blue hour
blue hour
BLUE HOUR is a solo acoustic piano concert at dawn
Launch starting December 2024
BLUE HOUR
BLUE HOUR is a solo acoustic piano concert set at dawn, illuminated only by the rising sun; a perpetually changing process that pianist-composer Alain Roche invites the audience to pause and experience.
At the heart of the experience is a single-movement piano composition titled SUMMER SOLSTICE.
Slowly evolving from the piece WINTER SOLSTICE – composed on an island beyond the Arctic Circle in Norway in 2022 – this score represents the culmination of a deep immersion in the cycle of the seasons, experienced over 182 consecutive dawns, outdoors.
With BLUE HOUR, Alain Roche bares himself, without artifice. A game played under the gaze of daylight.
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Find the Blue Hours schedule
Search precisely for the blue hour of the morning, on a specific date, in a specific location…
And therefore find the times for the performances of the BLUE HOUR project.
MUSIC
SUMMER SOLSTICE piano piece
The music SUMMER SOLSTICE will be available from 21 December 2024. (Humus Records)
WINTER SOLSTICE piano piece
Video
SUMMER SOLSTICE – Recording session
© 2024 | Salle de Musique, La Chaux-de-Fonds / CH – 2’30
“WINTER SOLSTICE“ – Recording session
Salle de Musique, La Chaux-de-Fonds / CH – 1’04
PRACTICAL
DOCUMENTS
Presentation file
Technical Rider
Communication kit
Type
Acoustic grounded piano
Music
SUMMER SOLSTICE – single-movement piece
Schedule
At the blue hour of the morning
> Blue hour finder
Duration
Variable depending on location and date
Environment
Indoors with an opening to natural light
Backline
Grand piano with bench, tuned the day before
Sound
None
Lighting
None (the concert starts in the dark)
Touring team
2 people (1 artist, 1 production)
Planning
Access to the piano at least 2.5 hours before the concert
Distribution
composer, pianist
Alain Roche
musical director
Djamel Cencio
management
Emilien Rossier | oh la la – performing arts diffusion
production & communication
Boll & Roche Cie
Creation
La Chaux-de-Fonds / CH
TOUR
CH
La Chaux-de-Fonds. Sion, Martigny, Yverdon-les-Bains, La Sarraz, Porrentruy, Tavannes, Bettmeralp, Lens, Sarrayer, Lausanne, Fribourg, Genève, …
FR
Lyon
UK
London
GR
Myconos, Corfu, Rhodes, Amorgos, Parga
TK
Bodrum
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