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Correspondent. Colette’s last notes
Correspondent. Colette’s last notes – (SPECIAL SUBJECT / FRANCE 2)
A few months ago, this passionate pianist with exceptional longevity agreed to tell “Envoyé Spécial” about “a century of life at the piano, always in music”. In tribute to Colette Maze, who left us last November, the magazine is rebroadcasting this portrait.
Her life, shehas always lived it in music“. Colette Maze, born June 16, 1914 and died November 19, 2023, was a pianist. For her, music was “a world of images, beauty, colors” And “a hand is like a paintbrush, each finger must have its poetry“She discovered the piano when she was very young, preferred it to her dolls and never stopped playing. Her instrument appeals to her.”gave tenderness“, perhaps the one that was missing from this child whose mother “was tough and only knew how to slap“.
At 108, she still played her Steinway every day
A graduate of the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris, Colette Maze took lessons from Alfred Cortot and Nadia Boulanger, then became a piano teacher and has practiced all her life. At 108 years old, she still practiced every day for four to five hours on her Steinway, chosen for its “good sound“. She affirmed it: with music, “we can stay young in our heads, in our hearts…“.
A report by Violaine Vermot-Gaud, Claire-Marie Denis, Luis Marques, Benoît Sauvage, Mathilde Rougeron and Marie Bouchet broadcast In “Correspondent” the 14th December 2023.
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