Lili, récit

Her name is Lili Boulanger. She is a musician, a composer, the sister of another gifted musician, whom she surpassed.
She was the first woman to win the Prix de Rome. She was nineteen; her victory made the front page.
She has everything going for her: an extraordinary gift, early fame, and a privileged background. But her health fails her. She has been ill since childhood and at times suffers agonies. She dies at twenty-four, in 1918, after dictating her last work to her sister.
She leaves behind intense music that does not match the image of the well-bred young girl she seems to be. It is the work of an inner experience.