Yesterday night (April 2nd), a new page of history was written in the world of ice skating at the Studio La Majeure in Montreal!
The Canadian pair skater Eric Radford, the 2013 World bronze medalist with current partner Meagan Duhamel, was at the string recording session listening to the music to be used for their upcoming short program in this olympic year.
His own music composition!
To my knowledge, never before a skater has composed his own music track for a top level ice skating competition. TSN sensed the potential of this event. The specialized sports channel prepares a documentary to be broadcasted by Fall 2013 in order to expose the creation work of Eric off the ice rink. TSN’s producer Tracy Britnell did an interview with Eric, together with myself, just minutes prior to the recording session to find out more about the creative process of the music production.
The studio’s control room was packed. Close friends of the two skaters were present.
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Photos by Normand Piché.
Julie Marcotte, their choregrapher, was making sure the musical format would be complying with the restrictions imposed by the International Skating Union (ISU).
Two shooting crews were in place to capture this rare moment. On top of TSN, CBC also sent people to the studio. Exciting mood.
The players are part of the Orchestre symphonique de Longueuil. A big thanks to the musicians and to Michel Viau, Artistic and Production Manager.
Eric got in touch with me in August 2012 to work on the orchestration and the song’s structure. A structure in evolution as time went by in order to adapt to some technical and artistic shapes. The music will be use in Meagan and Eric’s short program at the Olympics.
I extend my sincere thanks to Sylvain Lefebvre and his team at Studio La Majeure.
As a piano teacher I can’t wait to hear the music, even if it is not piano, but rather strings. There’ll be no problem with other skaters skating to the same music this time, (;-)), if I can call that a problem (?)
A talanted person indeed. They are wonderful skaters and I wish them all the best… and thank you Louis Babin for this news. It’s very exciting.
Thank you, Fred. The piano is not forgotten in the orchestration!
I’ve known Eric from 3 years old as he transformed from gymnast to figure skater. Now he’s putting his own very special stamp on music. I’m privileged to call him friend and awed at all he has accomplished!