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Culture: when athletes meet an orchestra
Dylan Corlay, the conductor, has decided to combine music and sport in concerts where the first minutes are entrusted to artists.
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Dylan Corlay, the conductor, has decided to combine music and sport in concerts where the first minutes are entrusted to artists.
What is the point between Jeannie Longo, Olympic champion in 1996 in Atlanta (United States) and Dylan Corlay, the conductor? The love of sport, music and a show that combines the two. The first performance, it was in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (Yvelines), at the velodrome, where the cycling events will be held this summer for the Paris 2024 Olympics. The idea of Dylan Corlay, it is to go on tour with 90 musicians from a symphony orchestra and entrust the first five minutes of each date to a high-level athlete.
Conclusive experience for Jeannie Longo
It’s not so unlikely to find Jeannie Longo in this register: when she was younger, she played the piano and has a very good ear for music. “I trained thanks to the advice of Dylan who came home once and gave me advice by videoconference, but the orchestra, I actually had it on video in front of me”, specifies Jeannie Longo. That sSaturday April 6 went very well, the experience was conclusive. You will find among the champions that of the dancer and breaking teacher, Brice Foe Ekora, who will be in Nantes (Loire-Atlantique), or the quadruple world champion of BMX flat, Alexandre Jumelin in Montpellier (Hérault).
