We are pleased to finally be able to announce the Italian concerts of Alexis Ffrench, pianist and producer who was due to perform in our country last year and was forced to cancel the entire tour due to the worldwide Covid-19 pandemic. Ffrench will take the stage at the Blue Note in Milan Tuesday 18 October 2022 for two setsthe first at 20:30 and the second at 22:30. I tickets for the shows will be available at BlueNoteMilano.com from 10 a.m. on Friday 10 June and later on the circuit Ticketone.
Alexis Ffrench is not afraid to address important issues in his music. For years, the pianist has used his compositions to highlight issues of mental health, diversity and to challenge the classical music world to be more inclusive.
His latest work Truth (Sony Classical, 2022) is definitely the most powerful and political, but also the most optimistic that the pianist has ever published. "I imagined what the world could be like if everyone had the chance to ask themselves 'who am I?' e 'what is my purpose?' and what we, as a human race, could create and change together'. Truth photographs the hopes of Alexis in the future to her belief that a change is already underway, and she does so with the classically inspired sound that characterises her music and valuable collaborations that include that with her friend Leona Lewis at One Look.
"I am usually rather cautious about making any kind of political statement," explains the Britain's most successful composer of classical musicwhose tracks scored over half a billion streams - "but sometimes you have to raise your head and make yourself heard. Truth was born out of a very intense personal moment, and these songs are my reaction to what happened to me."
