In partnership with School of music
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Tuesday, April 12, 2011 | 7:30 p.m | @ the FIU School of Music
Le Balcon
and new works curated by the ensemble
Le Balcon is a Parisian based ensemble dedicated to the interpretation of music through the amplification of acoustic instruments.
At FIU Herbert and Nicole Wertheim Performing Arts Center, Concert Hall 10910 SW 17th St- Miam
Concert Program:
Golpe en el diafragma | Juan Pablo Carreño
new work | Jean-Luc Herve
new work | Orlando Jacinto Garcia
Vortex temporum | Gerard Grisey
Admission : $25.00 for general admission,
$15.00 for seniors and FIU Faculty/staff,
$10.00 for FIU students and FIU Alumni Association members.
Tickets can be purchased by calling 305-348-0496 or online at https://tickets.completeticketsolutions.com/FIU2/Online/default.asp
Featured Ensemble: Le Balcon
Le Balcon is a Parisian based ensemble dedicated to the interpretation of music through the amplification of acoustic instruments.
The ensemble has numerous aims: to stimulate writing for amplified acoustic instruments and to rethink the aesthetic of the concert, seeking new methods of production, interpretation, and configuration. Our repertoire also includes traditional works whose instrumental and acoustic characteristics bring out the interplay of our aesthetic.
Effective amplification gives us the ability to perform a concert in all of it’s guises and in every setting : concert halls, public spaces, open arenas and even passage ways… The technology we use allows us to go beyond the natural acoustics of the performance space in question and give us the chance to reach out to a larger audience with a repertoire habitually reserved for those within the confines of the concert scene.
This asethetic also offers new possibilities for interpretation with particular regard to the instrumental performance: the correlation between gesture, and it’s visual components, with the actual sound heard can be completely transformed. Moreover, in the case of the performance of 20th and 21st Century works where the aesthetic is powered by instrumental gestures, amplification augments the technical possibilities of each instrument, modifies their timbre and transforms the sonic plane. |
