Programme

7 PM ENSEMBLE MULTILATÉRALE

Edges, for piano and percussion. Franck Bedrossian (12’)

Short stories, for vibraphone. Martin Matalon (10’)

Tombeau in memoriam Gérard Grisey, for piano and percussion. Philippe Hurel (13’)

Wadi rum et Atacama extraits de Déserts, for piano. Giulia Lorusso (6’)

Hélène Colombotti, percussion

Lise Baudouin, piano

8 PM BARCELONA MODERN ENSEMBLE - Portrait Yann Robin

Con Fuoco, for cello and piano (10’)

Schizophrenia, for clarinet and soprano saxophone (15’)

Études pour piano:

N°1 “Les Agrégats”

N°2 pour la main gauche “Arachne” (10’)

Fterà II, for bass clarinet and cello (12’)

Barcelona Modern Ensemble:

Xavier Castillo, clarinet

Nacho Gascón, saxophone

Alexa Ciciretti, cello (guest)

Carolina Santiago Martínez, piano

Francisco Martí, piano

Xavier Pagès-Corella, musical director

Demian Luna, artistic director

Notes

Ensemble Multilatérale

After 15 years of existence, Multilatérale now fully embraces its multifaceted identity, driven by artistic director, Yann Robin. Dedicated to the dissemination of the Ensemble repertoire and the defence of a wide variety of aesthetics, Multilaterale also emphasizes collaborating with a wide variety of artistic fields (musical theatre, dance, digital arts, literature, cinema...).

The appointment of Léo Warynski as music director in 2013 has given the Ensemble the opportunity to explore a new direction, allowing regular collaborations with Vocal Ensemble Les Métaboles, of which Léo Warynski is also musical director. This artistic openness, duplicated with a team of curious and committed world-class musicians, provides an ideal space for expression and experimentation for creators eager to create innovative projects.

Multilatérale has progressively established itself as one of the most prominent names in French musical creation, performing at major festivals. Multilatérale has developed a strong international presence, appearing at festivals such as Cervantino (Mexico), Biennale di Venezia, Sinkro (Spain), and a special bond with Southeast Asia during its tour of Thailand, Singapore and Indonesia three years in a row in 2016, 2017 and 2018. Multilatérale has collaborated with numerous composition classes and academies. Multilaterale has created this year a new binational university of composition: ARCO (Art, Research and Creation Opus 2019), in partnership with Les Métaboles, the Tana string quartet, Gmem -Marseille and Mozarteum Universität – Salzburg. Ensemble Multilatérale receives grants from the French Ministry of Culture and Communication / Drac Ile-de-France in the form of aid to government-regulated ensembles; Spedidam and SACEM for its global activity. The Ensemble is a member of FEVIS and the "Futurs composés" network.

Yann Robin

He studied music in Aix-en-Provence. Jazz and composition with Georges Boeuf, at the Conservatoire de Marseille, theory and counterpoint at the Paris Regional Conservatory and musicology at the Sorbonne, composition with Frédéric Durieux and analysis with Michaël Lévinas at the Paris Conservatoire (CNSMDP), graduating with the highest qualification. In 2004 he attended composition classes with Jonathan Harvey at the Centre Acanthes. From 2006 to 2008 he completed the IRCAM Cursus. In 2005, he co-founded Ensemble Multilatérale and has since served as the group's artistic director. In 2008-2009, he completed a composition/research residency at IRCAM during which he contributed, together with Gérard Assayag and Arshia Cont, to the development of the Omax software. In 2011 he was awarded the SACEM Grand Prize for symphonic music. In 2003 he received his first commission from the French Ministry of Culture and won first prize at the Frédéric Mompou International Composition Competition in Barcelona. A commission from ARCAL resulted in his first play, “Ni l'un ni l'autre”, inspired by Goethe's novel “Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship”. In 2020, IRCAM commissioned him to write a concerto for double bass, ensemble and electronics, “Triades”, which premiered at the Paris Philharmonic by the Ensemble Intercontemporain.

Barcelona Modern Ensemble

Founded in 2004 and completely renovated since in 2013 the composer Demian Luna assumes its artistic direction. The task of recent years is mainly based on contemporary, current and newly created music, and on the interpretation and consequent dissemination of the young emerging values of contemporary Spanish and world music, as well as the composers already consecrated. Since 2014 he is the resident ensemble of the International Composition Course Barcelona Modern, concentrating on the work of the guest composers The ensemble has performed in prestigious halls and festivals, among which are: Sampler Sèries cycle of the Barcelona Auditorium, 400 MNCARS in Madrid, Spanien Modern Festival 2009 and 2011 in Vienna, Arnold Schönberg Center, Instituto Cervantes in Bremen, Festival Aujord'hui Musiques in Perpignan, Museum of the University of Navarra, . Festival Turbulences Sonores in Montpellier, etc. Formed by elite instrumentalists specialized in contemporary repertoire, the ensemble evolves and advances steadily, being already a benchmark of current music in the country.

Multilatérale Ensemble / Portrait Yann Robin with the Barcelona Modern Ensemble

29/3/2023 at 7PM

Sala Aranyó. C/ Roc Boronat 138, Barcelona

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