When the neighbors of Le Poisson Fa and La Baleine rouge form bonds through music

Maud Chappaz et Robert Sanchez au Poisson Fa. Midi Libre – Kelman Marti

Le Poisson Fa et la Baleine rouge s’associent pour organiser des rencontres autour de la musique et permettre aux artistes du Printemps des poètes de se produire.

"We met by chance in the street while I was parking my car. We are neighbours. I had the idea of ​​talking to him and we hit it off straight away." This anecdote, Maud Chappaz recounts smile on your face, coffee in hand during breakfast at Poisson Fa, located at 3 quai A. Merle. Next to her, Robert Sanchez, known as “Boby”, takes care of the tea and croissants. With meticulousness, as when he has his musical instruments in hand.

A collaboration around a festival…

The latter are also at the center of a collaboration established between the two neighbors during the month of January. "It’s a give-and-take", explains the new owner of the Baleine Rouge (formerly Lieu unique), located at n& ;deg; 5 of the street.

Thus, the musician will lend his various instruments to the artists who will come to the Spring of Poets festival, organized in Sète from 8 to 25 by the association of Maud Chappaz Le Retour des Troubadours. This won't be anything new for "Boby" who has already started providing her equipment to her neighbor, during previous artistic performances in the third place.

… And meetings with the Sétois

For his part, the trader will use the premises of the Red Whale to organize, twice a month, an exchange meeting around an instrument and around an instrument. a work of classical music.

Concerning the first theme, a first public session is "scheduled for February 23 and will be an opportunity to discuss a range of guitars& ;quot;, reveals "Boby".

For the second, "I have planned four meetings, where we will do an analytical listening of four symphonies by the composer Antonín Dvorák, he continues. My goal is to make classical music, which is very elitist, accessible to as many people as possible."< /em>