Cultural Center: Trio Phalaena

PHALAENA, which means "butterfly", symbolizes lightness, grace, and the subtle rebirth of nature. The combination of the harp, the violin, and the Bayan (concert accordion), offers an alliance of unheard-of sounds and promotes an eclectic repertoire. De Jean Sébastien Bach to Maurice Ravel passing through Eric Satie, Camille Saint-Saëns, or even Manuel de Falla, the PHALAENA trio will astonish you with the complicity of its musicians. While many have always considered the accordion as a sub-instrument under the obsequious pretext that it is the popular instrument par excellence, these three artists sweep away with one broad stroke all the vulgarities committed against this formidable musical instrument. Sometimes smiling and cheerful, sometimes heartbreaking and sad, the accents of their music reflect life: they are then so intensely human that pure and total aesthetic emotion invades the assembly of listeners who surrender themselves to music to wash away all their preconceived notions.