French 106-yr-outdated pianist to release sixth album

By Ardee Napolitano

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At 106 many years aged, French pianist prepares to launch new album

PARIS (Reuters) – Colette Maze states she started actively playing the piano when she was four several years aged to come across in tunes the heat absent in her rigid upbringing.

Right now, at the age of 106, her playing however exudes excellent tenderness and sitting down at the piano – one particular of four in her Paris condominium – her agile fingers seem to barely touch the keys as she sways to the sounds of Schumann, Debussy and Chopin.

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At 106 many years aged, French pianist prepares to release new album

“It’s my meals, my foods for the spirit and for the heart”, Maze, a little, vivacious girl, instructed Reuters.

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At 106 decades outdated, French pianist prepares to launch new album

Born in 1914 into a center course household, she was homeschooled by her rigorous mother even though her father managed a fertilizer plant.

She then went on to research at the Paris Ecole Normale de Musique in Paris, a conservatoire in the 16th arrondissement, right before embarking on a prolonged vocation as an accompanist at music educational facilities in the money.

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At 106 several years previous, French pianist prepares to launch new album

Maze, credits yoga and finger gymnastics for holding her nimble. If she stops playing she would will need to feed her creativity by some means. “But I have to have anything touchable. You want to style candy, and my fingers need to feel the keys, to come to feel this,” as her toes reach for the pedals and she commences to perform as soon as much more.

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At 106 a long time previous, French pianist prepares to release new album

Maze has just recorded her sixth album – a 3 quantity recording of functions by Debussy, slated to be introduced in April. Past 12 months, she recorded pieces by Debussy and one more significant French composer, Erik Satie.

Her only son Fabrice Maze, born in 1949, suggests his mom is an inspiration for other folks, particularly all through the occasions of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“On a person hand she can help morale. That at 106 you can be on superior sort if you have enthusiasm and appears following oneself — that is superior news,” he states.

“And then her perception of humour, her pleasure, her like of everyday living, it will make you smile.”

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(Reporting by Ardee Napolitano Producing by Benoit Van Overstraeten Editing by Raissa Kasolowsky)