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One of France's greatest pianists will end his career this summer by destroying two grand pianos and his recital clothes in protest at what he says is the bourgeois elitism of classical music.
Francois-Rene Duchable will drop one piano into an Alpine lake from a helicopter, blow up a second and burn his concert suit on stage. Then he will put a keyboard on the back of his bicycle and travel around France giving impromptu performances.
Mr Duchable, who has been described by the French press as 'the glorious Francois-Rene' said that he has "had enough of sacrificing my life for one per cent of the population. I have had enough of participating in a musical system which, in France, functions badly and limits classical music to an elite."
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More power to your elbow, Francois! - Nora
One of France's greatest pianists will end his career this summer by destroying two grand pianos and his recital clothes in protest at what he says is the bourgeois elitism of classical music.
Francois-Rene Duchable will drop one piano into an Alpine lake from a helicopter, blow up a second and burn his concert suit on stage. Then he will put a keyboard on the back of his bicycle and travel around France giving impromptu performances.
Mr Duchable, who has been described by the French press as 'the glorious Francois-Rene' said that he has "had enough of sacrificing my life for one per cent of the population. I have had enough of participating in a musical system which, in France, functions badly and limits classical music to an elite."
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More power to your elbow, Francois! - Nora
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