Concert «Lucien Durosoir. Surviving in the hell of Verdun through music»

Name: Concert « Lucien Durosoir. Survivre dans l'enfer de Verdun grâce à la musique »
Start: 2022-09-18T17:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Mémorial de Verdun

Discover French violinist and composer Lucien Durosoir through a tribute concert, organized by the soldier’s family.

Dimanche 18 septembre 2022, 17h00Passé

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During his mobilization, Lucien Durosoir, French violinist and composer, found refuge in music to survive the horror of war.
He is also a member of a string quartet, created during the First World War, alongside cellist Maurice Maréchal among others. This recital pays tribute to his work and his career. Unpublished: Violinist François Pineau-Benois will play with Lucien Durosoir’s war violin he had on the Battlefield of Verdun, nicknamed «Le Genève».
Accompanied on the piano by Lorène de Ratuld.
The text is written by the daughter-in-law of Lucien Durosoir, Georgie Durosoir, musicologist.
Concert with the Durosoir family.

À propos du lieu

Mémorial de Verdun

1 avenue du Corps Européen, 55100 Fleury-devant-Douaumont

Meuse
Grand Est

At the heart of the hills of Verdun, still devastated by the millions of shells which caused the death of more than 30 000 people and made 400 000 wounded persons within one year, the memorial of Verdun redraws the history(story) of the most famous battle of the World War I. He(It) matters(counts) among the main European museums of First World War.