Dynamic Duo: Didier Laloy and Kathy Adam Live at WOMEX

I make it a point to shoot the daycases at WOMEX because always I find something unexpected, of exceptional quality. This year, I found several, and Didier Laloy and Kathy Adam swept me away from their first few notes.

Didier Laloy and Kathy Adam live at WOMEX 2015 from Michal Shapiro on Vimeo.

Didier Laloy and Kathy Adam's collaboration, "Belem" is a winner all around, displaying a history of various involvements in other genres and aggregates. Laloy is a widely respected diatonic accordion player and Kathy Adam's classical chops are without dispute. Laloy's stage presence is animated and charismatic, even when confined to a chair, and in this performance of his composition "SENN," it is fascinating to see these two communicating wordlessly, passing musical messages to one another throughout. Together they make extraordinarily pleasing music with sonorities that sink deep into the bones. What comes across, to me, is a kind of classical chamber music, intimate as it should be, and creating a space in which one can wander within one's self or as a shared experience with others.

Stay tuned for more standouts from the daycases at WOMEX 2015!

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