Lili Aymonino – vocals
Ariane Issartel – vocals and cello

Lyrical aperitif

When a cellist meets a lyrical singer, what could they possibly talk about? Their lives? Their moods? The songs and melodies that have shaped their existence. We become little mice, eavesdropping on the beautiful things they have to sing and play for each other. And like a good meal, this “un-concerting” show is full of flavors. Each rearranged, disturbed aria becomes an ingredient in this conversation, blending humor and bitterness, Monteverdi and Abba, the sacred and the savory, Ravel and Nino Rota. But what’s really cooking?…

“By breaking the codes of the recital, the two artists assert their desire to make it both an object of thought and pleasure. Refusing any hierarchy between musical styles, they question the place of music in our daily lives and the transformation that history has on the way we approach a piece.” – Anaïs Heluin – La Terrasse

Since November 2021, the show has been performed at venues including Les Déchargeurs (Paris), La Scala Paris, La Scala Provence for the Festival d’Avignon 22, the Festival des Planches Fêlées (Loiret), Concerts Tôt (Bordeaux), Scènes au Bar (Thionville), Parenthèses Musicales de Quimperlé, Chahuts dans le Ciel (Jura), Nuit de Saint-Hilaire (Deux-Sèvres), Château de Simiane (Vaucluse), Conservatoire de Colombes (92), and the Opéra de Saint-Étienne.