TALK "EN SPORT, COMMENT TROUVER LE BON TEMPO?"
Saturday 24 Aug / 16:00 - 16:45
WITH MARINA CHICHE AND CHRISTOPHE LEMAITRE
Whether in a competition or a concert, how do you find the right tempo?
It’s not unusual for top sportsmen and women, especially swimmers and runners, to listen to music during their training sessions. This is because the tempo of certain tracks corresponds exactly to the frequency of the movements they have to perform. From then on, these champions are like concert performers, united in the same quest for an ideal tempo, adapted to their own qualities, and guided by the same hope, that on the day of the competition or performance, they will be able to perform to perfection a score that they have rehearsed endlessly. But do an athlete and a musician share a similar obsession with rhythm? Do they sometimes fear losing it by trying so hard to control it? Can they change their pace to suit the circumstances? When all is said and done, does the notion of performance necessarily rhyme with that of cadence?
With violin rock star Marina Chiche and Christophe Lemaitre, a young retired sprinter and multiple Olympic medallist.
Marina Chiche
Violonist
Revealed to the general public by the Victoires de la musique classique awards and her recordings, violinist Marina Chiche is pursuing an international career that has seen her perform as soloist and chamber musician in the most prestigious concert halls: the Berlin Philharmonic, the Théâtre des Champs Elysées and the National Concert Hall in Beijing. A versatile artist committed to her times, her book Musiciennes de légende (published by First/Radio France), her lectures and her columns on France Inter help to make classical music accessible to as many people as possible.
Recognised as one of the 100 Women of Culture 2022, ambassador of the French Touch and resident at the Villa Médicis and the Villa Albertine, she is one of the leading figures in the music world, helping to spread culture beyond our borders.
Christophe Lemaitre
Multi-medal-winning sprinter
