Halb, l'autre moitié

Have you ever tried to catch a melody with your ears?

Sensing that she is losing her memory, Baka decides to give her granddaughter Tallinn her most precious possession: her clarinet. She wants to pass on a melody that has been handed down from generation to generation, but she’s forgotten half of it; and strangely enough, Frageh, the little dog whose name means “question” in Yiddish, starts to get bigger and bigger… So this unlikely trio sets off in search of the other half of the melody, somewhere in the Balkans…

Elsa Zylberstein lends her soft, deep voice to this timeless story. Songs punctuate this journey of discovery, set to the sounds of the trombone, saxophone, double bass, violin, percussion, accordion, and, of course, the clarinet! Halb is a collaborative project: Alexis Ciesla, a virtuoso clarinetist, handles the music, and Sigrid Baffert writes the story and the songs… Together, with the support of the St. Priest Municipal Conservatory (69) and the musicians of the Collectif de l’Autre Moitié, they have brought to life the many facets of this multifaceted and unifying project.

⭐ Coup de cœur de l’Académie Charles Cros
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