{"id":31890,"date":"2025-11-22T10:01:39","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T08:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/?p=31890"},"modified":"2026-01-31T10:23:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T08:23:01","slug":"a-vision-in-pastel-the-debut-album-from-melanie-laurent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/en\/news\/a-vision-in-pastel-the-debut-album-from-melanie-laurent\/","title":{"rendered":"A vision in Pastel: The Debut Album from M\u00e9lanie Laurent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gold medalist of the USA International Harp Competition and solo harpist of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, M\u00e9lanie Laurent is undoubtedly one of the most eminent French harpists working today. Given her background, she has a natural affinity with the ethereal music of her compatriots. In tribute to the exquisite lightness of French repertoire, M\u00e9lanie titled her debut album Pastel, a word rich with delicate connotations. We asked M\u00e9lanie what this title specifically meant to her.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe album title resonates with me in several ways. First, it&#8217;s a nod to my origins, through the pastel flower, nicknamed \u2018the blue gold&#8221; of Toulouse. It also represents a palette of soft, subtle colors, as well as a drawing medium, like the harp, allowing me to paint an impressionistic universe full of nuances. These hues evoke delicacy, transparency, and subtlety, suggesting without imposing.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_31891\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 1024px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-31891 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/11\/melanie-laurent-pastel--blog-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"M\u00e9lanie Laurent \u00a9Lou Sarda\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/11\/melanie-laurent-pastel--blog-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/11\/melanie-laurent-pastel--blog-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/11\/melanie-laurent-pastel--blog-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/11\/melanie-laurent-pastel--blog-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/11\/melanie-laurent-pastel--blog-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/11\/melanie-laurent-pastel--blog-1-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/11\/melanie-laurent-pastel--blog-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/11\/melanie-laurent-pastel--blog-1-55x37.jpg 55w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/11\/melanie-laurent-pastel--blog-1-250x167.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">M\u00e9lanie Laurent \u00a9Lou Sarda<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All these reasons led her to adopt this title quite naturally.<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201cI must admit that my recent discovery of Pastel de Nata, a deliciously addictive Portuguese pastry, only strengthened my attachment to this word!\u201d<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> she laughs. Some of the repertoire\u2019s association with this ravishing aesthetic is immediately apparent, as in Marcel Tournier\u2019s Pastels du vieux Japon; others are more fleeting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAbove all, I aimed to feel completely myself behind the harp, with pieces that speak to me and touch me deeply. I was eager to recreate the delicate atmosphere of French impressionism, as if immersing myself in a Monet painting.\u201d<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> However, curating a satisfying program for the disc can be an overwhelming task, and, naturally, the program\u2019s shape has evolved over a long period of reflection. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt&#8217;s funny to think I started with an almost purist idea: to record Reni\u00e9&#8217;s complete works. In the end, I ended up with a varied and somewhat enigmatic program, but one that makes perfect sense to me.&#8221;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_31897\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 1024px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-31897 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/11\/melanie-laurent-blog4-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"M\u00e9lanie Laurent \u00a9Lou Sarda\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/11\/melanie-laurent-blog4-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/11\/melanie-laurent-blog4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/11\/melanie-laurent-blog4-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/11\/melanie-laurent-blog4-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/11\/melanie-laurent-blog4-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/11\/melanie-laurent-blog4-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/11\/melanie-laurent-blog4-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/11\/melanie-laurent-blog4-55x37.jpg 55w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/11\/melanie-laurent-blog4-250x167.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">M\u00e9lanie Laurent \u00a9Lou Sarda<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The identity of the artist is vital, but another aspect of fascination with this project is the identity of the composers, too, notably the inclusion of works by distinguished French women composers. Their presence in Pastel came about quite naturally, M\u00e9lanie explains:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;It seemed essential to me to include works by female composers, not just on principle, but because they occupy a fundamental place in the harp repertoire and have been able to express a voice of great sensitivity through this instrument. Germaine Tailleferre, Henriette Reni\u00e9, Mel Bonis&#8230; they all share a refined, expressive, often luminous style of writing, a real touch of freshness.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Though the principle remains important, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWomen have always composed, but their voices have often been relegated to the shadows, sometimes even made invisible. Through this programme, I wanted to recall this constant, discreet but essential presence, simply letting the music speak for itself.\u201c<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_31895\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 683px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-31895 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/11\/melanie-laurent-pastel--blog3-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"M\u00e9lanie Laurent \u00a9Lou Sarda\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/11\/melanie-laurent-pastel--blog3-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/11\/melanie-laurent-pastel--blog3-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/11\/melanie-laurent-pastel--blog3-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/11\/melanie-laurent-pastel--blog3-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/11\/melanie-laurent-pastel--blog3-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/11\/melanie-laurent-pastel--blog3-1000x1500.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/11\/melanie-laurent-pastel--blog3-300x450.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/11\/melanie-laurent-pastel--blog3-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/11\/melanie-laurent-pastel--blog3-55x83.jpg 55w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/11\/melanie-laurent-pastel--blog3-250x375.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/11\/melanie-laurent-pastel--blog3-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">M\u00e9lanie Laurent \u00a9Lou Sarda<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beyond curation, the countless hours of preparation, and then the funding and planning of such a substantial project, the experience of the recording itself is unforgettable for any musician faced with the challenge of creating something beautiful for posterity. Naturally, there were notable moments of difficulty: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe few days of recording were very intense, mixing moments of suspended grace with others that were more challenging, sometimes even comical. Like when the room&#8217;s rumbling ventilation system kicked in during a particularly successful take, or when<\/span><\/i><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> I was <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stunned to discover that my tuner had mysteriously reset itself to 445 Hz, making the harp too high to use the patches we had just recorded&#8230; We had a good laugh!\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[We are glad that M\u00e9lanie could laugh, we aren\u2019t sure that we would! -Ed.]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But M\u00e9lanie, a refined artist and human, has understood that the nature of such a project is simply a milestone in the ever-evolving relationship between the artist and their work.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe must keep in mind that even when recording an album, perfection does not exist: it is only a snapshot of a moment in time, whereas we are beings in constant evolution. The future of this album no longer belongs to me; I entrust it to the listeners, who are free to adopt it and make it their own in their own way.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.camac-harps.com\/en\/product\/laurent-melanie-pastel-recital-debussy-ravel-renie-tournier\/\">Order your copy now from our web shop!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Pastel<\/i><\/b><b> is released on Nov. 22 on Ind\u00e9sens Calliope Records.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gold medalist of the USA International Harp Competition and solo harpist of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, M\u00e9lanie Laurent is undoubtedly one of the most eminent French harpists working today. Given her background, she has a natural affinity with the ethereal music of her compatriots. In tribute to the exquisite lightness of French repertoire, M\u00e9lanie titled her debut album Pastel, a word rich with delicate connotations. We asked M\u00e9lanie what this title specifically meant to her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe album title resonates with me in several ways. First, it&#8217;s a nod to my origins, through the pastel flower, nicknamed \u2018the blue gold&#8221; of Toulouse. It also represents a palette of soft, subtle colors, as well as a drawing medium, like the harp, allowing me to paint an impressionistic universe full of nuances. 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