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Variations Sauvages - Wild Harmonies: a Life of Music and Wolves - French Edition
Author: Helene Grimaud

"Je n'ai aucune nostalgie de l'enfance." Dès les premiers mots, Hélène Grimaud donne le ton de son étonnant récit. L'itinéraire de cette pianiste française de renommée internationale emprunte mille chemins buissonniers ; on la suit, de seuil en seuil, à travers ... more »son adolescence prodige, sa rupture avec le milieu parisien, son exil aux États-Unis, les doutes et la solitude à New York – jusqu'à cette nuit où son regard croise celui d'Alawa, la louve d'où viendra la renaissance. Éloge des mains, bestiaire fantastique, contes mystérieux, profils inattendus d'artistes et de musiciens dessinent le fil rouge de ce livre dont l'éclat des facettes forme le portrait unique d'une rebelle absolue. Variations sauvages est un hymne vibrant à la musique et à la liberté, un plaidoyer pour la reconnaissance des loups et la sauvegarde de la nature. Un petit traité d'insoumission à l'usage de tous les enfants terribles.

A celebrated French pianist's poignant story of her journey from her early days as a student in Paris to her life as the founder of a wolf conservation center in upstate New York.

A gifted pianist from a young age, Hélène Grimaud made her first recording at the age of fifteen and won the French equivalent of a Grammy at sixteen. She is a classical music star whose concerts continue to draw sellout crowds all over Europe and North America. But it wasn't until she met her first wolf that she discovered there was something missing in her life.

Late one night in 1991, Grimaud encountered a wolf-dog hybrid in Florida and felt an immediate, instinctual connection to the animal -- one that the wolf also seemed to share. Determined to do what she could to protect this threatened species, she committed her time and resources to becoming certified to found her own wolf preserve on the grounds of her home in New York State. Today, the master pianist acts as a tireless advocate for wolves, a species she believes has been unfairly demonized throughout history. In turn, the animals have given her a sense of freedom that she has never before experienced, even as an artist.

In a beautifully rendered personal story that weaves the tale of a musical prodigy's rise to stardom with one of an animal lover learning to communicate on a level as primal as music, Hélène Grimaud touches, astonishes, and delights with her remarkable insight and passion.

French edition

ISBN-13: 9782266145480
ISBN-10: 2266145487
Publication Date: 10/28/2004
Pages: 250
Edition: BEST-ROMAN-GRAND PUB
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Publisher: Pocket
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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