Electroacoustic circus in the imaginary of Jean Tinguely

Curated by Milano Musica
in collaboration with
IRCAM – Centre Pompidou
Conservatorio G. Verdi of Milan

With:

Jérôme Comte, clarinet
Wind Orchestra of the Conservatorio G. Verdi of Milan
Sandro Satanassi, conductor
Luca Bagnoli, Ircam sound engineering

 

The Public Program dedicated to Jean Tinguely‘s exhibition presents, on Thursday 30 January 2025 at 7 PM and 9 PM, Electroacoustic circus in the imaginary of Jean Tinguely, a musical event curated by Milano Musica in collaboration with IRCAM-Centre Pompidou and the Conservatorio G. Verdi of Milano.

This musical tribute to Jean Tinguely is connected to one of his most famous works, the “Fontaine Stravinsky,” which the artist created in 1982-83 together with Niki de Saint Phalle in the square of the same name in Paris, between the Centre Georges Pompidou and the Saint-Merry church, on the roof of the building that houses the IRCAM (Institute for Research and Acoustic Creation and Music).

Stravinsky, for whom the square is named, is featured in the concert with the Three Pieces for Solo Clarinet conceived at the time of Histoire de soldat in 1918: their brevity is inversely proportional to their prominence.

Founder and first director of IRCAM was then Pierre Boulez, who had a friendly relationship with Tinguely: by Boulez one hears one of the first works conceived for IRCAM, the Dialogue de l’ombre double (1982-85).

In 2023, on the occasion of the restoration of the “Fontaine Stravinsky,” Mikel Urquiza (Bilbao, 1988) composed Feu de joie.

The acoustic-musical component that belongs to many of Tinguely’s works is also present with the “imaginary crossing” made by Yann Brecy and Luca Bagnoli in the sound world of the Cyclop, the huge one-eyed head that was installed in the forest of Milly-la-Forêt and is the result of a collective work  in the woods of Milly-la-Forêt and is the result of a collective work of different artists within Tinguely’s project.

 

More information about reservations will follow.

 

PROGRAM:

Pierre Boulez (1925-2016)
Dialogue de l’ombre double (1985, 20′)
pour clarinette seule, clarinette enregistrée et piano résonnant

Cyclop (2024)
An immersive soundscape inspired by Jean Tinguely’s Le Cyclop (2024, 8′)
Proposed by IRCAM and conceived by Yann Brecy and Luca Bagnoli, at the site of Milly-la-Forêt

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Trois Pièces for clarinet (1918, 4′)

Mikel Urquiza (1988)
Feu de joie (2023, 13′)
for wind orchestra *

*IRCAM-Centre Pompidou Commission, with the support of AXA on the occasion of the restoration of the Fontaine Stravinsky in Paris
First performance in Italy