Pierluigi Billone
Mani.Long pour ensemble/Kosmoi.Fragmente pour voix et ensemble
Pierluigi Billone © Benjamin Chelly ©
Pierluigi Billone
Mani.Long for ensemble
Kosmoi.Fragmente for voices and ensemble (creation)
Alda Caiello, soprano
Ensemble L’instant Donné
James Weeks, direction
Corealisation Opéra national de Paris ; Festival d’Automne à Paris
With the support of Fondation Ernst von Siemens pour la musique
With the help of Sacem
With the support of Adami
France Musique will record this concert
The music of Pierluigi Billone, a student of Helmut Lachenmann, travels through unusual landscapes alive with energy in a state of suspension or release. Musicians play with both instrument and body (hands, skin and mouth); the scope is open, extending range, register, timbre and unusual approaches to instruments, mainly percussion, plus the deep sounds of bass clarinet, bassoon and trombone, in an archeological exploration of sound, between levels concealed and apparent, with each vibration transposing experience and enhancing the emotional impact.