As the founder of Ircam (the Institute for Acoustic/Musical Coordination and Research), Pierre Boulez was a master of "mixed music" combining instrumental and electronic sounds. This concert reflects that particular facet of his personality, with two major pieces that feature both piano and electronic sound, Soli by Yan Maresz and Philippe Manoury's Das Wohlpräpartierte Klavier, performed here on the keyboard by Jean-François Heisser.
The famous contemporary vocal ensemble from Stuttgart, the Neue Vocalsolisten, performing a legendary work of murmurs, magic, ineffable harmonies, and deep rituals: Stimmung, by Karlheinz Stockhausen.
Cellist Henri Demarquette embarks on an impressive solo adventure, blending the virtuoso dances of Johann Sebastian Bach with the inventive and amusing suites of Benjamin Britten.
Monte-Carlo Spring Arts Festival: In a double recital punctuated by readings of Anna Akhmatova’s poems by Jean-Yves Clément, Peter Laul presents the complete Ten Piano Sonatas by Alexander Scriabin, a vast journey leading to the exalted climax of the Tenth Sonata.
In a double recital punctuated by readings of Anna Akhmatova’s poems by Jean-Yves Clément, Peter Laul presents the complete Ten Piano Sonatas by Alexander Scriabin, a vast journey leading to the exalted climax of the Tenth Sonata.
Travelling from the artist’s major exhibition at Hauser & Wirth in London, her first solo show in Europe, a selection of new and monumental works by Amy Sherald will be on display at the Hauser & Wirth gallery in Monaco.
This exhibition pairs John Chamberlain’s early poetry from his year at Black Mountain College with his Gondolas and Tonks from the 1980s, epitomizing the artist’s poetic approach to language, materials and scale.