Elaine Chew (piano), Thierry Miroglio (percussions), and Gérard Assayag (somax2) open Concert #2 at ImproTech Paris with another performance of Boulez Reloaded at IRCAM (the Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique / Musique)’s Espace Projection, a re-configurable concert hall underneath the Stravinsky Fountain. This is the latest edition of Boulez Reloaded, which started as Elez-Boulaine in Singapore, London, was featured on ARTE.TV, then joined by Thierry for Hangzhou, and Shanghai.
Rehearsal : 4 December 2025
Rehearsal : 5 December 2025
In the structured improvisation, Elaine treated compositions as open scores, recombining fragments from Boulez’s Première Sonate and his Fragments d’une ébauche, and Messiaen’s Vingt Regards: IV. Regard de la Vierge. Gérard guided somax2’s “improvisation” using recordings by jazz saxophonist Steve Lehman, voice singing Stockhausen and Aperghis Pub II including by Valérie Philippin, and Elaine Chew playing Boulez’s Première Sonate. Thierry Miroglio interjects with quotes from Boulez’s Dérives and improvised material.
Concert #2 : 5 December 2025
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