Works by Iannis Xenakis:
Rebonds
Mycenae Alpha
Psappha
Kassandra
Gabriel Dufour-Laperrière, Peindre le cri (premiere)
PERFORMERS
Olivier Maranda, percussion
Vincent Ranallo, baritone
Véronique Lacroix, artistic direction
Alice Ronfard, staging
Distributed with Le Vivier
Presented by Croix Bleue Médavie
Coproduced with Le Conservatoire de musique de Montréal
Xenakis, master of sound and its transformation… This concert will give audiences the chance to discover four works, each inspired by different forms of art, by a true genius of musical architecture, Iannis Xenakis. For his return to ECM+, brillant percussionnist Olivier Maranda offers new performance technics for Psappha and Rebonds while baritone Vincent Ranallo joins him for Kassandra, presented for the first time in Canada. Completing the programme is a new work by Gabriel Dufour-Laperrière for baritone, percussion and electronic device, with staging by Alice Ronfard.
Red Theater (Théâtre Rouge) of the Conservatoire
4750 Henri-Julien, Montréal
514 873-4031