Lydie Solomon Explained

Lydie Solomon
Alias:Lydie Waï
Birth Place:Paris, France
Instrument:Classical piano
Years Active:1992–present

Lydie Solomon (Lydie Waï Solomon) (born 1982), is a French pianist[1] and actress,[2] born to a Franco-Romanian father and a Korean mother. She speaks fluent French, Korean, English, and Spanish and has a working knowledge of German and Italian.[3] [4]

An early virtuoso

Solomon began playing the piano at the age of two, and at age seven she joined the École Normale de Musique de Paris. She studied under the teaching of Pascal Devoyon and Dominique Merlet. She gave her first recital when she was ten years old in the Printemps musical de Silly, Belgium. At thirteen, she won the Radio France competition, and was given the chance to perform with the Orchestre National de Radio-France, which was broadcast on France Musique.[3]

She then entered the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris, where she studied under professor Jacques Rouvier. Solomon won the first prize of the conservatory unanimously in 1996, and in 2000, she won the first prize with the highest honor in piano, musical composition, musical analysis, sight reading, chamber music, choral and drama.

Music career

She gave a number of concerts in South Korea after being noticed by conductors Myung-Whun Chung and Nanse Gum. François-René Duchâble solicited her for a serial of two pianos concertos in 2005 and 2006.

Her first album Eldorado, published in 2011, is devoted to Hispanic music (Padre Soler, Enrique Granados, Manuel de Falla, Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, Ernesto Lecuona, José Asunción Flores, Carlos Chávez, Alberto Ginastera,, Isaac Albéniz, Astor Piazzolla) and contains two original compositions.[5]

In 2013, Lydie Solomon introduced a new program dedicated to little-known links between Frédéric Chopin's music and those of various Cuban composers, named De Chopin à Cuba (From Chopin to Cuba).[6] She participated in the Paris summer event « Play Me I'm Yours ».[7]

Lydie Waï

Between 2008 and 2010, Lydia Solomon started an acting career.

She joined the Cours Florent and trained at the Actors Studio.

Under the stage name of Lydie Waï, she played one of the main female roles in the final feature film "Vivre !" of, released in 2009.[8] She plays Kim, a pianist betrayed by her over-stressed hands.[9]

Renowned for "her talents as an excellent instrumentalist and polyglot actress",[10] she also composed jazzy and Latino songs, giving concerts and publishing the album Harmonie with Thierry Lier in 2009.

Discography

Filmography

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lydie Solomon. Le Figaro. Paris. Thierry. Hillériteau. 10 May 2011. french. 27 August 2013.
  2. News: Les autres films (dont Vivre!). Les Échos. Paris. 13. 7 October 2009. french. 27 August 2013.
  3. Web site: Interview with Lydia Solomon . www.voltaireonline.eu . french . 29 May 2011 . 14 September 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110921091313/http://www.voltaireonline.eu/musique_vers_fr/lydie_solomon.php . 21 September 2011 . dmy-all .
  4. Jacques Herbaut, Marion Uhle. 2011 . Interview à l'occasion de la sortie dEldorado. french . Interview about release of Eldorado . voltaireonline-eu . 17 September 2012 .
  5. Menu. Frédéric. Un " Eldorado " de cœur. L'Est Républicain. 26 May 2012. 19 September 2012. french .
  6. Web site: Lydie Solomon. Alain . Pilot. Radio France internationale. 30 July 2013. french. 27 August 2013.
  7. Web site: Lydie Solomon nous transporte à Cuba pour " Play Me I'm Your's " !. Victoire. Chevreul. Radio VL. 2013. french. 27 August 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20140106034440/http://www.radiovl.fr/lydie-solomon-nous-transporte-a-cuba-pour-play-me-im-yours/. 6 January 2014. dead.
  8. Web site: Le casting de Vivre !. Première. french. 2009.
  9. Vieuxtemps. Roland. Cizos – Lydie Waï-Solomon sur scène. La Dépêche du Midi. 29 October 2010. 19 September 2012. french .
  10. [Jean-Pierre Thiollet]