The Musical Odyssey of Fanny Azzuro
"Fanny Azzuro transforms each note into a vibrant palette of colors and emotions."
Attuned to changing colours
Attuned to changing colours
Born into a family of musicians with Italian roots and a prizewinner in international competitions, Fanny Azzuro imagines sounds bursting with colour, evoking memories of landscapes bathed in warm light. The luminous rays of Romanticism and of the works of the first half of the 20th century permeate her performances today.
The Art of Travel
The world of sound that emerges under the hands of this Yamaha artist is nourished by her encounters. First of all, with the master with whom Fanny Azzuro studied for many years, the pianist Boris Petrushansky. And then with farflung destinations that have stirred her emotions, from Djibouti to Brazil, via Asia and New York's Carnegie Hall. She has since transcribed her travel diaries on stage, sometimes in the dazzling hues of Ravel, sometimes in the hushed tones of Debussy and Albéniz, three great “travellers” brought together on the “1905 Impressions” album. Also fascinated by Slavonic repertoire, she has explored its spellbinding mysteries in a number of albums: “Russian Impulse”, followed by an exploration of the endless expanses of Rachmaninov’s Preludes in the album “The Landscapes of the Soul”. In her latest recording released by naïve, “Golden Dreams”, more Preludes—by Chopin and Scriabin—complement each other.
Crossed resonances
Fanny Azzuro est une narratrice qui convie l’auditeur à des escapades aux multiples résonances. Elle en assure seule la conduite ou bien en compagnie d’autres artistes et de grands ensembles de musique de chambre. Elle côtoie ainsi les solistes les plus remarquables d’aujourd’hui, quatuors, instrumentistes à cordes et à vents, percussionnistes… Elle enrichit l’univers si vaste du classique d’étapes heureuses entre le jazz et le tango qui la passionna au sein du SpiriTango Quartet.
There is nothing unrelated within the construction of Fanny Azzuro's repertoire: she expresses the desire to delve deeper into the beauties of a musical era, and links between works emerge naturally over time. Today, the naïve label accompanies this highly-promising journey.
