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"Spring 2021. The small theater of La Huchette in Paris having suffered from the Covid closure organizes every Monday a carte blanche to supporting personalities. I too was asked, accepted, and thought, rather than a song recital, to do a reading of the sensual poems of Alice Mendelson, a friend of my father. Alice Mendelson, 97 years old today, long-lived poet. Texts that his storyteller friend Pascal Quéré spoke to me about, dating from 1947 to today, singing the passion for life, love, men, colors, moments, words...
I ask Mauro Gioia, singer, actor, director, to keep an eye and an ear. We need music, he tells me, it’s vital! It’s Grégoire Hetzel, with whom Mauro has made several creations, pianist, film score composer, who will be on stage with me. Some poetry will be sung. It is a success ! We decide to continue it. A few dates here and there... Auxerre, Fontainebleau... In Capri in the summer of 2022, in Italian based on a translation by the poet Igor Esposito. Each time there is enthusiasm from the public. »Catherine Ringer
Alice Mendelson was born in 1925 in Longlaville, to Polish Jewish revolutionary parents, both hairdressers. She always wrote but never dared to consider publishing until the age of 95 when the enthusiasm triggered by her creations provoked this recital by Catherine Ringer and the publication of a collection by Editions Rhubarbe.

Poèmes by Alice Mendelson / Read and sung by Catherine Ringer / Accompanied on the piano by Grégoire Hetzel / Compositions: Grégoire Hetzel / Songs: Alice Mendelson / Mauro Gioia – Grégoire Hetzel / Direction: Mauro Gioia / Show produced by Sixsarl / Presented by Les Evening Visitors