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The formations

Présences contemporaines

Présences contemporaines works closely with composers and musicians from oral tradition. It presents thus musical shows and reading-concert, alternating written and spoken.
It is partner of the Acanthes Centre of Villeneuve-les-Avignon..

Flexible band mainly orientated to the 20th century music, and especially toward the contemporary creations

The member of the formation are:

Conductor: Eric Villevière
 
Drums Christian Hamouy, Gisèle David Doublebasse Alexandre Taveau
Keyboards Anaïde Serekian, Jacques Raynaut Flute Jean-Louis Beaumadier, Barbara Titeux
Harp Christine Adloff-Caens Oboes Blandine Bacqué
Voice Laure Florentin (soprano) Clarinets Claude Crousier
Violin Michel Durand-Mabire, Yves Michel-Dubois Saxophones Jean-Pierre Caens
Alto Benjamin Clasen Bassoon Didier Malbec
Cello François Torresani Horn Eric Sombret

Programmes proposed, with also some annual thematics:

Year 2008

"Astérias", show of contemporary creations following the Mediterranean cultures around the theme of "l'amour courtois" (courteous love).

Music from the Franco-Moroccan composer Henri Agnel (creation 2003).

The musicians are: Henri Agnel (zarb, ud, derbouka...), Michel Durand-Mabire (violin), Laure Florentin (soprano), Christine Adloff-Caens (harp), Jean-Pierre Caens (saxophones), Bruno Sansalone (taragot et clarinet), Christian Hamouy and Gisèle David (drums) and 2 dansers, traditional and contemporary.

Year 2007

Pierre-Adrien Charpy

Residence et creations with the french composer Pierre-Adrien Charpy

Creation 2006

For the century of Paul Cézanne's death

Concerts/Conferences on the painter's generation: A. Caplet, E. Chabrier, C. Debussy, P. Le Flem, G. Fauré.

Concerts "diachhromatics" sound/image

Creation 2005

Claudio Gabriele

Residence et creations with the italien composer Claudio Gabriele

Year 2004

Year of China

Around the french-chinese composer Xu Shuya.

Year 2004

2 axis of work; women and art, the written and the spoken

1. Women and art, the women composers, with conferences, concerts and creations. have been honored, played Clara Schumann (wife of Robert Schumann), Nadia et Lili Boulanger, Germaine Tailleferre, Edith Lejet, Sofia Gubaïdulina, Michèle Reverdy…

2. L’écrit et l’oralité The written and the spoken / the improvisation in contemporary creation. When acoustic meets electro-acoustic, with the composers Henry Fourès (improvisation workshop), Jean Claude Risset, Robert Coinel, Bertrand Dubedout, Andrea Cera in the framework of the "Microfolies".

Year 2003

Year of Algeria

Oeuvres and contemporary creations around Algerian culture: N. Bacri ("trio" and "nocturne"), O. Yagoubi ("la danse d'Abdel"), H. Larbi. ("cantate n°4"), Charles-Henri Roux ("oasienne").

Mediterranean composer Franco Donatoni, Ahmed Essyad, Robert Coinel, Daniel Tosi, Adnan Saygun, Alexandros Markeas
"Relâche" from Henry Fourès, CD "Célébration de la caresse"

Show created during the festival "Musica" of Stasbourg (November 1999 ; released of CD "Célébration de la caresse" - "Celebration of the caress" collection "MFA-Empreinte Digitale" May 2003).

Musiques dans la rue "Musics in the street" Around Vinko Globokar: "fanfares", "discours n°5", etc.
Spain and contemporary creations L. de Pablo, O. Lopez, D. Sprintz, I. Urutia Rasines, M. Marrero.
Around François Rossé, Henry Fourès, Edith Lejet, Jacques Lenot" The show undertakes electro-acoustics works.

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