La Maison Française, Embassy of France, Washington DC

           C o n t e m p o r a r y

RECENTLY
at La Maison Française

Christophe Desjardins (viola) &
                 Christophe Lebreton (electronics)

In the presence of composer Philippe Manoury.

   Program

- Gerard Grisey: Prologue (1976) 15’ for solo viola and electronic
                        effects
- Sébastien Béranger: Le triangle de Pascal (2003) 10’ for solo viola
- Philippe Manoury: Partita I (2007) 45’ for solo viola and live
                             electronic effects

(Commission: Grame/Ministry of Culture; Musical realization: Christophe Lebreton, Grame & Serge Lemouton, Ircam)

   About Philippe Manoury

   Born in Tulle (France), composer Philippe Manoury is internationally recognized as the leading advocate of music for performers and live electronics, focusing his attention to the interface between performer and computer. His work is strongly influenced by Pierre Boulez, Karlheinz Stockhausen and Iannis Xenakis. He attended the Conservatoire de Paris, was a member of IRCAM, a premier European music institute focused on avant-garde electro-acoustical art music, and studied with Claude Ballif and Max Deutsch, a pupil of Arnold Schoenberg. He collaborated with Miller Puckette, the developer of Max, a graphical development environment for music and multimedia. Manoury’s works have been commissioned by the Council of Europe, the Bavarian State Opera, the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal and have been performed around the world. His works can be heard on Harmonia Mundi, Philips Classics and Naxos.

Artist's link: www.philippemanoury.com

   About Christophe Desjardins

   Violist Christophe Desjardins has performed works by Berio, Boulez, Boesmans, Jarrell, Fedele, Nunes, Levinas, Harvey, Stroppa and Rihm. He has played with the Concertgebouw of Amsterdam, the Orchestra of the Toscanini Foundation, the National Orchestra of Lyon, the Portuguese Symphonic Orchestra and others throughout Europe. He is a member of the renowned Ensemble InterContemporain. He has recorded works for Deutsche Grammophon and Aeon receiving critical acclaim.

Artist's link: www.christophedesjardins.com

Performance made possible through a grant from the French-American Fund for Contemporary Music.

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