Concert in the church - Candlelight recital on period instruments

Nicole Tamestit and Pierre Bouyer have been playing together as a violin and piano duo for some thirty years, giving them a homogeneity and flexibility that is often remarked upon and praised.

Both have followed similar paths, starting out as virtuosos on their traditional instruments, then exploring the older worlds of the baroque violin and the harpsichord, before focusing on the repertoire and instruments of the so-called “classical” period, i.e. the violin as played by Mozart, Beethoven and Paganini, and the fortepiano, a new instrument that was created at this time and developed very rapidly between 1770 and 1850, before evolving more slowly into the piano of today. Several critically acclaimed CDs punctuate this artistic journey:
"On period instruments (...), the violinist Nicole Tamestit and the pianoforte player Pierre Bouyer perform miracles of poetry, shared intelligence and attuned sensitivity (...) They follow with glee and sensitivity the full and loose lines with a sense of line and pulse that has nothing to envy to Goldberg/Lupu (Decca), or even Grumiaux/Haskil, in a modern interpretation" (DIAPASON magazine).