The passion flower (Flor da Paxao in Portuguese) is an exuberant exotic plant, a sinuous and unpredictable liana, as is the melodic line of this piece. It grows freely on the solid rhythmic support of the tango, and is strengthened by the mordents that form its tendrils. Highly modulated, it evokes the passion of love that is constantly evolving, from happiness sometimes tinged with melancholy to the most lyrical enthusiasm or, suddenly, to discord, thus changing but always alive with the passionate feelings that follow one another.

Encouraged by Jean Françaix, who praised him as an “excellent musician and tireless arranger,” Frédéric Cellier is the founder and artistic director of STRADIVARIUS Editions.

He is the author of light music pieces played around the world and a considerable number of arrangements in all styles and for all instruments, acclaimed by many personalities in the music world, including Michèle Auric, Jean Françaix, Adrian Gershwin, Wynton Marsalis, Yehudi Menuhin, Madeleine Milhaud, Manuel Rosenthal, Gabriel Tacchino, and Ornella Volta.

A concert clarinetist and certified teacher at the National Conservatories of Nice, Marseille, and Avignon, Frédéric Cellier is a laureate of the Fondation de France and the Yehudi Menuhin Foundation.