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Being in the spotlight has been a habit for Thomas Adès since his early days. In 1993, the young composer attracted attention with a work for chamber ensemble, Living toyswritten at the end of his training at the University of Cambridge before making a splash in 1995 with a licentious work, Powder her Facecalled to know numerous productions. This Briton, now 53 years old, stood out from the others very early. And sometimes by itself, as his language seemed to evolve from one score to another. Parisians could see this in 2023 with ballet The Dante Project then, at the beginning of 2024, with the opera Exterminator Angeltwo scores given in French composition under the direction of the composer.
In residence – his third of 2018 – at the Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris until November 16, Thomas Adès offers a new opportunity to discover recent developments in his catalogue. That Shanty – Across the sea which will be performed during the last concert, most of the works selected for the occasion belong to the era that the musician describes as “post-pandemic”. If the performer (pianist and conductor) had to rest due to the closure due to Covid-19, the composer was not idle. ” Like many of my friends, I took the opportunity to fix this thing in the kitchen that hadn’t worked in a while. », completes us, in a colorful manner. Which means that Thomas Adès revised certain scores, sometimes in detail since his orchestration The Dante Project underwent a total overhaul with a view to postponing creation to 2021.
Writing new papers without being subject to a deadline was also one of the benefits of isolation. Thomas Adès thus set out to set Hungarian poems to music: seven songs for voice and piano sextet, brought together in a cycle News (“Plant”). First in chronological order, Gyöker (“Root”), but the second in the collection was created online on Apple Music for a slightly different workforce (vocals and two instruments), spread between three places of residence. Budapest for mezzo-soprano Katalin Karolyi, Mexico for percussionist Ricardo Gallardo and London for pianist Thomas Adès. “ It is a very important work for meassures the composer, because it allowed me to seek a more direct expression. »
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