Echoes of cinema

The Writers Bar at Raffles Makati still breathes with the lingering ghosts of a mid-June Sunday, where the keys of a piano dissolved time under the masterly hands of Maxime Zecchini. Celebrating Fête de la Musique through a shared vision by the Alliance Française de Manille and the French Embassy, the afternoon mutated into an auditory canvas of pure emotion. Zecchini did not merely play; he painted the room in rich, symphonic hues, transforming the intimate space into a vessel charting his cinematic voyage, Voyage dans les musiques de film.

Under his virtuosic touch, the air swelled with the sweeping, heart-aching landscapes of Ennio Morricone, drifted into the whimsical, nostalgic daydreams of Joe Hisaishi, and thundered with the epic grandeur of Hans Zimmer. Every chord struck was a brushstroke of auditory wonder, leaving an indelible imprint of timeless elegance on a privileged audience. It was a magnificent tapestry where high cinema met classical mastery, permanently altering the acoustic memory of Raffles Makati.