“The Magnificent Destiny” by an Argentine band playing songs from the French film “Amelie Live”.

when Franco Lombardi I first saw the now cult French film on VHS, Ameliahe admired and caught his attention, but he never imagined that she would have such a presence in his life, nor that he would perform with songs from her soundtrack like the one he will perform tonight in the Alejandro Casona Hall of the Church. Asturian Center in Buenos Aires, at 8 p.m. (Solis 475), as part of a tour around the country. Founder of the musical group Emily Snack He was 14 years old when he first heard his work. yan tersenthe French composer.

During his childhood he was interested in the piano, but in high school he thought about studying it seriously, in private lessons and later in conservatories. He heard the music of Jan Tiersen again when a friend asked him: “Do you like the piano? See if you can play this game.” And he gave him some topics. At first it seemed very difficult, but he eventually managed to deal with the pieces. During those years, while studying music, Franco divided his time between drawing and animation, his profession until he devoted himself entirely to music. He obtained a degree in animated films from the University of Cinema and devoted himself to this activity from 2007 to 2022.

It was not easy to enter the world of Yann Tiersen in those years. Franco listened to what was uploaded on the Internet, but many of his albums were not published. Around 2005, he began to acquire his CDs little by little. “When I was studying piano, one of my goals was to play this music that inspired me. He encouraged me to play this instrument,” recalls the 37-year-old musician, born in Villa Devoto. Tiersen’s music took him towards new instruments. “I started to get to know more about piano accordion. I felt like I loved the sound and the way it was played.” In those years, it was also not easy to get an accordion, plus it was expensive and you had to choose a used one. There weren’t many teachers who taught how to perform it. “I started studying with a Russian teacher and then I also studied piano at the Manuel de Falla Conservatory, then I continued composing with mixed media at the Piazzolla Conservatory.”

The first live performance was in 2016, at a festival in San Isidro, with songs by the French composer who had impressed him. The initial line-up included a violinist, a singer and an accordionist. He thought of Merinda Amelie, because the first performance was at five in the afternoon. “It seemed good to me, like distributing something to Snack with people. “It was outdoors, on the street, and that’s where the concept of snacks came from and then I thought of introducing it to French bakeries in this way,” Franco Lombardi said. That’s how he got to the Recoleta bakery Le Moulin De La Fleur, and he also played in a bar in Plaza Armenia. When they started performing in cultural centers and theaters, they brought in more musicians. “In the winter of 2017, the series of shows in Buenos Aires began.” The group currently consists of Franco Lombardi (Accordion, Piano, Metallophone, Vocals and Comprehensive Production)Cecilia Tedeschi (violin, vocals) Astrid Motora (cello), Gogi Tabarez (electric guitar, saxophone, charango) And Martin Potente (Drums, metallophone, harmonica, performance). You can meet and listen to them on the band’s IG account: @Miranda.Emily

The show has found its form. The show features a musical ensemble composed by Yann Tiersen, accompanied by Cinematic image projection Amelie, who has distinguished more than one generation. As for his audience, he says that “there is a fairly wide age range. Sometimes older people come, sometimes young people. “It is always linked to an aesthetic, a sensitivity and a certain vision of the world associated with the film,” he explains. And he tells us more about his audience, which has fans and people who join him.It is very common for mothers who have daughters named Amelie to come.“. The waitress from Montmartre who tries to improve the lives of the people around her, with some pranks, while also discovering love gave birth to an aesthetic, even in those years in Argentina, where the film was released in January 2002. Her short bangs, her red wool jacket, her dresses, her shoes, her whole style was inspiring. Many girls identified with Amelie.

The movie Le Fabolo Destin Damili Pauline (Original title), directed by director and screenwriter Jean-Pierre Jeunet, and filmed in Paris, it became one of the reference films of French cinema and established its protagonist Audrey Tautou as a great movie star. It arrived to packed cinemas 30 million viewers. Critics accompanied the box office success. They received five Oscar nominations. The film won four César Awards, given by the French Film Academy, for Best Film, Best Director, Best Score Written for a Film and Best Set Design. With the red and green colors, Jeunet’s work refers to Christmas, but it was not intended for that date.

And many years later, in 2017, Emily Snack The film was revived with his music, which brought fame to the songs of Yann Tiersen. It is difficult to imagine AmeliaWith another actress Amelia With other music.It might not have been the same without Jan Tiersen’s music. It is in itself a very beautiful film, a completely everyday film. It is a European cinema with a great sensitivity, and the music is also very sensitive. “I think they communicate there, accompanied by the sounds of French folklore,” explains the details of a person who knows many aspects of the composer’s work, and who they talk about during the concert. The music was not composed for the film, but was a collection of Tiersen’s albums and the compositions he made were added specifically for the film. Five in total, among them, No, it’s not Amelie’s faulta sweet and sad waltz. Lombardi says that Tiersen’s connection to this film was so strong that it was impossible for him to separate from it afterward. “His music had an identity before the film,” he explains.

The instruments on stage play a fundamental role. Besides the piano, accordion and violin, the harpsichord and toy instruments, in this case the toy piano, also sound the melodies that make up the “instrumental palette” that provides those sounds like “bells, which give it a voice”. More childish color, Playful. “This mix is ​​quite personal and I think it gave the composer an identity that evolved across the albums,” explains the tribute band leader, who was also drawn to the number of layers of sounds and instruments they put together in a beautiful composition in which everyone could see each other well.

From Tiersen’s work, Lombardi also rescues the spirit of opposition to the fashion of the moment, as he did in the 1990s, when this music with French roots was born, in which pop and rock flourished. “He used more acoustic and classical instruments like the piano and the violin, which were not as present in the music played on the radio. Later, around 2010, he returned to a more rock sound.

Later, performances came in French cultural bodies, such as the Alliance Française, which promotes the French language and French culture in the world. They participated in Buenos Aires’ Celebra Francia. They took the songs to other cities in the country, Uruguay, and next month, they will visit Chile for the first time. The French Institute in Argentina recommended the show to its networks and raffle tickets (IG: If_argentine). It was presented as a “collection of”. Talented multi-instrumentalist musicians “They embody the scene that captivates with its sound, emotion and magic.”

The goal of Emily Snack It was based on the desire to listen to the music of Jan Tiersen. He lives And also to share it with other fans, with the community, who wouldn’t have the opportunity to do it otherwise. Yann Tiersen, a multi-instrumentalist who plays piano, violin, accordion, electric guitar, toy piano, melodica and also sings, rarely comes to Argentina. They have been three times (in 2007, 2010 and 2014). Little for his fans. “I, as a fan, wanted to enjoy a band like Emily Snack So, since I can do it, I thought it was a good idea. “And so we bring together a lot of people who also share this passion,” he concludes.