A festival for the 10th edition of HEAR PALMER
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Press Release
Margaux, February 2019
A festival for the 10th
edition of HEAR PALMER
Château Palmer gives carte blanche to the jazzman Émile Parisien, patron
of the 2018 vintage and creative director of three concerts programmed
from 29 to 31 March 2019.
In 2009, a meeting between Thomas Duroux, managing director of Château
Palmer, and Jacky Terrasson, the famous Franco-American jazz pianist, gave
birth to an original concept – Hear Palmer. The idea: to give the en primeur
period a unique, artistic tenor, created by jazz artists of world renown, who
would link each vintage to an improvisation of their own during a concert in
the estate’s barrel cellars.
Jacky Terrasson in 2009, and Yaron Herman and Michel Portal in 2010 were
the first to associate their notes with those of Château Palmer’s en primeur
wines. Daniel Humair, Lionel Belmondo, Archie Shepp(1) – among others –
would do so in the vintages that followed.
An artists’ residence to absorb the sprit of the vintage Every year at Château Palmer a score is written. That of the new vintage, composed from the vineyard to the cellar. Capturing the personality of the new blend, and rendering an interpretation in music, requires partaking in the life of the estate during this intense period. It’s in that sprit that Château Palmer welcomes the musicians for an artists’ residence; they come and discover the vineyard, the château, the history, the men and women, and the wines – in particular the vintage of which they will become its patron and its voice. Out of this immersion comes music... whether it’s an improvisation on the sensations of a tasting, or the composition of a piece dedicated to Château Palmer, it is nourished by the place and its energy, by the emotions felt and the stories heard over the course of the visit. 10th opus of Hear Palmer: carte blanche for Émile Parisien to raise the curtain on the 2018 vintage This artistic accompaniment of each vin- tage that Château Palmer has brought to fruition annually since 2009 will this year take on an exceptional scale – that of a festival. To celebrate the 10th edition of this jazz&wine fusion, the estate has opened Hear Palmer to the wider public, and given jazz lovers the opportunity to attend concerts organised in two locations – one which echoes the history of Major General Palmer, the creator of Château Palmer who also owned the land on which today stands an auditorium dedicated to music (Le Rocher de Pal- mer - 30/03), and the other being an already iconic landmark of the wine world (La Cité du vin - 31/03). As creative director of this 10th edition of Hear Palmer, the jazz saxophonist and com- poser Émile Parisien has become the honorary ambassador of the 2018 vintage.
Émile Parisien: back to Palmer
A musician recognized by Rolling Stone magazine as “one of the most brilliant
European saxophonists of his generation” (2), Émile Parisien knows the estate
well, having participated in the 2013 edition of Hear Palmer alongside Daniel
Humair. Five years later, he returns as the ambassador of the 2018 vintage,
accompanied by magnificent musicians ready to share in the creative carte
blanche given him by Thomas Duroux.
The musical universe of Émile Parisien is nourished by multiple influences
rooted in the French jazz tradition. To this is added the compositional layering
of contemporary music, and the melodic and harmonious abstraction of free
jazz. His recently released album, Double Screening, recorded with his quartet,
has received critical acclaim for its
inventiveness, boldness, and resolutely
modern sensibility...(3) To share with us the
numerous facets of his passionate, virtuosic
brand of music, at once provocative and
anarchic, but also stirring and swinging,
Émile Parisien will perform in duo, in a first-
time trio, in quintet and septet.
(2)
Rolling Stone, November 2016
(3)
Read his full bio at www.emileparisien.com/biography
The artist will share the stage over 3 concerts
with his jazzmen friends:
FRIDAY 29 MARCH / Private concert at the château
the unveiling of the vintage with by the duo Métanuits,
Émile Parisien and Roberto Negro, pianist and composer.
SATURDAY 30 MARCH / Le Rocher de Palmer
In this venue renowned for its high-calibre jazz concert
programme, Émile Parisien will share his carte blanche
with his quintet Sfumato, founded in 2015 during the
festival Jazz in Marciac, as well as some of his oldest musical
accomplices: Mario Costa, Manu Codjia, Simon Tailleu,
Michael Wollny and Roberto Negro, but also Vincent
Peirani, the young accordionist that the whole jazz world
is buzzing about, and Théo Ceccaldi, the French violinist
who has emerged since his triumph at the Victoire du Jazz
2017 as one of the most singular voices of the new European
jazz scene.
Concert at 20:30 — 25 € - Tickets available on-site or online
SUNDAY 31 MARCH / La Cité du Vin
A first-time trio composed of Émile Parisien, Jeff
Ballard – one of the most emblematic drummers of
modern jazz – and Henri Texier, the favourite bassist
of many of America’s greatest jazzmen, will perform in
the auditorium of La Cité du Vin, to conclude this Hear
Palmer festival. In addition, the trio will be accompanied
by the great jazz guitarist Manu Codjia. The artists will
be invited to improvise together, mixing their styles and
creativity, ensuring that the final notes of Hear Palmer
2018 will resound with surprises.
Concert at 18:00 — 20 € - Tickets available on-site or online
The concert will be followed by a “diner prestige” in the
cellar of La Cité Du Vin, Latitude20. It will be held in the
presence of the artists and orchestrated by the Japanese
chef of Château Palmer, Seiji Nagayama. He will elaborate
a unique menu paired with the wines of the property.
Dinner at 20:00 — 185 € — Reservation online
Limited to 36 persons
Hear Palmer and Qobuz offer
some high quality music : from the 5th of
April to the 5th of May, the live concerts
will be available on free download on:
https://www.qobuz.com/hearpalmermillesime2018
To learn more... (1) Previous editions of Hear Palmer can be discovered at chateau-palmer.com and on the dedicated website: hear-palmer.com Miles Davis, Salle Pleyel, Paris, France, 3 November 1969 © Guy Le Querrec/ Magnum Photos To make this 10th edition of Hear Palmer even more exceptional, Château Palmer will be honouring the works of Guy Le Querrec with the exhibition Jazz de J à ZZ. Exhibition to be discovered until 19 August 2019, during estate visits at Château Palmer. Press contacts Annabelle Grellier / Mathilde Tuffigo chateau-palmer@chateau-palmer.com +33 (0) 5 57 88 72 72
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