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“Servais' aim is not to cast dust in the audience's eyes, but to enrapture the heart“... Operatic recitativos, lyrical melodies and daredevil virtuoso whirlwinds : Souvenir de Spa, contains all the ingredients of Servais' music! François Servais (1807-1866) : Souvenir de Spa op.2 for cello and piano Pierre Fontenelle - Cello Antoine Wargnies - Piano Charlie Guillaume - Video and Sound François Servais was born on 6 June 1807 in Halle, 19 kilometres from Brussels, the capital city of Belgium. 22 years later, Servais graduated as a cellist, then spending the rest of his life as a travelling cello virtuoso, becoming one of the most prominent cellists of the 19th century. Servais made a valuable contribution to the development of cello technique, espacially for bowing and left hand technique. He was also a pioneer in the use of the endpin. Servais enriched the cello repertoire with some 90 compositions, each featuring the cello. A century and
