The chairs fill up one after the other. In the warm, wood-clad auditorium, eighty people came to listen to the Japanese author Akira Mizubayashi, who came on Tuesday June 9, 2026, to Loches (Indre-et-Loire), with his latest novel: The Forest of Flames and Shadows. The first literary meeting organized by the bookstore L’Oiseau bleu hors les Murs. “I loved his novel, I wanted to invite him. We didn’t think we had it, so we wanted to do something exceptional.”slips Cyndie Cavallo, the owner. A literary encounter that comes together with the notes of the violinist Akinori Shibata.
In the front row, Mourad Assabgui is enjoying every moment. The man is discreet, almost modest… “It’s Ms. Cavallo who needs to be questioned, she’s the organizer.”. But this room with its captivating acoustics is the latest baby of this violin lover. “I try to organize meetings, facilitate access to residencies for young musiciansâ€he says. A philanthropist, he built Cordacor with his friend the violinist Régis Pasquier.
“J’ai eté séduit par l’instrument et le geste”
The last work of a life, begun eighty-four years ago on the Egyptian shores of the Mediterranean, in Alexandria. Young Mourad was 10 years old when he discovered the violin, which he practiced for sixty years, as a simple amateur. “In my college, there was a very nice orchestra. I was seduced by the instrument and the gesture. The left hand is the mechanics, learning the positions, doing the scales. Even when you master your left hand, you learn to use your right hand all your life.”philosopher the musicophile….
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