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THE ARTISTIC JOURNEY OF PIANIST ALICE MICHEL IS ATYPICAL
After having played the piano, the organ (she obtained a church degree at age 15) and acting in the theatre, Alice Michel pursued the piano and joined the Lausanne Conservatory (Conservatoire de Lausanne) under the guidance of Michel Perret with whom she later performed many concerts using two pianos and four hands.
At the age when one embarks on a career, Alice Michel chose to start a family but did not abandon the piano. She continued mastering her piano skills from prominent pedagogues like Elisabeth Rothenberg, an ardent follower of Busoni and benefitted from the precious counsels of Maria Curcio from London.
Skilfully mixing all genres of chamber music, string quartets, two pianos, etc., she plays equally well with singers with whom she has a special affinity as well as with instrumentalists, e.g. flute, violin, cello, etc. Her concert tours take her regularly to places like Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic.
Today, her desire to share her music still lives on and is as strong as ever. She performs concerts as a solo artist, especially in chamber music where her deep, inner nature blossoms to their full potential.
Teacher at the Montreux - Vevey - Riviera music conservatory gives her the opportunity to fulfil her desire to share her art of playing the piano.
She has also recorded several pieces for the radio Espace 2 from the works of the Lausanne composer Claude Dubuis. This composer has also dedicated a number of pieces called “Les Rencontres” in her honour.
She now has two CDs - piano solo with some lesser known works from Mozart, and Winterreise from Schubert with baritone bass Christian Gavillet.
After having played the piano, the organ (she obtained a church degree at age 15) and acting in the theatre, Alice Michel pursued the piano and joined the Lausanne Conservatory (Conservatoire de Lausanne) under the guidance of Michel Perret with whom she later performed many concerts using two pianos and four hands.
At the age when one embarks on a career, Alice Michel chose to start a family but did not abandon the piano. She continued mastering her piano skills from prominent pedagogues like Elisabeth Rothenberg, an ardent follower of Busoni and benefitted from the precious counsels of Maria Curcio from London.
Skilfully mixing all genres of chamber music, string quartets, two pianos, etc., she plays equally well with singers with whom she has a special affinity as well as with instrumentalists, e.g. flute, violin, cello, etc. Her concert tours take her regularly to places like Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic.
Today, her desire to share her music still lives on and is as strong as ever. She performs concerts as a solo artist, especially in chamber music where her deep, inner nature blossoms to their full potential.
Teacher at the Montreux - Vevey - Riviera music conservatory gives her the opportunity to fulfil her desire to share her art of playing the piano.
She has also recorded several pieces for the radio Espace 2 from the works of the Lausanne composer Claude Dubuis. This composer has also dedicated a number of pieces called “Les Rencontres” in her honour.
She now has two CDs - piano solo with some lesser known works from Mozart, and Winterreise from Schubert with baritone bass Christian Gavillet.
L'oiseau vole
Au-dessus des vagues
agitées.
Il s'éloigne
En emportant
Mon regard.
Au loin,
Il n'y a plus de forme :
l'oiseau est devenu
un point
perché sur le fil
de l'horizon.
Alice Michel
Vibration 1987
Au-dessus des vagues
agitées.
Il s'éloigne
En emportant
Mon regard.
Au loin,
Il n'y a plus de forme :
l'oiseau est devenu
un point
perché sur le fil
de l'horizon.
Alice Michel
Vibration 1987
Karlovy Vary
Besides the town's spa tradition, which goes back some 600 years at least, Karlovy Vary can also boast a good mix of architectural styles ranging from the Baroque to Art Nouveau. It is also home to the famous manufacturer of Bohemian glass Moser, the delicious Carlsbad wafers, and of course the popular Becherovka liquor.
There are four lookout towers that surround Karlovy Vary in a semi-circle, making it possible to view it from all sides. Many people's favourite view is from the hill called Jeleni Skok, which translates into ' stag's jump' and is apparently the place where Emperor Charles IV went hunting and discovered the curative mineral springs. The springs most probably began to be used for treatment after the town was founded in 1350. According to legend, Emperor Charles IV discovered the thermal springs by chance while he was deer hunting. They say his doctor suggested he try to heal a leg injury with baths in the thermal spring water. It was successful and Charles IV (or Karel IV in Czech) ordered a town to be founded by this spring and gave it his name - Karlovy Vary.
In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the spa town was a popular place of stay for the nobility as well as poets, writers, and musicians. Goethe sought the healing powers of the mineral springs thirteen times in the years between 1785-1823. Russian Tsar Peter the Great visited the town twice - in 1711 and in 1712. Time must have stood still since then - well dressed spa guests take relaxing walks along the colonnade, sipping mineral water in their special cups, which they fill at one of the springs in the late Renaissance Mlynska Kolonada or Mill Colonnade - a traditional symbol of Karlovy Vary, built between 1871 and 1881 and designed by the architect of Prague's National Theatre, Josef Zitek.
It is unclear how many thermal springs can be found in Karlovy Vary. Some books write there are up to 150, while most expert literature says there are between sixty and seventy, with their temperatures varying from 30 to 73 degrees Celsius. Twelve of them are currently being used to cure disorders of the digestive system, metabolic disorders and disorders of the locomotive organs. Today, Karlovy Vary attracts some 70,000 spa guests a year. The souvenirs - the 'petrified' rose: comes to being when paper roses are showered by thermal water in a special underground chamber where wastewater from the source of the thermal fountain is collected. The 73 degree aerated water releases calcium carbonate and a thin layer of sinter, coloured by the oxidized iron, settles on the objects. In the case of a rose it takes about six days for the sedimentation effect to turn it into stone.
Besides the town's spa tradition, which goes back some 600 years at least, Karlovy Vary can also boast a good mix of architectural styles ranging from the Baroque to Art Nouveau. It is also home to the famous manufacturer of Bohemian glass Moser, the delicious Carlsbad wafers, and of course the popular Becherovka liquor.
There are four lookout towers that surround Karlovy Vary in a semi-circle, making it possible to view it from all sides. Many people's favourite view is from the hill called Jeleni Skok, which translates into ' stag's jump' and is apparently the place where Emperor Charles IV went hunting and discovered the curative mineral springs. The springs most probably began to be used for treatment after the town was founded in 1350. According to legend, Emperor Charles IV discovered the thermal springs by chance while he was deer hunting. They say his doctor suggested he try to heal a leg injury with baths in the thermal spring water. It was successful and Charles IV (or Karel IV in Czech) ordered a town to be founded by this spring and gave it his name - Karlovy Vary.
In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the spa town was a popular place of stay for the nobility as well as poets, writers, and musicians. Goethe sought the healing powers of the mineral springs thirteen times in the years between 1785-1823. Russian Tsar Peter the Great visited the town twice - in 1711 and in 1712. Time must have stood still since then - well dressed spa guests take relaxing walks along the colonnade, sipping mineral water in their special cups, which they fill at one of the springs in the late Renaissance Mlynska Kolonada or Mill Colonnade - a traditional symbol of Karlovy Vary, built between 1871 and 1881 and designed by the architect of Prague's National Theatre, Josef Zitek.
It is unclear how many thermal springs can be found in Karlovy Vary. Some books write there are up to 150, while most expert literature says there are between sixty and seventy, with their temperatures varying from 30 to 73 degrees Celsius. Twelve of them are currently being used to cure disorders of the digestive system, metabolic disorders and disorders of the locomotive organs. Today, Karlovy Vary attracts some 70,000 spa guests a year. The souvenirs - the 'petrified' rose: comes to being when paper roses are showered by thermal water in a special underground chamber where wastewater from the source of the thermal fountain is collected. The 73 degree aerated water releases calcium carbonate and a thin layer of sinter, coloured by the oxidized iron, settles on the objects. In the case of a rose it takes about six days for the sedimentation effect to turn it into stone.
SARABANDE
Alice MICHEL