"before listening to this album, I said to myself that it was about contemporary pieces difficult to follow. But from the beginning, I was seized by a pleasant romantic echo, and as I advanced in the listening, a feeling Nostalgic invaded me. I moreover had the sensation to hear some traditional Japanese music (which the principle is built on 5 scales: at the mi(E), fa(F), si(B), ré(D)), in particular of Koto (similar stringed instrument to the harp), but all this, is of course only an appearance. Furthermore, I found a passionate atmosphere, one there Fluidity and an elegance which generally, do not exist in the Japanese contemporary music. This CD gave me at the same time a peace of mind, but also a certain vital force. I also find that the sensibility of the pianist Hatsumi Takato and the master's degree of its technical virtuosity emphasized well the album of Noam Bonnand. She gave to the sound of the silence another life.
"... When I had the opportunity to listen to the album "The sound of the silence", I felt a deep turnover that I Had never met previously, and I have difficulty in expressing it in word. Violent sounds, as if there was one Oracle, serene sounds, as if we dived in depth when the sea is quiet. I felt completed Symbiosis with this music. It is a so pure and esthetic album that it made me change a little my conception of The death. Everybody had this kind of experiences at least one where twice in the life. Could I accept it with serenity? I am in perfect symbiosis with the piano. The image of the pianist, the fingers which cross the keyboard, all its movements gave me a rare emotion which remains engraved in my memory as if an echo continued to exist eternally..."
In August 2008, the artist Marc Vella to tour to Mayotte, Madagascar and reunion island discovers the music for piano Of Noam Bonnand. He is sensitive to the music of both albums The sound of the life, and the sound of the silence. Both artists are mutually sensitive to their artistic approach Respective. They meet together in confidence in -l'Etang-Salé- around a grand piano of concert Steinway&sons, kindly invited at home by a piano teacher of the regional music school (CNR) of Reunion island: mister P.Hoareau.
