Macbeth Underworld, Pascal Dusapin' opera, french premiere on March 25, 27, 29, 31, 2020 at Opéra Comique in Paris. And on May 12 and 14 2020 at Opéra de Rouen

The Risonanze Erranti ensemble, frequently talked about throughout the Germanic countries, led and directed by Peter Tilling, will present on 23 November at the Salzburg Mozarteum Hèctor Parra’s latest opus, Souffle en Suspens in the form of a vast monodramatic fresco for 15 instruments. Every premiere by the composer of the Bienveillantes, a work celebrated by the public and unanimous critical praise (which will be presented in Nuremberg at the end of the season), is naturally awaited with great eagerness !

 In recent years, the French symphony has witnessed the rise of a great network of artistic decision-makers, often female, keen to develop new formats and content. “Una Mujer Derramada - A Woman Spilled", by the composer Sivan Eldar is a joint commission by the Orchestre National de Montpellier (where the work will be presented on 22 November) and the Orchestre de Chambre de Paris. The work contains all the promises of a joyously disruptive event, coiled within the vocal line of the performer Amyra Léon. The work will be performed again at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris on 13 March:

This quartet composed for the Van Kuijk Quartet, extend Christian Rivet’s catalog with a new chamber music work. Once again it’s inspired of a literature universe, that of the South African poetess Ingrid De Kok.

The Concerts de Poche series will never fail to amaze its audiences with the audacity and excellence of its programmes. After Je / suis / Ju / dith - Un Grain de Figue séquence 2 premiered in Toulouse (and performed again in Lisbonne) Benjamin Attahir’s cycle Un Grain de Figue, inspired by the eponymous literary work by Lancelot Hamelin, will find its way to Combs-la-Ville in Ile-de-France for the world premiere of Contre le Froid - Un Grain de Figue séquence 1 by the Concerts de Poche Orchestra, with the ever-inspired cello of Henri Demarquette and the voice of Raquel Camarinha, always faithful to the young composer.

Come discover on Saturday, 7 December.

A free and creative spirit, the pianist-composer will unite the paternal figures of Boulez and Sciarrino with that of Adès and his new Études pour piano n°4, 5, 6, "isolated works of varied dimensions, like a collection of poems, some of which work on the keys alone and others will explore the piano in the strings, by hand or with plectrums."

A highlight of the Parisian venue’s season, combining intensity and diversity, from the serialism of Boulez’s second sonata to the general language of Neuburger's studies, which, according to the composer, reconnects "with a certain modality, or poly-modality, due to the fact that there is only one single melodic pattern generator for all the works."

On 20 and 21 December, the Mulhouse Symphony Orchestra will perform the world premiere of Michel Tabachnik's cello concerto, conducted by the composer himself. The cello of Gautier Capuçon will have the honour, in this work with the evocative name of Sumer, of "evoking the litanies, accompanied by an orchestra which echoes them" with a "strange and throbbing music that announced, in the ancient Sumer, the epics of the first gods, the stories of an original Genesis, the profane dances of joys and sorrows," in the words of the legendary conductor, composer of symphonic frescoes that are always striking.