Tragique

Le Regard Libre N° 62 - Jean-David Ponci

Beethoven's music has few melodies, if we compare it with that of other composers: Mozart, Schubert... It is hardly pleasant, and even less worldly. The famous four strokes that open the Fifth Symphony are not a melody, but a motif. A motif to say what? Beethoven himself told his friend Schindler: «Thus knocks fate at my door».

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Le Regard Libre N° 49 – Jonas Follonier

C’était un déjanté, un inclassable. Et pourtant l’écoute de ses albums permet de retracer chacune des époques du rock progressif hexagonal. Nino Ferrer, qui s’est suicidé en 1998 du fait d’un mal-être insurmontable, gagne à être connu là où peu le connaissent: dans ses chansons calmes.

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Le Regard Libre N° 37 - Loris S. Musumeci

Philippe Forest is a man of letters renowned for his extensive knowledge of the subject. He is a professor of literature and a contributor to prestigious magazines such as NRF. Since the death of his daughter, Pauline, taken from her life at an early age by cancer, Philippe Forest has begun to write novels, linking the process of mourning to that of writing. After several major successes, such as his first novel, L'Enfant éternel (1997), and Sarinagara (2004), the author now turns to a novelistic reflection on forgetting. We met him in Fribourg.

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