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NOTE OF INTENT
IINNFFLLUUEENNCCEESS LLAATTIINNEESS
Pascal CONTET & THE TRAVELLING QUARTET
DISTRIBUTION
PASCAL CONTET Artistic direction, accordion
www.pascalcontet.com
TRAVELLING QUARTET www.travellingquartet.com
Anne GRAVOIN, violin David BRACCINI, violin
Mathilde STERNAT, cello Vincent PASQUIER, double basse
Lights Xavier LAZARINI
Music and Arrangements Ignacio ANIDO, Agustin BARDI, Tomas BORDALEJO, Fernando FISZBEIN, Carlos GARDEL, Vincent PASQUIER, Graciela PUEYO, Ernesto NAZARETH, A. RAMIREZ, Horacio SALGAN
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SCHEDULE
19/23 January 2015 - Parc de la Villette (PARIS) - working residence 23 January 2015 at 6.30 pm - Professional show case
17 October 15 - Abbaye de FONTEVRAUD 14/17 December 2015 - Parc de la Villette (PARIS) – working residence II
17 December 2015 at 6 pm - Professional show case 11 March 16 – Camerata of the Helsinki Music Center, HELSINKI
In cooperation with the French Institut (Institut Français d’Helsinki) 19 March 16 - Le Toboggan, DECINES – CCRREEAATTIIOONN
In co-production with the Biennial Musiques en Scène in Lyon 23 March 16 - L’Odyssée, EYBENS (festival Les Détours de Babel)
13 May 16 - Le Bateau-Feu, DUNKERQUE 20 May 16 - Le Granit, BELFORT
21 May 16 - VILLERSEXEL 17 june 16 - Festival Aix en Œuvres, AIX en PROVENCE
For 2016 - 2018 Tel Aviv, Metz, Limoges (opéra), Le Mans, french tour in the Casinos Barrière, Cabourg
PROGRAMM
Stras Medianoche Graciela Pueyo
Sus Ojos se Cerraron Carlos Gardel
Arrgmt Fernando Fiszbein
Qué Noche.. !! Agusti Bardi
Arrgmt Ignacio Anido
Volver Carlos Gardel
Arrangmt Ignacio Anido
El vas y tu Horacio Salgan – Ubaldo de Lio
Version Fernando Fiszbein
Oblivion Astor Piazzolla
Don Braulio Vincent Pasquier Valentino Suite
Christophe Julien
Short contemporary pieces
(coming soon)
Tomas Bordalego, Pascal Contet, Fernando Fiszbein
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Coming soon:
El Diablo suelto Heraclio Fernandez
Version Fernando Fiszbein
A Fuego Lento Horacio Salgan
Arrangement Graciela Pueyo
Apanei-te-cavaquinho Ernesto Nazareth
Version Fernando Fiszbein
Tango Simplice Bernard Cavanna
EXTRACTS from concert in Fontevraud : https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLszlSlUep7qcwAoiYpbz3rI8VIPN-ylXC
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VIDEO PRESENTATION :
http://youtu.be/Q34Vta4wDEc
INTERNET FILE : http://castel-production.com/?p=50
NOTE OF INTENT.
Part repertoire, part creation, a voyage to the world of Argentinian tango.
The encounter between the accordion player Pascal Contet and the Travelling Quartet is a little gem. In this creation they interpret the mutual enrichment of repertoires from both sides of the Atlantic, carried by the accordion as if on the wings of a messenger pigeon.
At the beginning of the twentieth century many Argentinians settled in Europe. The accordion and exotic dances were already part of the social scene and had revolutionized parties, balls and other festivities. There was just one step from Argentinian tango or French “musette” to the simpler and popular musette tango. The Parisian tango became fashionable and numerous composers, consciously or not, fell under its influence.
In echo with this history, the team of Influences Latines asked young Argentinian composers living in France to write new arrangements of old tangos and to compose contemporary miniatures so as to create a link between tradition and modernity. The result is wonderful, and an irresistible urge to dance!
Hélène Cancel, Director, Bateau-Feu in Dunkerque
A WORD FROM PASCAL CONTET
“Tango revisited by young Argentians at ease with their culture”.
“Wonderful scores from Argentina, Brazil and Venezuela arranged by composers Tomas Bordalego (arranger of Juliette amongst others), Fernando Fiszbein (composer and arranger for Agnès Jaoui, musical author for Au bout du Conte), and Christophe Julien (musical author for the film 9 Mois Ferme, the series Kaboul Kitchen, arranger for Josiane Balasko).”
“The beauty of the sound will provoke tears, and the wild Brazilian melodies will make people groove”.
“No videos, no amplification (perhaps some support depending on the acoustics of the room). I want to get back to the simplicity of the concert but with the added value brought by Xavier Lazarini (collaboration with the choreograph Joseph Nadj, the designer Courrèges and Avignon festival for Les Inepties volantes in 2009)”.
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Pascal CONTET (accordion)
For over 20 years, Pascal Contet has been a leader for the creation of contemporary music, and a pioneer of the genre in France. With the creation of around 300 new works to his name, he has collaborated with many composers, including Luciano Berio, Bernard Cavanna, Joshua Fineberg (USA), Jean Françaix, Bruno Mantovani, and Martin Matalon.
Following his private study in France, Contet continued his musical studies in Fribourg (CH), the Hanover Academy of Music with Elisabeth Moser, the Copenhagen Royal Conservatory (DNK), and the Graz Academy of the Arts (AUT) with Mogens Ellegaard.
Contet is the laureate of multiple foundations and prizes including the Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet Vocational Foundation (awarded and bestowed by French President, François Mitterrand), the Yehudi Menuhin Foundation, the Gyorgy Cziffra Foundation, the Lavoisier Foundation, the Gus Viseur Prize, and the Samfundet Prize (awarded by the Danish government). As a soloist, Contet has performed under the direction of many notable conductors including Pierre Boulez, François Xavier Roth, Pascal Rophé, Jean-François Heisser, Jean –François Verdier, James Wood, Susanna Mäkkli, Denis Comtet, Arie Van Beek, Laurent Petitgirard, and Daniel Tosi. He has performed and been the dedicatee of many concertos by a wide range of composers, including Bernard Cavanna, Benjamin Ellin, Jean Françaix, and Christophe Julien. He has appeared in performance with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, the Philharmonisches Orchester Freiburg (DEU), the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, the Orchestre de Bratislava, the Orchestre Les Siècles, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, the Orchestre National de Lille, the Orchestre National de Lorraine, the Orchestre Victor Hugo - Franche-Comté, the Orchestre d’Auvergne, the Orchestre de Perpignan-Méditerranée, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, the Orchestre de Picardie, the Orchestre Symphonique de Bretagne, the Alma Chamber Orchestra, and the Orchestre de l’Opéra National de Paris where he premiered Mantovani’s opera, Ahkmatova.
Contet has collaborated with a wide variety of artists in diverse fields of expertise, from theater to electronic music, to create new and innovative music and mixed media productions. Contet also enjoys improvisation and jazz. His collaborative improvisation CD, “3,” with contrabassist, Joëlle Léandre, which débuted in March of 2014, received the “Choc” award from Jazz Magazine, the “Coup de Coeur” from the Académie Charles Cros, and was elected to be on the Citizen Jazz website in 2014. In June of 2015, under his personal label, PLEIN JEU, distributed by Socadisc, Contet released UTOPIAN WIND, a compilation of 13 “comprovisés” titles that combine improvisational and compositional techniques. In 2014, he performed a new trio at the Europa Jazz Festival with artists Scanner and Joel Cadbury in a mix of electro, rock, and contemporary music. Contet works frequently on the connection between music and image, accompanying many cinema concerts and compositions for TV and cinema in this capacity, including the film Port-Au-Prince Dimanche 4 janvier by François Marthouret (screenplay by Marc Guilbert and Peter Kassovitz), based on the book Bicentenaire by Lyonel Trouillot.
An avid composer, Contet has also worked on many pieces for dance and theater including No Way Out (2004) for his duo with Jin Xing (performed and broadcast by the Shanghai Opera, France 2, TF1, Casino de Paris, and the Halle Tony Garnier in Lyon), Trio 03 for the Centre Chorégraphique National de Belfort (Odile Duboc) (2003), and La Madeleine Proust- Haut Débit de Lola Simonin, which has been in production since 2008. His joint research with the artist Miguel Chevalier culminated in an interactive visual music performance, L’origine du Monde, which was premiered on September 19, 2013 at the Enghien Center for the Arts to critical and public acclaim.
Visit Contet’s website, www.pascalcontet.com, for a comprehensive look into the things that inspire and propel him toward new and revolutionary artistry.
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Anne GRAVOIN (violon)
Anne Gravoin was unanimously awarded first prize of violin and chamber music at the Conservatoire Supérieur de Musique in Paris. She was a student of Gérard Poulet and became a member of the Menuhin Foundation in 1986 as well as participating in many concerts as a soloist. Concerts as a soloist in 1985 at the Deux Sevres Festival, in 1988 at the Gramont Festival. Solo violin of the European Bow Ensemble since 1989, Outdoor Operas since 2006 … On tour in Japan 1993, China 2000 & Latin America 2001. Solo violin of the Tours Orchestra between 2001 and 2004 and of the Awards Orchestra of the CNSM in 2003.
Co-founder in 1986 with Véronique Fiszman of a violin-piano sonata titled «Sans Tambour ni Trompette». More recently, a CD was recorded of a series of sonatas by Mozart, Beethoven and Brahms. She is also first violinist of the «Travelling Quartet». A CD entitled «All You Need Is...» of new arrangements of a selection of Beatle hits is available from Music Booking Orchestra. For over 25 years, artists, directors, arrangers, composers and producers have been trusting Anne to book all kinds of musicians for session and live venues, from large symphony orchestras to smaller chamber music ensembles.
Mathilde STERNAT (violoncelle)
Mathilde Sternat has been awarded a cello and chamber music first prize at the National Music Conservatoire of Paris and finished her curriculum with additional studies in Chamber Music. In 1997 she recorded Luigi Boccherini’s complete quintets for two cellos with Roland Pidoux and Jean-Pierre Rampal. As a soloist she has been invited to perform with the Montpellier Symphony Orchestra and the Pasdeloup Concerts. She has performed in various venues with the Chamber Music Orchestra of Salzburg. Mathilde is quite versatile and has accompanied many artists on stage (Patrick Bruel, Elodie Frégé, Nolwenn Leroy, Mestari, Malia, Damien Saez, Michel Sardou, Pierre Boussaguet, Laurent Voulzy...) and recorded some of their albums as well. She
has composed for the theatre and writes string arrangements on a regular basis, more specifically for quartet.
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David BRACCINI (violon)
Further to his musical studies at the Bastia Music Conservatory, David Braccini attended the Conservatoire Supérieur de Paris where he was unanimously awarded a gold medal in Huguette Déat's class. Soon after, his love for chamber music lead him to found the Hölderlin Quartet, whilst training with the Isaye Quartet. He finished his studies with Margarita Karafilova at the Lausanne Conservatoire in Switzerland where he was awarded an outstanding virtuoso first prize. He became member of the European Union of Chamber Orchestra from 1996 to 2000 with performances on a worldwide scale (Germany, Brazil, Italy, Great Britain, Middle East and Asia). He plays in the most prestigious parisian symphonies and with different
ensembles including Harmonia Nova or Le Banquet where he is the soloist, as well as the Pelléas Chamber Orchestra and the 2E2M ensemble. He is the solo violinist and musical director of the Classik Ensemble since 2009. David Braccini is a member of the Orchestre de Paris since april 2008.
Vincent PASQUIER (contrebasse)
Vincent Pasquier is a double bass soloist for the Paris Orchestra, professor at the Paris CRR, concertist and composer. He has been awarded double bass first prize at the National Music Conservatoire of Paris studying with Jean-Marc Rollez. He has been awarded International Performance prizes in Geneva in 1983, Markneunkirchen in 1985 and Reims in 1988. He has played recitals and « Masters Classes » in Finland, The Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Italy, North Korea, the United States and France. He regularly appears with Gilles Apap, Christian Zacharias, Augustin Dumay, Maria Jao Pires, Gérard Caussé, Raphaël Oleg, Vadim Répin, Schlomo Mintz, Jean François Heisser, Brigitte Engerer, the Wanderer trio, the Cherubini, Ysaÿe
and Sine Nomine quartets, the Paris Bastille octet, Michel Portal, Christian Rivet and Laurent Korcia. A solo CD released by Maguelone of Franz Schubert’s Arpeggione sonata, Fryba and Kodaly. A CD released by Auvidis of «The History of Soldier» of Stravinsky featuring Gérard Depardieu, Carole Bouquet, Schlomo Mintz and Pascal Moragues.
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Xavier LAZARINI
Formé au métier de Concepteur d’Eclairage au cours de différents stages (ISTS, CFPTS, Ecole Nationale Louis Lumière), et comme assistant de Marie-Christine Soma, Rémi Nicolas, et Dominique Bruguière, il travaille dans différents domaines artistiques. Au théâtre avec Dieudonné Niangouna, notamment pour Shéda, création 2013 du Festival d’Avignon à la Carrière Boulbon, et Les inepties volantes, création 2009 du Festival d’Avignon au cloitre des Célestins. Dans des projets aux frontières du théâtre, de la danse et du cirque, avec Mélissa Von Vépy, Compagnie Happés – Théâtre Vertical,
récemment dans Vielleicht création 2013, ou Miroir, miroir. Mais c’est surtout dans le domaine de la danse contemporaine qu’il privilégie son travail, aux côtés notamment de la compagnie Fattoumi/Lamoureux depuis quinze ans. Il collabore également avec Franck II Louise, Radhouane El Meddeb, Xavier Lot, Hafiz Dhaou et Aicha M Barek, Frédéric Deslias, et a travaillé comme assistant et régisseur général pour la compagnie Josef Nadj - CCN d’Orléans, de 1998 à 2005. Souhaitant développer son travail dans le milieu urbain, il s’intéresse depuis cinq ans à la lumière architecturale et muséographique, et intervient comme concepteur d’éclairages sur le Futuroscope de Poitiers en 2007, le Bâtiment General Electric pour les Jeux Olympiques de Pékin en 2008, le Pavillon du Luxembourg et des Etats Unis, pour l'exposition universelle de Shanghai, et le musée de la résistance à Limoges en 2010. Il prend part également à des évènements comme le festival de musiques gnaouas à Essaouira, le festival de Casablanca, ou encore des défilés de mode pour Givenchy et Blaak. Parallèlement il poursuit son parcours dans le domaine technique pour développer de nouvelles matières, de nouveaux outils de création et optimiser les adaptations, souvent inévitables lors de la diffusion des spectacles.
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Tomas BORDALEJO (Compositeur)
Né en 1983 à Buenos-Aires, il apprend la guitare tout d'abord en autodidacte puis étudie le jazz à l'Institut Technologique de Musiques Contemporaines de sa ville natale où il obtient un diplôme de Guitariste. A 22 ans, il gagne l'Europe pour suivre des études musicales plus approfondies qui l'amèneront notamment au Conservatoire de Gennevilliers, où il étudie successivement la guitare classique, l'analyse musicale, la formation musicale, l'orchestration, la composition, l'improvisation et la musique de chambre. Sa rencontre avec le compositeur Bernard Cavanna, qui l'encourage beaucoup, fut déterminante. Il suivra sous sa direction le stage de composition à l'Académie de Villecroze. En 2009 et 2011, il obtient
son DEM en Composition au CRD de Gennevilliers ainsi que son DEM d'orchestration au C.R.R. de Paris. Il assiste notamment aux cours de Création Musicale au Pôle Supérieur Paris Boulogne-Billancourt, jumelé à Paris 4, au terme desquels il obtient en 2014 un DNSPM et une Licence en Musicologie.
Parmi ses travaux récents, on peut citer l'orchestration et la "ré-interprétation" des pièces pour clarinette seule de Stravinski; Pomme-Z pour violon, violoncelle et accordéon, Trio pour clarinettes, marimba et contrebasse à l'attention du clarinettiste Sylvain Kassap (créé par l'ensemble TM+ en juin 2010 dans le cadre du festival Why Note). En mars 2012, a été créée à Gennevilliers sa pièce Parkour pour 8 Cors et orchestre symphonique sous la direction de Jean Louis Forestier. Puis en Juin Surveiller et Punir, commande du Festival du Violoncelle de Beauvais, créée par Nöemi Schindler, Anthony Millet et Eric-Maria Couturier.
En 2013 il a notamment écrit 9 solos pour violon et Orchestre, (pièce pédagogique adaptée aux instrumentistes des premières années de Violon et Alto du CRD de Gennevilliers), Zapping 1 pour quatuor à cordes (Création à l’Académie Musicale de Villecroze), et a également réalisé des arrangements pour la chanteuse de variété JULIETTE, pour laquelle il a adapté les chansons les plus connues de son répertoire pour orchestre symphonique. Ce travail a été créé au mois de Mai au Théâtre du Châtelet, par l'Orchestre du CRR de Paris, sous la direction de Xavier DELETTE.
En 2014 il a écrit deux pièces pour ensemble : Sapier And Inô commandée par l'Ensemble Laborintus (Mars 2014) et Zapping 2 pour l'ensemble Court-Circuit (en Décembre 2013 sous la direction de Jean DEROYER). A l'occasion de l'édition 2014 du Festival de musique d'Uzerche où il a été invité en tant que Compositeur en Résidence, il compose 2 pièces de musique de chambre : Cercles pour piano seul, interprétée par Guillaume VINCENT, et le Tango Des Lilas.
En Octobre dernier a été créée à l’Opéra de Lille sa pièce En Rappel, écrite pour l'accordéoniste Vincent LHERMET.
Actuellement il prépare un Concerto pour Violon et Ensemble à Cordes à l'attention de Marianne PIKETTY et dont la création aura lieu à la Chapelle de Ronchamp en Août 2015. Il travaille également sur un opéra de poche, BUREAU 470, qui sera créé à Paris en Octobre 2015, puis au Théâtre Colon à Buenos Aires en Décembre de la même année.
Depuis 2013 Tomas est Lauréat de la Fondation d'Entreprise de la Banque Populaire et il enseigne la Guitare au Conservatoire de GENNEVILLIERS
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