After 30 years of stage experience and ten records, Isabelle Olivier listens to this legendary and universal song : Smile by Charlie Chaplin. One of the most beautiful melody in the history of music, accompanied with a text that has an astonishingly contemporary resonance. This idea of smiling even when one’s heart is wounded enables us to apprehend the times we are living in differently. That is what triggered her new 2021/2022 project: ‘SMILE.’

For her eleventh album, she composes and explores this notion of openness to the other to present ten personal compositions and four covers – from Charlie Chaplin to James Blake, Ennio Morricone and Cannonball Adderley. She will start performing at the PianoForte Foundation in Chicago, and is likely to play some songs with guests.

Teaser SMILE - Isabelle Olivier new release coming in 2021.

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Isabelle Olivier – Harpist, Composer, Educator, and Artistic Director at Metamorphose

New Album : Smile a tribute to Charlie Chaplin

In 2022, Isabelle Olivier has a fresh start : she celebrates her 30 years of performing and will release her eleventh album : SMILE. One of the most beautiful melody by Charlie Chaplin, which has an astonishing resonance now. Indeed, playing music is both something playful and a source of happiness that often makes one want to smile.

Fifteen years after Isabelle Olivier’s first solo album Island #41 - which was nominated at the French Victory of Jazz, she chooses to explore these sounds textures, blending acoustic and electronic sounds. Her compositions are simple, elegant, surprising and bewitching.

Recorded at PianoForte Chicago, she will perform there for her CD release party on Thursday April 28, 7:00 PM with amazing guests.

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Featured CD

SMILE

Enja, 2021