“When Mary Bichner composes music, she’s transcribing the auditory language of the colors around her, something most people’s brains can’t do.”
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Mary Bichner is an American orchestral composer with synesthesia — a neurological condition that allows her to “see” splashes of specific colors when she hears their corresponding pitches sounded.

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sold out: “Rencontres Poétiques” with Christina Goh in Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire, France

March 15, 2024


The third edition of Rencontres Poétiques, the collaborative poetry-inspired concert series by composers Christina Goh (France) and Mary Bichner (USA), is now sold out! The concert will take place on March 28th 2024 @ 7:00pm at the beautiful Salons Ronsard in Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire, France.

Rencontres Poétiques will feature musical settings composed by Christina and Mary for classic poems in both French and English; inspired by the works of Edgar Allan Poe, Yves Bonnefoy, Phillis Wheatley, Honoré de Balzac, Benjamin Franklin, Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, Emily Dickinson, and more. The date of the concert is timed to coincide with France’s National Poetry Month, also known as “Le printemps des poètes”.

Although the concert is sold out, if any additional tickets become available, it will be via this link.

Thank you so much to Christina Goh, the town of Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire, Salons Ronsard, Art et Poésie de Touraine, and Hommes et Patrimoines Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire for their partnership in this concert. And looking forward to seeing everyone on March 28th!

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