{"id":9000255,"date":"2026-09-30T21:09:25","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T21:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/?post_type=app_event&#038;p=9000255"},"modified":"2026-10-01T01:35:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T01:35:27","slug":"a-transatlantic-journey-in-notes-sound-scent","status":"publish","type":"app_event","link":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/events\/a-transatlantic-journey-in-notes-sound-scent\/","title":{"rendered":"A Transatlantic Journey in Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Travel through 250 years of creative exchange between France and the United States <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Villa Albertine San Francisco invites you to join us for\u00a0\u201c<em>A Transatlantic Journey of Notes<\/em>,\u201d a unique event blending music and scent against the background of the San Francisco Botanical Garden with the Violinist, Second Soloist of the Orchestre National d\u2019Ile de France and perfumer, Yoko Levy-Kobayashi, for an afternoon blending music, fragrance, and storytelling in a live performance with Opera Parall\u00e8le musicians. This immersive concert will transport audiences through multiple ages of artistic and intellectual exchange through sounds and scents: <strong>the Philosophers, the Impressionist movement, and the Jazz age<\/strong>.\u00a0Each musical part will be paired with a unique historical fragrance, crafted by L\u00e9vy-Kobayashi herself.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We look forward to welcoming you for the American Premiere of another distinctive work that celebrates the enduring creative connections between France and the United States.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Program<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>17<sup>th<\/sup><\/strong> <strong>century Philosophers\u00a0and the Age of Enlightenment\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<br><em>\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0<br>Jean-Philippe Rameau <em>\u201cDanse du Grand Calumet&#8221;<\/em> excerpt from <em>\u201cLes Indes galantes\u201d\u00a0<\/em><br>Chevalier de Saint-Georges <em>\u201cRondeau\u201d<\/em> from his 1<sup>st<\/sup> Quartet\u00a0<br>L\u00e9onard Bernstein, <em>\u201cOuverture de Candide\u201d<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<br><strong>Impressionist Innovation<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Claude Debussy, <em>\u201cLa fille aux cheveux de Lin\u201d\u00a0<\/em><br>Gabriel Faur\u00e9, <em>\u201c Pavane\u201d \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<br><strong>The Jazz Age<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Scott Joplin,<em>&#8220;Bethena&#8221;\u00a0<\/em><br>Georges Gerschwin, <em>\u201cAn American in Paris \u201c\u00a0<\/em><br>Maurice Ravel, <em>\u201cBol\u00e9ro\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Check back for a link to register soon. Last year&#8217;s concert sold out quickly &#8211; secure your tickets before they are gone!\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>About: Yoko Levy-Kobayashi, Violinist and Perfumer<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Strasbourg-born Yoko L\u00e9vy-Kobayashi began playing the violin at the age of 10, initiated by her music-loving parents. She studied for several years at the CNR de Metz with Andr\u00e9 Pons, and took part in masterclasses with Veda Reynolds and Jean-Jacques Kantorow. Encouraged by Kantorow, she entered the CNSM de Paris in Olivier Charlier\u2019s class, and chamber music with Jean Mouill\u00e8re and Alain Meunier.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Three years later, she obtained her DFS with honors, and subsequently joined the Soloist Department of the CNR de Paris, where she perfected her skills with Roland Daugareil.&nbsp;<br>A lover of the symphonic repertoire, she began playing with major orchestras such as the Orchestre de Paris and the Orchestre national de France, under the direction of prestigious conductors such as Riccardo Mutti, Kurt Masur, Herbert Blomstedt and Klaus M\u00e4k\u00ebla. She also gives numerous solo concerts and recitals in France and Japan.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Very open to other forms of expression, such as theater, she has collaborated with the Candela company for several years and has performed at the Th\u00e9\u00e2tre de Nesle in Paris.&nbsp;<br>Perfume and the world of scents, her greatest passion along with music, led her to train with Cinqui\u00e8me Sens. Armed with the expertise and know-how of the great perfumers, she now expresses her olfactory sensibility through perfumed creations and concerts.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yoko L\u00e9vy-Kobayashi has been the 1st violin 2nd soloist of the Orchestre National d\u2019Ile de France since 2004 and a perfumer-creator. 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