Morceaux de vie

With Les Automnales, Conservatoire Hector Berlioz inaugurates a new cultural rendezvous setting the pace at the start of each season, from September to November. True to its vocation, the conservatory affirms its role as a living space of artistic creation and dissemination, open to all.

Because culture is meant to be shared, all events are offered free of charge, subject to available seating.

The new creation by Caroline Sageman!

Swept up into a career as an international pianist from a very young age, Caroline Sageman did not have a childhood like others. Surrounded by adults and towering composers, it took a long journey to achieve personal fulfillment. In a world where everything must be perfect, where nothing can be out of place, and where relentless pressure reigns supreme, she sometimes made counter-current choices after winning prestigious awards. Behind the virtuosity lie torments that seem insurmountable. What becomes of the child left behind? How does one find oneself after having followed the momentum forever? Caroline Sageman, also nicknamed 'The Lioness of the French Piano' in reference to her fiery stage presence, delivers here a story without complaint that illuminates behind the scenes of an immaculate world, that of concert pianists where the race for perfection is permanent. Between extravagance and sensitivity, she unfolds irresistible anecdotes among the notes of her piano in a breathtaking manner, sweeping the audience into the vortex of the greatest works in the repertoire. Yet alongside Schubert, Liszt, and her metaphorical lover Chopin, one may switch at any moment to the zaghrouta of Enrico Macias, encounter Chantal Goya's Pandi Panda, or find oneself singing along to Aya Nakamura's 'Y a pas moyen Djadja'.

Morceaux de vie evokes the atypical destiny of a woman, made of inner struggle and emancipation, where encounters are always decisive. It was indeed when meeting director and author Florient Jousse that she proposed formalizing this project close to her heart for many years. Experienced in musical theatre, he wrote a text born of their hours of conversation. The dramatized concert was premiered on 28 March 2026 at La Cité des Arts de La Réunion, before a standing ovation at curtain call, both deeply moved and admiring of this decidedly singular career.