New Music Festival 2022—contraBAND: LES ESPACES ACOUSTIQUES featuring Ensemble intercontemporian

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Saturday / February 26, 2022 / 8:00 p.m.

Studio 401

31 Hemenway Street, Floor 4—Studio 401

Boston

02215

United States

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Gérard Grisey's fascination with the physics of sound contributed to what has become known as Spectralism. Boston Conservatory at Berklee musicians sit side-by-side with members of Ensemble intercontemporain for a performance of Grisey's seminal work. Featuring Ensemble intercontemporain: Emmanuelle Ophéle, flute; Jens McManama, horn; Samuel Favre, percussion; Hidéki Nagano, piano; and John Stulz, viola.

PIERRE BOULEZ: Éclat
GÉRARD GRISEY: Les Espaces Acoustiques Prologue
GRISEY: Les Espaces Acoustiques Périodes
GRISEY: Les Espaces Acoustiques Partiels
Chamber Music TBD

Music Director, Vimbayi Kaziboni

This in-person performance is open to the general public with a valid photo ID, proof of vaccination, and facial covering. Guests who do not provide a photo ID and proof of vaccination will not be admitted.

This performance is part of Boston Conservatory’s 2022 New Music Festival, an annual event celebrating contemporary classical music by 20th- and 21st-century composers. View the full festival lineup.

The Residency of Ensemble intercontemporain at Boston Conservatory at Berklee has been made possible through Jazz & New Music, a program of FACE Foundation and the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States with support from the Florence Gould Foundation, the French Ministry of Culture, Institut français, SACEM (Société des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs de musique) and Bureau Export. Learn more at face-foundation.org.