With the testimonials of: Edouard Fouré Caul-Futy, artistic director of the Philharmonie de Paris Baptiste Chouquet, director of B Records Wilfried Wendling, director of La Muse en Circuit
Explore
Philharmonie de Paris – April 10-13 Philharmonie de Paris unites, under the sign of exploration, artists operating at the boundaries of aesthetics to give rise to unprecedented sonic experiences. With Caterina Barbieri, Christian Marclay, Laurie Anderson, Yann Gourdon, Julianna Barwick, Mary Lattimore.
Musiques Démesurées
Clermont Ferrand – April 18-26 Programming imagined by the composer Mikel Urquiza. Woman, life, liberty. These three words are red threads throughout the repertoire. There are numerous pieces written by women: Europeans (Borzelli, Lamb, Sinnhuber) or not (Balch, Choi, Toraman), young (Glojnaric, Jeon, Lorusso), famous (Bauckholt, Mochizuki, Saunders), or even mythical (Berberian, Gubaidulina, Saariaho) – including Iranians (Khayam, Modarresifar). It is an opportunity to immerse into the music that celebrates life, such as Bastien David’s Metamorphoses, which invites us to listen to the minuscule, or Jean Luc-Hervé’s quartet, which plunges us into the sounds of the forest. And let’s not forget the fight for freedom! Stalagma by Silvia Borzelli pays tribute to Anna Politkovskaya, a journalist assassinated by Putin.
The 10th anniversary of B Records
What is live? It’s the essence of music. Its reason for being. Its fuel. For the past ten years, our label B Records has been capturing the ephemeral power of the concert using microphones as catalysts for emotions. Endlessly repeated, meticulously prepared, every live event is at the mercy of the moment. That’s what makes it beautiful. Each concert is unique because it results from a combination of momentary circumstances, unreproducible, linked to the artists, the listeners, and the venue. B Records always strives to be at the forefront of this process.
Recent releases from B Records: Alex Nante, Anima Ensemble Écoute, Fernando Palomeque (direction) Clara Barbier-Serrano (soprano)
Othman Louati, Les Ailes du Désir Ensemble Miroirs Étendus, Fiona Monbet (direction) With Marie-Laure Garnier, Romain Dayez, Camille Merckx
Latest news from La Muse en Circuit: Sunday, April 12 at the Fondation Fiminco in Romainville (93).
Lab Orchestra Musical and sound creation, jointly imagined by the Philharmonie de Paris, the Fondation Fiminco, and La Muse en Circuit – Centre National de Création Musicale. Created as part of the Explore festival, the Lab Orchestra brings together a hundred professional and amateur musicians. Throughout the 2025-2026 season, professional artists will exchange their sound practices in a series of discovery and improvisation workshops offered to the residents of Romainville and its surroundings. Together, they will participate in a large participatory concert on Sunday, April 12, 2026 at the Fondation Fiminco in Romainville.
Music Promenade at Philharmonie de Paris April 13 at Philharmonie de Paris Celebrating their thirtieth anniversary, the National Centers for Musical Creation (CNCM) propose an unprecedented sound journey combining loudspeaker orchestras and performances. Eight artists, representatives of the vitality of contemporary exploratory music, have been invited. Each is entrusted with a commission and presents a creation specifically designed for the event. These works are produced collaboratively, resulting in various forms – solo, duo, trio, or tutti – involving both composers and performers. Articulated between amplified sequences and acoustic proposals, the evening unfolds a succession of scenes and listening stations set up in the concert hall, offering a multi-dimensional sound experience driven by the collective dynamic of this program. INA GRM participates in the event by sequentially implementing its acousmonium, blending unpublished pieces of invited artists and essential works by electroacoustic composers.
Parution Drôle de gamme Reissue of Michel Dumont’s comic book, with Luc Ferrari, by Wilfried Wendling & Zariel. On the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of Luc Ferrari’s passing (1929-2005), Wilfried Wendling pays tribute to this singular figure of contemporary music creation by re-highlighting a rare and unknown work by Michel Dumont, with Luc Ferrari as the main character: Drôle de Gamme. This reissue is accompanied by a sound creation directed by Wilfried Wendling.
Musical programming: Caterina Barbieri – Pinnacles of you, Light Years 2019 Laurie Anderson, Republic of Love Roger Eno, Temple of the Winds Julianna Barwick (vocals) Mary Lattimore (harp) Sofia Gubaidulina, Silenzio Geir Draugsvoll, accordion Geir Inge Lotsberg, violin Øyvind Gimse, cello Naxos 2011 Alex Nante, Anima Clara Barbier Serrano, soprano Ensemble Écoute Fernando Palomeque (direction) Sivan Eldar, Like Flesh Ensemble Le Balcon Maxime Pascal (direction) Wilfried Wendling, Luc Ferrari, Cut off A la muse 2026
