertos \/ Nancy \/ Milot\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-2506\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-2506'>\n\t\t\t\tVal\u00e9rie Milot\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/en\/concertos-nancy-fukui\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2015\/10\/u7a3525-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Concertos \/ Nancy \/ Fukui\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-2504\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-2504'>\n\t\t\t\tMai Fukui\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/en\/concertos-nancy-moretti\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2015\/10\/u7a3584-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Concertos \/ Nancy \/ Moretti\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-2505\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-2505'>\n\t\t\t\tIsabelle Moretti \n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/en\/bantocknancy\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2015\/10\/10418856_10153630727948433_7211071411994428052_n-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Bantock\/Nancy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-2593\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-2593'>\n\t\t\t\tLeft to right: Val\u00e9rie Milot, Lucie Delhaye, Isabelle Moretti, L\u00e9o Doum\u00e8ne, Mai Fukui, Blandine Pigaglio.\nMettensis Symphonia \/ S\u00e9bastien Beck\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/en\/curtain-call-bantock-nancy\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2015\/10\/1012456_10153630728173433_3684146312432475482_n-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"curtain call Bantock \/ Nancy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The Mettensis Symphonia is an amateur orchestra, who came to our rescue when it turned out we couldn\u2019t use the conservatoire\u2019s orchestra. None of the works performed \u2013 particularly not the Bantock or the Boildieu \u2013 are self-evident even for professional ensembles. We were touched beyond measure by the orchestra\u2019s commitment to such a big programme, and delighted with the results. They even practiced in advance with student soloists.\u00a0We felt rejuvenated by the orchestra\u2019s enthusiasm and concentration, every evening after they\u2019d all done a full day\u2019s work in other fields, from nuclear physics to artisan cheese-making. At the end of the day, we should all be amateurs at heart, there for the love of music.<\/p>\n<p>After an exhilarating Friday night of concertos, we proceeded to Nancy\u2019s magnificent town hall for every Festival Camac\u2019s hallmark \u201charp\u00e9lidoskope\u201d concert. This always presents classical music, traditional music, and jazz, pop, or otherwise music of today. Firstly, Valeria Voshchennikova gave a magnificent recital of French and Russian repertoire. She\u00a0amazed us all (and there were a lot of us \u2013 we had to set up a side room with screens, such was the demand for tickets) with her beautiful sound, fine musicianship and unaffected artistry at such a young age. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kimrobertson.net\" target=\"_blank\">Kim Robertson<\/a> was next up, with a series of her own, very inventive Celtic arrangements \u2013 and finally, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rossitzamilevska.com\" target=\"_blank\">Milevska Trio<\/a> rocked the gilded environs with their super-sharp, spray-on-tight jazz. If you haven\u2019t yet discovered Rossitza and her colleagues C\u00e9dric Le Donne and Frederick Lacroix, you should.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 20%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-2502 gallery-columns-5 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/en\/011\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2015\/10\/011-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-2512\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-2512'>\n\t\t\t\tGrand Salon de l&#8217;H\u00f4tel de Ville de Nancy\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/en\/024\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2015\/10\/024-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-2514\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-2514'>\n\t\t\t\tValeria Voshchennikova\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/en\/029\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2015\/10\/029-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-2515\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-2515'>\n\t\t\t\tKim Robertson \n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/en\/044\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2015\/10\/044-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-2516\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-2516'>\n\t\t\t\tMilevska Trio \n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/en\/051\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2015\/10\/051-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-2517\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-2517'>\n\t\t\t\tMilevska Trio \n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Saturday was also the day for a special focus on our collection of historical harps. Jakez tuned approximately four thousand strings, and then <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elinorbennett.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">Elinor Bennett<\/a> gave a wonderful recital on no less than five still-playable instruments from the collection. It was the first time our Nadermann single-action harp had been played since the nineteenth\u00a0century, was played since end of nineteenth century, as it had spent over a hundred years\u00a0hidden in a tower of an old castle in the center of France. It was also the\u00a0second time it was played &#8211; \u00a0we are very grateful to Elinor for agreeing to perform twice in quick succession, because of the number of people who wanted to hear her. \u201cA great artist\u201d, said one audience member, \u201cand modest, too\u201d: at the end of the concert, Elinor turned and applauded the noble instruments lined up next to her, and said she had not wanted to stop playing them.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/143676236\">Elinor Bennett \/ Festival Camac 2015<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/camacharps\">Les Harpes Camac<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, <a href=\"http:\/\/helene.breschand.free.fr\" target=\"_blank\">H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Breschand<\/a> presented her installation with pupils from the conservatoires of the region. As we entered the auditorium, we were confronted with harps balancing in unexpected ways \u2013 propped at an angle against stools, lying on the floor, prepared with cloth, clips and mallets, and backed by a huge screen playing excepts from Henri Michaux\u2019s \u2018Images du monde visionnaire\u2019. An exploration of psychedelic experience, it was about perception, and changes of perception. During the forty-minute group improvisation, the young students decided when and how to contribute. \u201cYou decide to play\u201d, H\u00e9l\u00e8ne told them. \u201cThe point is, once you decide, then you do it, without diffidence or hesitation\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-4 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-4 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 25%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-4 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-4 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-4' class='gallery galleryid-2502 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/en\/057\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2015\/10\/057-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/en\/071-copy\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2015\/10\/071-copy-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/en\/077-copy\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2015\/10\/077-copy-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/en\/080\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2015\/10\/080-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>H\u00e9l\u00e8ne is right that in all types of music, you\u2019re either doing it, or you aren\u2019t. There is no point in doing it half-heartedly, because music is about the heart. An inhibited performance is unconvincing and not enjoyable; it has nothing to say. Holding back because you\u2019re afraid to make a mistake is counter-productive, only serving to make your performance less perfect, not more.<\/p>\n<p>Special thanks are due to two particularly notable contributions to the Nancy festival. One is the group of volunteers, who helped us immeasurably by driving artists from one venue to another. Volunteers are the glue that holds many a festival together, and they\u2019re not given enough credit. Not only do they make life logistically much easier for the artists and the organizers, but they make it much nicer. It is much more fun to be picked up by someone who is pleased to see you and enthusiastic about your upcoming performance, than by a silent driver who\u2019ll take you to a faceless hotel room. After all, festivals are about meeting old and making new friends, and enjoying music together.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2524\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 300px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2015\/10\/philippe-villa-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2524\" src=\"https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2015\/10\/philippe-villa--300x176.jpg\" alt=\"philippe villa\" width=\"300\" height=\"176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2015\/10\/philippe-villa--300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2015\/10\/philippe-villa--768x450.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2015\/10\/philippe-villa--55x32.jpg 55w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2015\/10\/philippe-villa--250x146.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2015\/10\/philippe-villa-.jpg 787w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Philippe Villa<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Above all, we would like to thank Philippe Villa, harp professor at the Nancy Conservatoire. The smooth running of any festival is the result of countless crises behind the scenes. These can be small, or major &#8211; but whatever their magnitude, they are all urgent, and they all ring the mobile phone of one person. We organize many events, and if there is one thing we have learnt in the last ten years, it is that regardless of what we do back in our offices, it remains <em>impossible<\/em> to have a great event without a good collaborator at the venue. We could not have wished for a better lynchpin than Philippe, and the festival\u2019s joyous atmosphere is due in no small measure to him.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ca y est! 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