Nostalgia In Grand Place : Nina Simone • Tribute
Natasah Wuyts (voc) ; Jerome Baudart (dr) ; Victor Foulon (db) ; Sabin Todorov (p)
As part of the Nostalgia in Grand Place series, Natasha Wuyts pays tribute to one of the most absolute and singular figures in twentieth-century music: Nina Simone.
A prodigiously gifted pianist, a singer of breathtaking depth, an uncompromising composer and activist, Nina Simone forged a body of work that defies all category. From jazz to blues, gospel to soul, classical to protest song, she moved through every genre with the same burning intensity, the same unrelenting demands, and that unparalleled stage presence that made her, every single time, a force of nature.
With titles that have become timeless — Feeling Good, I Put a Spell on You, My Baby Just Cares for Me, Four Women or Ne Me Quitte Pas — Nina Simone painted an intimate yet universal portrait of the human condition. A music that was inhabited, visceral, sometimes tender, often incandescent, and always of an absolute truth.
Through this programme, Natasha Wuyts explores this legacy with sensitivity and boldness, summoning the soul of an artist whose voice, piano and commitment continue to resonate as a necessity.
A return to a time when music was at once a cry, a poem and an act of freedom.