Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 169 - Adélaïde Ferrière

French Percussionist Adélaïde Ferrière stops by to talk about her PASIC 2019 performance and other elements of marimba performance (03:40), her career as a freelance percussionist in France (19:30), growing up in Dijon, France to musical parents and entering the Paris Conservatory at 16 (35:35), going to Paris Conservatory for her undergrad and master’s degrees and studying in England (53:15), and takes time for the Random Ass Questions (01:27:00).

Finishing with a Rave on American Experience: Jubilee Singers (01:45:15). 

Links:

Adélaïde Ferrière’s website

Adélaïde’s Black Swamp page

Rhapsody in Blue - solo marimba version

Trio KDM

Trio Xenakis

Adélaïde’s version of “Asturias” published by Edition Svitzer

One World Observatory

Empire State Building

Metropolitan Museum of Art

American Museum of Natural History

“Nocturne in E-Flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2” - Frederic Chopin

“Rebonds A/B” - Iannis Xenakis

Paris Conservatory

“She Who Sleeps with a Small Blanket” - Kevin Volans

“After Syrinx II” - Richard Rodney Bennett

Interstellar trailer

The Hangover trailer

Aladdin (2019) trailer

The Mysterious Island - Jules Verne

Raves:

Jubilee Singers on PBS