Photo : Festival de la Grange de Mesley
After the creation of this duo in December 2024, they are soon inveted to the prestigious festivals such a Festival de la Grange Mesley in France and La Folle Journée de Tokyo in Japan.
"A truly glamorous and clever classical music duo, where image serves virtuosity in a unique performance that brings instruments and cultures into vibrant collision. Marina and Julien perform at major festivals in France and abroad, including the Festival de la Grange de Meslay, La Folle Journée in Tokyo, and more.
Their repertoire is built around personal arrangements and original compositions, blending Japanese, French, and Slavic musical worlds."
Photo : City of Imabari (Japan)
"Eastern Wind over Paris"
Paris, 1900, World’s Fair. An eastern wind is blowing as Debussy discovers Japanese art and Tchaikovsky visits the French capital. This cultural effervescence is echoed today through music and a multiplied piano. With or without straps, equipped with their keys and buttons, the accordion and the piano embark on an unexpected encounter through a varied repertoire that blends classical masterpieces such as The Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Saëns, along with many other surprises at the crossroads of Japanese, Russian, and French music.
- Camille Saint-Saëns / Le Carnaval des Animaux (arr. J. Beautemps
- Maurice Ravel / La Vallée des Cloches
- Toru Takemitsu / Romance
- Claude Debussy / extraits of Epigraphes Antiques
- Modeste Moussorgski / The Great Gate of Kiev (arr. J. Beautemps)
- Piotr Illitch Tchaikovsky / Danse of the Sugar Plum Fairy
- Julien Beautemps / Sakura (sur une chanson traditionnelle japonaise)
- Julien Beautemps / Matsuri