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PURE NOCTURAL SOUND
Outre-nuit as Outre-noir by Pierre Soulage,s the greatest nuances on subtle variations. The programme can be listened to in one go between Clara's two compositions, it's Xnoybis, an extraordinary performance by the great Scelsi - a piece that makes you feel like you're listening for the first time - Giacinto Scelsi's Xnoybis (1964) is a journey amongst the reliefs contained within one single pitch. Written in three parts, the piece is an instinctive approach to the sound spectrum (the term "spectral music" will be coined a decade later). A nocturne by Kaija Saariaho focuses on the sound material metamorphosis. Erika Vega and Eva Maria Houben, two young female composers, close the programme. In reality, it's just a journey and this programme as 'sonic listening meditations '.

Clara Levy (1991) is a French violinist and improviser living in Brussels whose career is mainly focused on new music performance. She has been developing solo project addressing different topics at the core of contemporary music practice : the blurred lines between interpretation and composition (13 Visions) or the listening experience and dramaturgy of the concert (Outre-Nuit).
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released September 21, 2024

Giacinto Scelsi (1905-1988), born into an aristocratic Italian family, composer, poet and essayist Giacinto Scelsi traveled in the East, in India and Africa, drawing inspiration from Buddhist philosophy, and from 1952 onwards renewed his compositional technique. He worked on the texture of sound, using static harmony with minimal fluctuations in timbre and microtonal inflection.

Kaija Saariaho (1952-2023) studied composition in Helsinki, Freiburg and Paris, where she has lived since 1982. She have had a major influence on her music and her characteristically luxuriant and mysterious textures are often created by combining live music and electronics.

Erika Vega (1987) is a young mexican.......
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