Bluebird
Alexis Ffrench
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Browse piano sheets by Alexis Ffrench on Zen Virtual Piano. Alexis Ffrench was born in 1970; his father was in the RAF, and much of his early childhood was spent on military bases around the world. At four, his family bought him a second-hand piano, and by seven he was a church organist, playing for masses and weddings. He then attended the Purcell School, a specialist school for young musicians, and went on to win scholarships to the Royal Academy of Music and the Guildhall School of Music. A boy who was a church organist for masses and weddings by seven suggests a musician used to playing at other people’s milestones. Classical Music describes him as a pianist, composer and broadcaster known for straddling the divide between classical music and other genres. He has played Latitude, headlined the Royal Albert Hall and worked with the pop artist Paloma Faith, and he is the first ever artistic director of the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM). A career that spans a Latitude appearance, a Royal Albert Hall headline and a post at the Associated Board can be read as one musician at home in very different settings. In The Independent he says that Bluebird is filled with a variety of influences, from Debussy and Satie, is an expression of love and hope, and was born out of improvisation. He composed Bluebird for his daughter, who then danced in the video of the song. Among the highlights of his career he counts playing the Bluebird Suite at the Classic Brit Awards in the Royal Albert Hall with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, while his daughter Savannah danced as the principal featured dancer. A piece written for his daughter, who danced in its video, can be read as a family piece that became public. In a Square Mile interview he says, “I love the idea of the perfectly crafted pop moment wrapped up in classical gesture.” Calling a pop moment perfectly crafted suggests a classical musician who treats pop as a craft in its own right.
Browse piano sheets by Alexis Ffrench on Zen Virtual Piano.
Alexis Ffrench was born in 1970; his father was in the RAF, and much of his early childhood was spent on military bases around the world. At four, his family bought him a second-hand piano, and by seven he was a church organist, playing for masses and weddings. He then attended the Purcell School, a specialist school for young musicians, and went on to win scholarships to the Royal Academy of Music and the Guildhall School of Music. A boy who was a church organist for masses and weddings by seven suggests a musician used to playing at other people’s milestones.
Classical Music describes him as a pianist, composer and broadcaster known for straddling the divide between classical music and other genres. He has played Latitude, headlined the Royal Albert Hall and worked with the pop artist Paloma Faith, and he is the first ever artistic director of the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM). A career that spans a Latitude appearance, a Royal Albert Hall headline and a post at the Associated Board can be read as one musician at home in very different settings.
In The Independent he says that Bluebird is filled with a variety of influences, from Debussy and Satie, is an expression of love and hope, and was born out of improvisation. He composed Bluebird for his daughter, who then danced in the video of the song. Among the highlights of his career he counts playing the Bluebird Suite at the Classic Brit Awards in the Royal Albert Hall with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, while his daughter Savannah danced as the principal featured dancer. A piece written for his daughter, who danced in its video, can be read as a family piece that became public.
In a Square Mile interview he says, “I love the idea of the perfectly crafted pop moment wrapped up in classical gesture.” Calling a pop moment perfectly crafted suggests a classical musician who treats pop as a craft in its own right.
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His family bought him a second-hand piano when he was four. By seven he was a church organist, playing for masses and weddings.
At the specialist Purcell School for young musicians; he also won scholarships to the Royal Academy of Music and the Guildhall School of Music.
A piece Alexis Ffrench composed for his daughter, who danced in the video of the song. Its influences include Debussy and Satie, and it expresses love and hope.