"Eric Serra Live" interview en direct du Zenith de Caen

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Eric Serra announces a Zenith tour featuring 30 musicians playing film scores, Cirque du Soleil pieces, and unknown solo work.

The episode is an interview with composer Eric Serra, conducted at the Zenith of Caen, focusing on his upcoming tour. Serra announces the tour as a retrospective of his entire career, not a movie-concert, featuring about 30 musicians including seven pop musicians and twenty strings. He mentions playing pieces from his films, his first solo album from 1998, a Cirque du Soleil show from the late 2000s, and his latest album from January. Serra discusses the tour preparation, highlighting the complexity of creating a set list from ten hours of music and the collaboration with a director. Rehearsals are scheduled for mid-October in Paris, with general rehearsals at the Zenith in Rouen on November 11th and 12th before the tour starts on November 13th. He explains his composition process, which varies based on when he is involved in a film, preferring to work directly with images as seen with Luc Besson's films. Serra shares his background as a musician, starting stage performances at age 11 and becoming professional at 17, including seven years with Jacques Higelin. He describes a personal crisis after the success of The Big Blue, where he felt unhappy despite financial freedom, until returning to live performance with Higelin. Serra plans to play multiple instruments on tour, including bass, guitar, drums, and keyboards, and to sing. His musical influences are eclectic, from rock like Led Zeppelin and jazz-rock fusion to intensive study of classical composers Stravinsky, Ravel, Debussy, and Bartok. He also discusses the impact of African music, discovered during a 1984 tour with Higelin, which he describes as initiatory and influential on his work. The interview concludes with practical information about ticket availability and an invitation to experience the music live.

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