Classical music in a stage truck:
“Utopia is not what is unachievable but rather what has yet to be achieved.”
– Théodore Monod
The idea of uNopia seemed obvious to me when I was looking to combine seemingly contradictory desires: a yearning for freedom through travel, my passion for the piano (second only to the organ when it comes to stationary instruments!), and the aspiration to modernise the world of “classical” music.
Recognising that this kind of music requires initiation or else instant attraction, but also avoiding any elitism or preconceptions of social class, I sympathise with the idea of utopia as described by Thomas More in the sixteenth century. His book, Utopia, was at once a travel narrative and a rational project to establish an ideal society. For him it was about expanding the field of literary and political possibility. Let us do the same in music!
My experience with concerts, various audiences, and especially “forgotten” audiences like those in boarding schools for youth in difficulty or in prisons showed me the immense impact of this music that I was raised on.
Considering that this music can touch the heart of whoever, wherever and whenever, we must go, cross the borders, bring the music to its audience … We must play everywhere, all the time!
Guilhem Fabre
Camion-scène
A truck fitted out on stage being able to welcome a grand piano and of the material of sound system and lighting.
