Sophie Alour Jazz Trio performs at Bonifacio High Street

December 6, 2012, 8:00 PM

Bonifacio High Street Amphitheater

7th Ave. corner 29th St.

Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City

Featuring:

Sophie Alour, saxophone

Sylvain Romano, bass

Frédéric Pasqua, drums

The Alliance Française de Manille, the Embassy of France to the Philippines, Rustan’s and Jewelmer, with the support of Bonifacio Global City and Fort Bonifacio Development Corporation, present the Sophie Alour Trio, a performance by French Jazz saxophonist Sophie Alour accompanied by bassist Sylvain Romano and drummer Frédéric Pasqua. The concert is on December 6, 8:00pm at the Bonifacio High Street Amphitheater, Bonifacio Global City.  This special jazz evening will also feature the Jewelmer Jazz Band as the front act performer.

Sophie Alour released her fourth full solo album, La Géographie des rêves, in 2012.  In this album, the talented jazzwoman - considered as the female counterpart of Sonny Rollins and Joe Henderson - questions the place of improvisation in jazz music, with simple but thorough songs, introducing new sonorities by playing the clarinet, the bass clarinet and flute for the first time. These are the new horizons she aims to explore on this tour.

Sophie Alour

For her first Asian tour, Sophie Alour invites musicians she played with on two of her records: Sylvain Romano (album Insulaire / Nocturne, 2005) and Frédéric Pasqua, the new drummer of her last record La Géographie des rêves (Naïve, 2012). The trio will play an eclectic program from original compositions to traditional jazz standards. In doing so, Sophie Alour explores all the possibilities that the trio formula allows.

Sophie Alour Trio Concert is a FrancoPhil event, the French‐Philippine cultural program in the Philippines. The event is organized by the Alliance Française de Manille and the Embassy of France with Rustan’s and Jewelmer; in partnership with Bonifacio Global City and Fort Bonifacio Development Corporation and the support of Air-France KLM, the Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI), Pernod Ricard Philippines and l’Institut Français, FrancoPhil’s official hotel partner, the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, and official media partners Business World and High Life.

Sophie Alour Trio is on tour in Southeast Asia in November and December 2012. Filipino audiences will have a chance to see them onstage in Manila on December 6.

Tickets:

Free admission

For inquiries:

Sabrina Durand 895-7585, 895-7441, (0917) 892-8968, sabrina@alliance.ph