Michelle Agnes
Michelle Agnes
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Solo Vocal Ensemble Chamber Orchestra Film Electronic Multimedia  Pedagogical Projects

Many of my scores are published on Babelscores and Sheet Music Plus. For more information about scores, instrumental techniques, program notes, advices and poetic aspects of the works, please write to  info@michelleagnes.net

See also: Ircam Brahms Catalog

Solo

Lavandula 2023, 2'

For piano

Commissioned by Norwegian Council.

Premiered: 15 May 2022, The Norwegian Academy of Music, performed by Sanae Ishida. 

Snow Soul 2021-22, 2'

For prepared piano

Commissioned by Norwegian Council.

Premiered: 15 May 2022, The Norwegian Academy of Music, performed by Sanae Ishida. 

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Tecelagem pour piano préparé 2021-22, 3'

For prepared piano

Commissioned by Norwegian Council

Premiered: 15 May 2022, The Norwegian Academy of Music, performed by Sanae Ishida. 

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Phare 2020 4'

For Lever harp (26, 34, 36, or 38 strings)

Commissioned by Collegium 21 and the association Les signes de l’arc. Score Listen

In my volcano grows the grass
2017-2018
10'

For prepared piano

Commissioned by the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies, Harvard University

Premiere: March 5, 2018, at America's Society, New York, USA, performed by Stephen Gosling

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Crime(s)
2017
Durée: Indéterminé

For violin and electronics

Commissioned by Galilea Music, Dominique Lemonnier.

Premiere: October 20, 2017, Pavillon Français, Biennale di Venezia, performed by Dominique Lemonnier (Alias Solrey).

Migrations
2016-2018
8'

For cello

Commissioned by Sacem, CPFL Institute Premiere: June 10, 2016, CPFL Campinas, Brazil.

Performed by Lola Malique (first version). November 26, 2018, Oujda, Morocco, performed by Lola Malique (definitive version). Watch

Mobile II
2016
10'

For prepared piano

Premiere: August 27, 2016, Manoir d'Etainnemare, Etoutteville, France, performed by Claudia Chan.

Chambre double
2015
8'

For double bass and electronics

Premiere: April 4, 2019, Archipel Festival, Geneva, Switzerland, performed by Florentin Ginot Watch

Mobile
2012
8'

For prepared piano

Commissioned by Sesc Premiere: October 9, 2013, Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris, France.

Performed by Michelle Agnes Magalhaes.

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Exílio. Amor; tangente
2004
6'

For harp

Premiere: Campos do Jordão Festival, performed by Soledad Yaya.

Chamber

Trio 2023 3'

For violin, cello, and piano

Commissioned by the ensemble 2e2M and the Rencontres Départementales de Musique de Chambre d'Ivry-sur-Seine.

Premiere: May 5 and May 6, 2023, at Auditorium Antonin Artaud, Ivry-sur-Seine, performed by the participants. Watch

Lavandula Angustifolia 2023 3'

For clarinet, cello, and harp

Commissioned by the ensemble 2e2M and the Rencontres Départementales de Musique de Chambre d'Ivry-sur-Seine.

Premiere: May 5 and May 6, 2023, at Auditorium Antonin Artaud, Ivry-sur-Seine. Performed by the participants. Watch

Premier Cercle 2022 3'

For harp and accordion

Commissioned by the Conservatoire de musique et de danse d'Ivry-sur-Seine, in collaboration with the association Les signes de l'arc, 2021.

Premiere: February 13, 2022, at Auditorium Antonin Artaud, Ivry-sur-Seine. Performed by students from conservatoires de Ivry sur Seine, Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Charenton-le-Pont, Choisy-le-Roi, Sucy-en-Brie, Rungis, et Pôle Sup 93.

Deuxième Cercle 2022 3'

For harp and B-flat clarinet

Commissioned by the Conservatoire de musique et de danse d'Ivry-sur-Seine, in collaboration with the association Les signes de l'arc, 2021.

Premiere: February 13, 2022, at Auditorium Antonin Artaud, Ivry-sur-Seine. Performed by students from conservatoires de Ivry sur Seine, Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Charenton-le-Pont, Choisy-le-Roi, Sucy-en-Brie, Rungis, et Pôle Sup 93.

Troisième Cercle 2022 3'

For Harp and Violin

Commissioned by the Conservatoire de musique et de danse d'Ivry-sur-Seine, in collaboration with the association Les signes de l'arc, 2021.

Premiere: February 13, 2022, at Auditorium Antonin Artaud, Ivry-sur-Seine. Performed by students from conservatoires de Ivry sur Seine, Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Charenton-le-Pont, Choisy-le-Roi, Sucy-en-Brie, Rungis, et Pôle Sup 93.

Quatrième Cercle 2022 3'

For 2 harps with 24 strings or more

Commissioned by the Conservatoire de musique et de danse d'Ivry-sur-Seine, in collaboration with the association Les signes de l'arc, 2021.

Premiere: February 13, 2022, at Auditorium Antonin Artaud, Ivry-sur-Seine. Performed by students from conservatoires de Ivry sur Seine, Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Charenton-le-Pont, Choisy-le-Roi, Sucy-en-Brie, Rungis, et Pôle Sup 93.

Cinquième Cercle 2022 3'

For harp and trombone

Commissioned by the Conservatoire de musique et de danse d'Ivry-sur-Seine, in collaboration with the association Les signes de l'arc, 2021.

Premiere: February 13, 2022, at Auditorium Antonin Artaud, Ivry-sur-Seine. Performed by students from conservatoires de Ivry sur Seine, Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Charenton-le-Pont, Choisy-le-Roi, Sucy-en-Brie, Rungis, et Pôle Sup 93.

Ballades 2022 35'

For 6 percussionists in a natural environment

Commissioned by the French Ministry of Culture, Programme Mondes Nouveaux.

Premiere: September 17, 2022 at Forêt d'Orient by l'Itinéraire. Score

Hommage to P.O. 2021

6'

For two microtonal accordions

Commissioned by duo Xamp

Premiere: October 22, 2021 at Théâtre Francis Gag, Nice by Duo Xamp

Path
2020
7'

For 6 percussionists
gamelan ensemble and 4 sixxen

Commissioned by Ronan Gil de Morais.


Premiere: April 10, 2020, by Ronan Gil de Morais and Percussion Ensemble Hochschule für Musik FHNW, Klaus Linder-Saal der Musik-Akademie Basel, Switzerland.

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Lighter than air 2
2020
15'

For string quartet and electronics controlled by dancer(s)

Commissioned by Ensemble 2e2M with the support of SACEM.

Premiere: June 25, 2021, at CN D Pantin, Festival Camping Manifeste, performed by Camping participants (dancers) directed by Hervé Robbe (choreographer) and Ensemble 2e2M: Amaryllis Billet, Dorothée Nodé-Langlois (violins), Hélène Desaint (viola), Sarah Givelet (cello). Listen

Lighter than air
2020
9'

For string quartet

Commissioned by Ensemble 2e2M with the support of SACEM.


Premiere: September 12, 2020, at Pan Piper, Paris, Festival Ensemble(s) by Ensemble 2e2M: Amaryllis Billet, Dorothée Nodé-Langlois (violins), Hélène Desaint (viola), Sarah Givelet (cello).

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Orange

2018 8'

For double bass, cello, and electronics

Commissioned by the Siemens Foundation.


Premiere: March 19, 2019, in Graz, Austria, performed by Ensemble Schallfeld. Watch

Herbarium
2017-2018
50'

For piano, double bass, percussion, and electronics

Commissioned by the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies, Harvard University.


Premiere: March 5, 2018, at America's Society, New York, USA, performed by Talea Ensemble.

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Lorca Fragments
2016
10' 

For flute, clarinet, viola, cello, and harp

Commissioned by Radio France (Alla Breve program directed by Anne Montaron).


Premiere recorded on December 10, 2016, at Radio France, performed by Ensemble L'Itinéraire, conducted by Leo Margue.

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Play and theory of the duende
2016
7' 

For flute, violin, cello, and harp

Premiere: July 9, 2016, in Saint-Martin Vésubie, France, performed by Ensemble Multilatérale, conducted by Léo Warynski.

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Calando
2016
7' 

String Quartet

Premiere: July 27, 2013, at Accademia Chigiana, Siena, Italy, performed by the Prometeo Quartet.

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Loco reloj que canta muertas horas antigas
2015
8' 

For guitar and accordion

Commissioned by the Promenade Sauvage duo.

Premiere: April 11, 2015, at Teatro Fondamenta Nuove, Venice, Italy, performed by Promenade Sauvage.

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Ball
2014
8' 

For violin, viola, cello, and piano

Premiere: August 25, 2014, at Paine Hall, Harvard Music Department, Cambridge, USA, performed by Talea Ensemble.

Rio
2015
6' 

For tenor, trumpet, clarinet, double bass, and percussion

Commissioned by the Fundación Antigua Nova.

Premiere: October 20, 2013, at Festival Distat Terra, Fundación Antigua Nova, Choele Choel, Argentina, performed by the Soloists of Bahía Blanca.

Vento noroeste
2012
7' 

For violin, cello, and bass clarinet

Premiere: September 29, 2013, at the XX Bienal de Música Contemporânea Brasileira, performed by Abstraï Ensemble.

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Vocal

Full Fathom five 2023 6'

For Soprano, 2 mezzo-sopranos, alto, cello, double bass, theorbo, percussion (in Après la Tempête, a songbook for Shakespeare)

Premiere: July 24, 2023, Messiaen Festival, Eglise de la Grave, by Élise Chauvin, Grace Durham, Katalin Károlyi, Gabrielle Rubio, L’Itinéraire.

Commissioned by the French Ministry of Culture.

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The island is full of noises

Soprano, mezzo-soprano, bass flute, traverso, 3 percussions (in Après la Tempête, a songbook for Shakespeare)Premiere: July 24, 2023, Messiaen Festival, Eglise de la Grave, by Élise Chauvin, Grace Durham, Katalin Károlyi, Gabrielle Rubio, L’Itinéraire. Commissioned by the French Ministry of Culture.

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The island is full of noises 2

Soprano, mezzo-soprano, bass flute, traverso, 3 percussions (in Après la Tempête, a songbook for Shakespeare)

Premiere: July 24, 2023, Messiaen Festival, Eglise de la Grave, by Élise Chauvin, Grace Durham, Katalin Károlyi, Gabrielle Rubio, L’Itinéraire.

Commissioned by the French Ministry of Culture.

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Where the bee sucks

Soprano, 2 mezzo-sopranos, alto, cello, double bass, theorbo, percussion (in Après la Tempête, a songbook for Shakespeare)

Premiere: July 24, 2023, Messiaen Festival, Eglise de la Grave, by Élise Chauvin, Grace Durham, Katalin Károlyi, Gabrielle Rubio, L’Itinéraire

Commissioned by the French Ministry of Culture.

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The Word: invocation for a language that revives 2022 12'

For mezzo-soprano, flute, bass clarinet, violin, viola, cello, electric guitar, text by Micheliny Verunschk.

Commissioned by Diaphonique and Lovemusic.

Premiere: November 22, 2022, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival (HCMF) by Grace Durham and Lovemusic.

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Voyelles sans ailes 2020

8'

For Children's choir and electronics

Commissioned by Choeur en Scène and Sacem

Premiere: Opera de Massy by Fantômes de l'Opéra and Choeur en Scène

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Chansons autodatées 2020

6'

For Choir

Commissioned by Choeur en Scène and Sacem

Premiere: Cité des Arts (Paris) and Palais de la Femme (Paris) by Choeur en Scène

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Nina de los peines

2017

2'

For children's choir, flute, clarinet, viola, cello and harp

Premiere: March 29, 2018, at the Auditorium of the Conservatoire de Bourg-la-Reine, France, performed by the children's choir of the conservatory, conducted by Emmanuelle Dubost, and Ensemble l'Itinéraire.

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Canciones Populares Españolas d'après Federico Garcia Lorca

10'

For voice, flute, clarinet viola, cello and harp

Premiere: 2016 by Ensemble Tag, Winterthur 

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Primavera
2015
7'

For soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and piano

Premiere: October 3, 2015, at the Musica Festival in Strasbourg, France, performed by Ensemble Accroche Note.

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Minimal Songs
2012
9'

For voice and piano

Premiere: October 9, 2013, at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris, France, performed by Lilian Campesato, Michelle Agnes Magalhaes and Florentin Ginot.

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Ser Voz
2012
12'

For 4 voices and web audio electronic device (with the collaboration of Julian Jaramillo, Vitor Kisil, Lilian Campesato)

Premiere: March 22, 2012, at the Network Concert (Sonorities Festival, Sonic Arts Research Centre, Queen's University Belfast, Ireland, and Mobile, ECA / University of Sao Paulo, Brazil), performed by Julian Jaramillo, Vitor Kisil, Lilian Campesato, and Michelle Agnes Magalhaes.

Ensemble

The grand Can(y)on
2018
10'

For 19 instruments and electronics (2 bassoons, 1 contrabassoon, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, cor anglais, 4 clarinets, 4 horns, 5 recorders, viola da gamba, and electronics)

Commissioned by Sesc Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Premiered on November 24, 2018, at Sesc Sorocaba, Brazil, performed by Ensembles Aura and GReCo. Watch

Orchestra

After Spring
2016
15'

For 6 percussionists and orchestra
6 percussionists (sixxen, timpani, bass drum, thunder sheet), 2 flutes (also 1 piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, 1 bass trombone, tuba, 12 violins, 10 violins, 8 violas, 6 cellos, 4 double basses)

Commissioned by the Orchestre Philharmonique de Goiás, Brazil.


Premiere: December 10, 2018, Goiânia, Théâtre Oscar Niemeyer, Brazil, performed by the Orchestre Philharmonique de Goiás, conducted by Neil Thomson.

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After Spring
2021 (adaptation)
15'

Version for 4 percussionists and orchestra
4 percussionists (crotales, Thai gongs, tubular bells, timpani, bass drum, thunder sheet), 2 flutes (also 1 piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, 1 bass trombone, tuba, 12 violins, 10 violins, 8 violas, 6 cellos, 4 double basses)

Premiere: May 29, 2021, Zagreb, Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall, The Symphony Orchestra of the Croatian Radiotelevision, conducted by Yalda Zamani.

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Electronic

Contella(c)tions

For 4-8 performers and electronics.

Commissioned by Starts, European Comission

Premiere: September 8, 37-18 Northern Blvd, Queens NY, performed by Soundinitiative

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Prologue

2002-2003
6'

For fixed sounds on support.

Commissioned by IMEB, UNESCO

Premiere: June 12, 2003, Synthèse Festival, IMEB, Bourges, France, performed by Michelle Agnes Magalhaes.

O Cru e o Cozido

2002
8'

For fixed sounds on support

Premiere: May 28, 2002, Unicamp, Brazil, performed by Michelle Agnes Magalhaes.

Dance

Playground & Entrelacs

For string quartet and electronics controlled by dancer(s)

Commissioned by Ensemble 2e2M with the support of SACEM.

Premiere: June 25, 2021, at CN D Pantin, Festival Camping Manifeste, performed by Camping participants (dancers) directed by Hervé Robbe (choreographer) and Ensemble 2e2M: Amaryllis Billet, Dorothée Nodé-Langlois (violins), Hélène Desaint (viola), Sarah Givelet (cello).

O mundo que passa

For Fixed Media (with the participation of Celio Barros)

Premiere: September 23, 2011, at Fundec Sao Paulo, performed by Emilie Sugai (dancer, creation and interpretation), Joel Pizzini (Stage director), Gianni Toyota, assistant director, Telumi Hellen, (scenic space and costumes), André Boll(Lighting). 

Film

Mojo’q che b’ixan ri ixkanulab’ /Antes de que los Volcanes Canten / Before the Volcanoes Sing 2022
62'

 Clarissa Tossin, digital, documentary, Guatemala, USA

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Intimate Distances 2022 61' 

Phillip Warnell, 4k digital film on DCP, Astoria, Queens, NYC

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Instant-ci 10'

Liliane Muti and Daniel Zarvos, Film, digital, documentary, 2019, Paris, France

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Génocide 5'

Liliane Muti, Filmz, digital, experimental, 2018, Paris, France

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Sueño, Rêve, Dream 4'

Lorena Faccio, AntiquaNova Music Foundation, digital, experimental, 2020, Argentina

My Father's truck 15'

Maurício Osaki, Lupi Film, fiction, 35mm, 2013, Brazil, Vietnam

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Memórias de uma mulher serrilhada 15'

Eduardo Kishimoto, Bola oito filmes, fiction, 35mm, 2012, Brazil

Springtime 15'

Maurício Osaki, Lupi Film, fiction, 15 minutes, 35mm, Brazil, 2012.

Liberdade, Liberdade 26'

Maurício Osaki and Miriam Ou, documentary, Prefeitura Municipal de São Paulo, 35mm, 2006, Brazil.

Caminhos da memória 32'

Ana Lúcia Ferraz, Andréa Barboza, Francirosy Ferreira, documentary, digital, Lisa/USP/FAPESP, 2007, Brazil

Paris qui dort / Entr'acte

René Clair, Magnus Opus DVD, 2003

Dormente 15'

Joel Pizzini, Polo Filmes, experimental, 35mm, 2005, Brazil
(Award for Best Music at the 33rd International Film Festival of Bahia)

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Memória sem visão 18'

 

Marco Vale, documentary, 35mm, 2005, Brazil

Life in Anthill 7'

 

Maurício Osaki, Lupi film, fiction, 16mm, 2003, Brazil

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Paulo José, um autorretrato 57'

 

Joel Pizzini, documentary, Betacam, série Retratos Brasileiros, Canal Brasil, 2002, Brazil

Evangelho segundo Jece Valadão 60'

 

Joel Pizzini and Marco Vale, documentary (série Retratos Brasileiros, Télé Canal Brasil), 2001, Brazil

Pedagogical

Trio 2023 3'

For violin, cello, and piano

Commissioned by the ensemble 2e2M and the Rencontres Départementales de Musique de Chambre d'Ivry-sur-Seine.

Premiere: May 5 and May 6, 2023, at Auditorium Antonin Artaud, Ivry-sur-Seine, performed by the participants.

Lavandula Angustifolia 2023 3'

For clarinet, cello, and harp

Commissioned by the ensemble 2e2M and the Rencontres Départementales de Musique de Chambre d'Ivry-sur-Seine.

Premiere: May 5 and May 6, 2023, at Auditorium Antonin Artaud, Ivry-sur-Seine. Performed by the participants.

Premier Cercle 2022 3'

For harp and accordion

Commissioned by the Conservatoire de musique et de danse d'Ivry-sur-Seine, in collaboration with the association Les signes de l'arc, 2021.

Premiere: February 13, 2022, at Auditorium Antonin Artaud, Ivry-sur-Seine. Performed by students from conservatoires de Ivry sur Seine, Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Charenton-le-Pont, Choisy-le-Roi, Sucy-en-Brie, Rungis, et Pôle Sup 93.

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Deuxième Cercle 2022 3'

For harp and B-flat clarinet

Commissioned by the Conservatoire de musique et de danse d'Ivry-sur-Seine, in collaboration with the association Les signes de l'arc, 2021.

Premiere: February 13, 2022, at Auditorium Antonin Artaud, Ivry-sur-Seine. Performed by students from conservatoires de Ivry sur Seine, Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Charenton-le-Pont, Choisy-le-Roi, Sucy-en-Brie, Rungis, et Pôle Sup 93.

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Troisième Cercle 2022 3'

For Harp and Violin

Commissioned by the Conservatoire de musique et de danse d'Ivry-sur-Seine, in collaboration with the association Les signes de l'arc, 2021.

Premiere: February 13, 2022, at Auditorium Antonin Artaud, Ivry-sur-Seine. Performed by students from conservatoires de Ivry sur Seine, Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Charenton-le-Pont, Choisy-le-Roi, Sucy-en-Brie, Rungis, et Pôle Sup 93.

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Quatrième Cercle 2022 3'

For 2 harps with 24 strings or more

Commissioned by the Conservatoire de musique et de danse d'Ivry-sur-Seine, in collaboration with the association Les signes de l'arc, 2021.

Premiere: February 13, 2022, at Auditorium Antonin Artaud, Ivry-sur-Seine. Performed by students from conservatoires de Ivry sur Seine, Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Charenton-le-Pont, Choisy-le-Roi, Sucy-en-Brie, Rungis, et Pôle Sup 93.

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Cinquième Cercle 2022 3'

For harp and trombone

Commissioned by the Conservatoire de musique et de danse d'Ivry-sur-Seine, in collaboration with the association Les signes de l'arc, 2021.

Premiere: February 13, 2022, at Auditorium Antonin Artaud, Ivry-sur-Seine. Performed by students from conservatoires de Ivry sur Seine, Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Charenton-le-Pont, Choisy-le-Roi, Sucy-en-Brie, Rungis, et Pôle Sup 93.

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Phare 2020 4'

 

Harpe à leviers (26, 34, 36 ou 38 cordes)

Commande du Collegium 21 et de l’association Les signes de l’arc

Installation

Each absent breath

Sound installation in collaboration with visual artist Clarissa Tossin for the Wavefield Synthesis spatialization system.

Commissioned by EMPAC, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA, 2023.

Crime(s)

For violin and electronics (Concert-installation)

Commissioned by Galilea Music, Dominique Lemonnier.

Premiere: October 20, 2017, Pavillon Français, Biennale di Venezia, performed by Dominique Lemonnier (Alias Solrey).