{"id":19153,"date":"2019-02-09T17:34:47","date_gmt":"2019-02-09T16:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/?p=19153"},"modified":"2022-09-04T10:32:54","modified_gmt":"2022-09-04T08:32:54","slug":"clara-luciani-queen-on-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/en\/music\/clara-luciani-queen-on-stage\/","title":{"rendered":"Clara Luciani, queen on stage"},"content":{"rendered":"

Le Regard Libre N\u00b0 46<\/a> - Jonas Follonier<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On November 23, Clara Luciani honored French-speaking Switzerland with a performance at the Case \u00e0 Chocs alternative music venue in Neuch\u00e2tel. Audiences, ranging in age from fifteen to fifty, were won over by this bewitching young woman, who, through her melancholy notes and suave voice, embodies more than anyone else our strange times. Spotlight on the 2018 French revelation, somewhere between Maurane and Lana Del Rey.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The time has come, and something is afoot. The artist's voice is heard in off<\/em> to a short musical introduction. The musicians arrive, one by one. All young, all with interesting faces and looks. Clara Luciani makes her entrance in the same sober manner, positioning herself as a member of a united and coherent group. She, too, has a look unlike any other, with her slender silhouette, penetrating eyes, Claudia Cardinale-style mouth and fringe - just one of the many things she has in common with the equally exceptional Juliette Armanet, already mentioned several times in our columns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read also: <\/strong>A sucre d'orge evening at the Montreux Jazz Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Did we mention the physical, only the physical, in our first paragraph? Yes, and it's important. It's first and foremost a body that presents itself, as someone else might say. Even if, it's true, it's Clara Luciani's voice that first reaches us that evening. So now let's talk about the music, the most interesting element of this concert, of course, including the musicians' performance, the peculiarities of this deep voice, the lyrics written by the young woman and the melodies that stay in my head, again and again, day and night, I say to myself as I write this article. Sleep<\/a><\/em> on my loudspeaker. The beauty of coincidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deep, beautiful songs<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

That's what struck me the most that evening: the quality of these little pop gems, sweet as desserts that we like not to finish, to eat eternally, to kiss with our lips for a journey into the realm of intimacy, tenderness and comfort. Sleep<\/em> is certainly my favorite, but I think it sums up Clara Luciani's talent. Her ability to deliver a sensual object that never tires, despite the simplicity of the lyrics and music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00abI have engraved on my heart
Your name and flowers<\/em>
So that you may be here in your home<\/em>
You'll be better off there than anywhere else<\/em>
Sleep, sleep<\/em>
Nothing to see here, nothing to regret<\/em>
Sleep, sleep<\/em>
I'll be coming to bed with you soon\u00bb.\u00bb<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And the way she interprets these ballads on stage is simply astounding, in that her gaze seems to reflect exactly what the text is expressing, and this gaze, this mad gaze, lingers on the audience until it possesses them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The experience is even more powerful at the end of the concert, when Clara covers in French the sublime Blue Jeans<\/em> by Lana Del Rey. The adaptation is just perfect, the words carefully chosen by the literature enthusiast; each syllable is carefully integrated into the phrasing of the song, which is sublimated by the language of Moli\u00e8re. And Clara's language, when you see her pronounce her words, sends shivers of pleasure down your spine. Take a look at the video for Konbini<\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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