Laurène Baldassara

Why Flash-back? “Because almost twenty years ago I left orchestral playing. A big decision. I started to look for another role for the double bass in the world of classical music, with my only compass being instinct, with no preconceived ideas, and the only safeguard being knowing when to stop if necessary, to look and learn. This CD is like a photo album, or rather a kind of image viewer such as you used to find next to historic monuments. It has been said that the double bass is limited; we often hear of this or that double bassist “pushing the limits”. I wanted to be exactly ON the edge, at the edge of sound, the edge of volume, the edge of technique…” Laurène Helstroffer Durantel

Idiomatic doesn't even begin to describe the music-making on this disc coupling Dvorák's String Quintet in G major, Op. 77, and his Piano Quintet in A major, Op. 81. Not only are the four members of the Czech Skampa Quartet – violinists Pavel Fischer and Jana Lukásova, violist Radim Sedmidubský, and cellist Lukás Polák – incredibly tight, together, and in the groove with the music's Bohemian rhythms, but so are their guest artists: French double-bassist Laurène Durantel and English pianist Kathryn Stott.

Un après-midi d’été, Marie Laguerre rentre chez elle, à Paris. À son passage, un homme la provoque. Ce n’est pas le premier : le harcèlement de rue fait partie du quotidien des femmes.
Ce jour-là, Marie Laguerre ne baisse pas les yeux. Riposte. L’inconnu revient vers elle et la frappe. La vidéo de la scène sera vue plus de 10 millions de fois. …

Providing detailed examples of simple applications, this new book introduces the use of neural networks. It covers simple neural nets for pattern classification; pattern association; neural networks based on competition; adaptive-resonance theory; and more. For professionals working with neural networks.

Un décryptage, illustré de témoignages de professionnels, des nouvelles méthodes de recrutement. Les auteurs retracent la légitimité méthodologique de chacune de ces nouvelles pratiques, décrivent leurs conditions de fiabilité et mettent en exergue les opportunités qu'elles offrent aux candidats et aux recruteurs. …