Seated at her piano, she invites you on an intimate journey through the songs that have shaped her life.
From the Mozart sonata she learned as a child, to the pop music of her teenage years, from the jazz standards she performed in a restaurant, to the disco classics she sang in casinos and nightclubs in Morocco and Atlantic City — each piece has paved the way for her career.She will then take you into the vibrant world of Cuban and Brazilian music, which deeply influenced her in her twenties and have since become her artistic signature. To the rhythm of salsa and bossa nova, travel with her from Havana to Rio.Florence will also revisit her own original compositions — the ones she most loved writing and recording — while paying tribute to Piaf, whom she had the privilege of interpreting with the OSM (Montreal Symphony Orchestra).True to her talent for storytelling, she will punctuate her musical tale with delightful anecdotes collected over her twenty-year career. A PhD candidate in psychology, she will also explore — with curiosity and humor — how music affects the brain and the factors that fuel creativity.An intimate concert not to be missed!