Concert pianist and mother of three children, I organized for the 3rd birthday of my youngest son Gabriel a concert for an audience of very young children. After this event, he immediately wanted to learn to play the piano and said he wanted to perform in front of an audience, just like his mother !

Faced with his enthusiasm, I wondered how to make him discover the wonderful world of music. Even though I have been a pianist all my life, so to speak, I hadn’t yet found an obvious answer to the question of musical awakening for toddlers.  A few days later, one sunny afternoon in December, I sat him on my lap in front of the piano and began to tell him a story accompanying Chopin’s Prelude, known as « the drop of water », which I played for him.

« Gabriel has just woken up from his nap and is waiting for his mother by swinging quietly on his bed. By chance, he looks out the window and sees the raindrops falling from the sky ». I then took advantage of the Crescendo of the Prelude, which I played louder and louder, and of the dark atmosphere that emanated from it, to add « but the sky is becoming all grey, the storm is approaching with its lightning and thunderbolts ». As the tonality changed and the melody became brighter and more peaceful, I said, « The storm is going away, the sun is coming back and Mummy is coming into the room to take her into the garden to play! » « Several hours passed before Gabriel went to bed. When I put him to bed, he said, « You know, Mama, it rained outside earlier! « I thought it was wonderful! Gabriel had not only listened to the music, he had lived that moment to the point of believing it to be true! I finally got my answer… This method was born that night. The desire to share my passion for classical music with all the parents who want to transmit this wonderful culture to their children pushed me to produce this initiation course.