Marrakech: classical music in the spotlight at the international piano competition “Movement Contrary Maroc”
This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
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The ocher city vibrated, on Saturday, to the rhythms of the classic notes of the 3rd edition of the international piano competition “Movement contrary Maroc”, organized from May 1 to 3 at the initiative of the association “Cultures sans frontières”.
In an atmosphere that is both solemn and warm, the public who came in number, families, music lovers and experienced music lovers, was able to discover young pianists from Morocco, Europe and Asia, delivering vibrant interpretations of great works of the romantic and contemporary repertoire.
The competition, structured around several levels ranging from intermediary to excellence, has highlighted talents with contrasting universes, but all animated by the same artistic rigor and musical sensitivity on the edge of skin.
Carried by a sober and elegant scenography, each performance seemed to suspend the time, revealing the raw emotion of a Beethoven, the virtuosity of a Chopin or the subtlety of a Debussy, in a permanent dialogue between the pianist, his instrument and the attentive silence of the room.
This fence evening was notably marked by an emotional sequence, with the presentation of the trophies and certificates to the winners of the upper classes.
In a statement to the MAP, the president of the “Mouvement Étoi Maroc” competition, Lamia Boukaa, stressed that this edition has managed to combine excellence and accessibility, by opening the doors of learned music to a large audience, while maintaining a very high -level artistic requirement.
For Ms. Boukaa, this competition “is above all a human experience, a space of transmission and meeting, where musical youth asserts itself with force, far from stereotypes and usual entertainment circuits”.
And to maintain that the strong participation in this edition, with more than 200 candidates, reflects above all, “the growing interest” experienced by the piano in Morocco.
The presence of an international jury made up of renowned concertes and pedagogues has strengthened the credibility of the competition, while offering participants a critical return of great educational value on their interpretations.
Thought as a real musical encounter, this competition initiated, under the aegis of the Ministry of Youth, Culture and Communication, is a link between musical heritage and contemporary creation.
Offering a platform to young pianists to express their talent, while promoting educational exchanges with experienced trainers, the event aims to reveal new figures of the national pianistic scene and to strengthen bridges between cultures and generations through classical music.
