This workshop lives and dies in a museum—the Centre Pompidou—where eight works are premiered with the soloists from the Ensemble intercontemporain. With the guidance of Alberto Posadas, eight young composers chose a head-on confrontation, or inspiration, with a photo by Jeff Wall, a sculpture by Constantin Brancusi, a work signed Giuseppe Penone, Yayoi Kusama, Kazuo Shiraga, Robert Filliou, or Louise Bourgeois.
Soloists from the Ensemble intercontemporain
Creations by Student Composers
Alican Çamci, Alberto Carretero, Bára Gisladóttir, Chanhee Lim, Diego Ramos Rodriguez, Tina Tallon, Hakan Ulus, Yiqing Zhu
In connection with the thematic exhibition in the Modern collection: "L’Œil écoute". Musée national d’art moderne, Centre Pompidou.
Artists
Ensemble intercontemporain
Founded by Pierre Boulez in 1976, the ensemble’s 31 soloists share a passion for 20th and 21st century music. The soloists are employed on permanent contract, enabling them to fulfill the maj...
Alberto Posadas
Composer (b. 1967)
In 1988, Alberto Posadas met the composer Francisco Guerrero, who he considers to be his true master. With him, Posadas explored new forms using cominatory and fractal techniques...