Copyright © Sasha J. Blondeau - 2024
LAST ARTICLES AND REVIEWS
SASHA J. BLONDEAU
About "Cortèges" :
• a review by Resmusica (french 2023)
• a review by Concertclassic.com (french 2023)
• a review by Transfuge magazine (french 2023)
About "They", Donaueschinger Musiktäge :
• a review by Crescendo Magazine about the Donaueschinger Musiktäge 2022
About "Urphänomen II.b" :
• a review by Laurent Bergnach for the Anaclase website (french - 2020)
About the piece "Contre-espace" :
• an interview for the Ensemble Intercontemporain website (french - 2019)
• a review by Michèle Tosi for Wanderer website (french - 2020)
• a review by Yvan Beuvard for Crescendo magazine (french - 2020)
About Atlas "I : In principio" :
• a review on the Witten festival (deutsch - 2019)
NEXT CONCERTS AND TALKS
February, 9th 2025 - Ensemble Modern - Alte Opera, Frankfurt - (GER)
New piece for large ensemble
February, 9th 2025 - Ensemble Modern- Festival Présences, Radio France - (FR) - WP
New piece for large ensemble
November, 12th 2024 - Ayane Kawamura - Tokyo Opera City Recital Hall - (JP)
"Atlas II : Ils portent en eux un passé qui s'immisce", for violin and electronics
August, 20th 2024 - Time:Spans festival, New-York -Ensemble Talea - (USA)
"Etat d'exception" for piano and electronics
May, 2th 2024 - Wittener Tage Für Neue Kammermusik 2024 - Collective LoveMusic - (FR)
"Autres inapproprié·es" for ensemble and electronics
April, 5th 2024 - Music Current Festival, Dublin - Collective LoveMusic - (IR) - WP
"Autres inapproprié·es" for ensemble and electronics
February, 4th 2024 - duo WOVEN - Broken Frames Syndicate USA Tour! - Boston (USA)
"Urphänomen IIb", for violin and cello
January, 24th 2024 - duo WOVEN - Mizmorim Kammermusik Festival - Basel (SWI)
"Urphänomen IIb", for violin and cello
November, 12th 2023 - Festival Nouveaux-Horizons, AIx-en-Provence - (FR) - WP
"Muter", for 2 cellos
June, 8th and 9th 2023 - François Chaignaud, Orchestre de Paris and Ircam at Philharmonie de Paris - (FR) - WP
"Cortèges" for voice/dance, large orchestra and electronics - text by Hélène Giannecchini
May, 28th 2023, 10:00 p.m. - Portrait broadcast on France Musique radio - (FR)
May, 24th 2023 - Interview for ResMusica.com - (FR)
March, 25th 2023, 10:00 p.m. - Radio Broadcast, BBC radio - "New music show" - (UK)
"They" for soprano, 2 pianos, 2 percussions and electronics
March, 17th 2023 - Diotima Quartet - Ircam, Espace de Projection - Paris (FR)
"Des mondes possibles", for String Quartet and electronics.
February, 21th 2023 - Lovemusic collective - London (UK)
"Sortir du noir", for cello and electronics.
February, 20th 2023 - Lovemusic collective - Huddersfield (UK)
"Sortir du noir", for cello and electronics.
February, 17th 2023 - Lovemusic collective - Leeds (UK)
"Sortir du noir", for cello and electronics.
February, 16th 2023 - Lovemusic collective - Glasgow (UK)
"Sortir du noir", for cello and electronics.
February, 10th 2023 - Lovemusic collective - Strasbourg (FR)
"Sortir du noir", for cello and electronics.
November, 30th 2022 - ByPass festival - Toulouse (FR)
"Monstrum", flute, clarinet, oboe, viola and cello.
November 2022 - New Music Forum 2022 - Ljubljana (SLO)
"Monstrum", flute, clarinet, oboe, viola and cello.
October, 14th 2022 - SWR Donaueschinger Musiktage - Donaueschingen (DE) - WP
"They" for soprano, 2 pianos, 2 percussions and electronics
soprano : Barbara Kinga Majewska and Kwadrofonik Ensemble
September, 17th 2022 - LoveMusic collective - Strasbourg (FR)
"Urphänomen I", for violin and cello
April, 11th 2022 to March 17th, 2022 - Artist in residence at Internationales Künstlerhaus Villa Concordia, Bamberg (DE)
February, 19th 2022 - Talk at UC Berkeley - (USA)
December, 26th 2021 to February, 8th 2022 - Artist in residence at Villa San Francisco (Villa Albertine) - (USA)
with François Chaignaud and Hélène Giannecchini - for the Orchestre de Paris/Ircam Project
October, 31th 2021 - Radio Broadcast, WDR 3 - Studio Neue Musik (DE)
"Des mondes possibles" for string quartet and electronic - Diotima quartet
September, 25th 2021, 10:00 p.m. - Radio Broadcast, BBC radio - "New music show" - (UK)
"Des mondes possibles" for string quartet and electronic - Diotima quartet
August, 25th 2021 - Radio Broadcast, SRF - "Das Diotima quartet in Witten" - (CH)
"Des mondes possibles" for string quartet and electronic - Diotima quartet
August 2021 - Artist in residence at Fondation Royaumont with François Chaignaud.
June, 11th 2021 - Ensemble Intercontemporain - Philharmonie de Paris (2) (FRA)
"Contre-espace" for large ensemble - Ensemble Intercontemporain. Conductor : Ryan Bancroft
April, 23th 2021 - Wittener Tage Für Neue Kammermusik - Witten (DE) - WP
New piece for string quartet and electronic (first part) - Diotima quartet
April, 18th 2021 - Music Biennale Zagreb festival - Zagreb (CRO)
"Sortir du noir", cello and electronics - Cello : Vid Veljak
February, 17th 2021 - Radio Broadcast, SRF - "Sonnenuntergänge und Programmiersprachen : Sasha J. Blondeau" - (CH)
Portrait program
February, 6th 2021 - McGill Contemporary Music Ensemble / Forum Ircam Hors les murs - Montréal (CA) - CANCELLED - COVID
Namenlosen for 4 soloists, large ensemble and electronics. Conductor : Guillaume Bourgogne
February, 4th 2021 - McGill Contemporary Music Ensemble / Forum Ircam Hors les murs - Montréal (CA) - CANCELLED - COVID
Urphanomen IIb for piano and electronics.
November, 6th 2020 - Festival "Musiques aux Mines" - Paris, Institut des systèmes complexes (FR) - CANCELLED - COVID
"Sortir du noir", cello and electronics - cello : Marc-Antoine Novel
"Urphänomen II.b" for piano and electronics - piano : Philippe Hattat
October, 17th 2020 - SWR Donaueschinger Musiktage - Donaueschingen (GER) - WP - CANCELLED - COVID
New piece for soprano, 2 pianos, 2 percussions and electronics
soprano : Barbara Kinga Majewska and Kwadrofonik Ensemble
September, 24th 2020 - Maison de la poésie - Paris
Music for the Hélène Giannecchini lecture of her book : "Voir de ses propres yeux"
July, 12th 2020 - Ensemble intercontemporain - Théâtre du Châtelet (FRA) - WP
"Monstrum", flute, clarinet, oboe, viola and cello.
July, 2020 - ArteScienza 2020 festival - Roma (IT) - COVID - postponed
"Tesla ou l'effet d'étrangeté", viola and electronics - viola : Luca Sanzò
April, 4th 2020 - McGill Contemporary Music Ensemble / Forum Ircam Hors les murs - Montréal (CA) - COVID - postponed
Namenlosen for 4 soloists, large ensemble and electronics. Conductor : Guillaume Bourgogne
March, 19th 2020 - Biennale des Musiques exploratoires - Lyon (FR) - COVID - postponed
L'œil-écoute. Violin : Alexandra Greffin Klein
March, 1st 2020 - Radio France broadcasting - Ensemble Cout-Circuit - Paris, Maison de la Radio (FRA)
Urphänomen I. For violin and cello : Alexis Descharmes and Alexandra Greffin-Klein, soloists of Court-Circuit Ensemble.
February, 8th 2020, 8:00 p.m. - Festival Présences - Radio France, Studio 104 - Paris - WP
"Urphänomen II.b" for piano and electronics - piano : Philippe Hattat
January, 19th 2020 - Ensemble Intercontemporain - Opéra de Dijon (FRA)
"Contre-espace" for large ensemble - Ensemble Intercontemporain. Conductor : Matthias Pintscher
October, 12th and 13th 2019 - Festival Viva Villa - Fondation Lambert, Avignon (FRA)
"Ils portent en eux un passé qui s'immisce" - for violin and electronics. Violin : Hae-Sun Kang
September, 22th 2019 - Ensemble Intercontemporain - Boulez Saal - Berlin (GER) - WP
"Contre-espace" for large ensemble - Ensemble Intercontemporain. Conductor : Matthias Pintscher
September 2018 to August 2019 : Fellow at Villa Médicis, Académie de France à Rome
July 2019 - Messiaen festival - La Meije (FRA) - WP
"Ils portent en eux un passé qui s'immisce" - for violin and electronics. Violin : Hae-Sun Kang
May-August 2019 - Villa Medici - Exposition "Le vent se lève" - Roma (IT)
"Ponentino" - Electroacoustic music for a film made by Mathieu Lucas.
May, 12th 2019 - Wittener Tage Für Neue Kammermusik - Witten (GER) - WP
New piece for soprano, trumpet, clarinet, percussions and electronics.
soprano : Sarah Maria Sun, trumpet : Marco Blaauw, clarinet : Carl Rosman, percussions : Dirk Rosthbrust
January, 25th 2019 - Alexandra Greffin-Klein - Munich (GER) - WP
"L'œil-exact". For violin
January, 22th 2019 - Ensemble Cout-Circuit - CRR de Paris (FRA)
"Urphänomen I". For violin and cello
October, 25th 2018 - Notte Biancha - Villa Medici, Roma (IT)
Namenlosen (recording)
September, 19th 2018 - Semaine contemporaine du festival d’Automne « Musique aux Mines » - Paris, Ecole des Mines (FRA) - WP
"Urphänomen II" for piano and electronics. Piano : Philippe Hattat
June, 1th 2018 - Prix Sacem - Séverine Ballon - Paris, Musicora (FRA)
"Sortir du noir", cello and electronics
April, 14 to 26th 2018 - Residence in Snape Maltings (ENG)
April, 4th 2018 - Radio France recording Ensemble Cout-Circuit - Paris, Maison de la Radio (FRA) - WP
Urphänomen I. For violin and cello : Alexis Descharmes and Alexandra Greffin-Klein, soloists of Court-Circuit Ensemble.
Mars, 8th 2018 - Ircam, Lecture : "About the creation of Namenlosen" - Paris (FRA)
February, 12th 2018 - Ensemble 20° dans le noir - Paris, Espace des Arts sans Frontières (FRA)
"Sortir du noir", cello and electronics
December, 13th 2017 - Ircam - Séverine Ballon - Paris, Salle Stravinsky (FRA)
"Sortir du noir", cello and electronics
December, 13th 2017 - TALK - Ircam - PhD Defense - Paris, Salle Stravinsky (FRA)
Espaces compositionnels et temps multiples : de la relation forme/matériau
September, 24th 2017 - Ensemble Insomnio - Utrecht (NDL)
"Tesla ou l'effet d'étrangeté", viola and electronics
June 14th 2017 - Radio broadcast of Namenlosen - France Musique
June 9th 2017 - Festival Manifeste - Philharmonie de Paris - 2, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Ircam - Paris (FRA) - WP
Creation of "Namenlosen", for 4 instrumental soloists, large ensemble and electronics.
June 9th 2017 - INTERVIEW - Festival Manifeste - Philharmonie de Paris - 2 - Paris (FRA)
Interviewed by Arnaud Merlin (France Musique)
November, 30th 2016 - "Turbulences sonores" festival - Montpellier (FRA)
"Metropolis", Electroacoustic piece. Salle Pétrarque, 8 p.m.
September, 13th 2016 - ICMC 2016 - Utrecht (NDL)
"Tesla ou l'effet d'étrangeté" for viola and electronics. Hertz hall, 9:30 p.m.
May 19th 2016 - GMEM, "Les musiques" festival - Marseille (FRA)
Creation of "Sortir du noir" for cello and electronics. Cello : Séverine Ballon
KLAP Maison pour la danse - 7 p.m.
May, 28th 2015 - Percussions de Strasbourg - Creation of "Théâtre d'ombres"
Théâtre de Hautepierre (Strasbourg) - 20h
October, 1st 2014 - Musica Festival, Strasbourg (FRA)
Creation of the new version of "Tesla ou l'effet d'étrangeté"
for viola and live electronics. Concert with Philippe Manoury and Yan Maresz.
Viola : Christophe Desjardins. 18h30 : salle de la Bourse.
August 24-25th 2014 - Harvard University - Cambridge (USA)
Premiere of "Etat d'exception"
for the Talea ensemble. Concert at John Knowles Paine Concert Hall, Harvard Music Building.
2 juillet 2014 - Centquatre - Paris - Creation of Nachleben,
for Donatienne Michel-Dansac, Lionel Peintre and Richard Dubelski (soprano, baryton, percussions and electronics) for IRCAM Manifeste Academy.
21 février 2014 - Les Subsistances - Lyon - Creation of Tesla ou l'effet d'étrangeté, for viola, ensemble (12) and electronics.
viola : Christophe Desjardins, Ensemble XX-XXI du CNSMD de Lyon, direction : Fabrice Pierre. Vendredi 21 février, 20h - Salle "jardin" des Subsistances, Lyon.
15,16 et 17 février 2013 - Ferney-Voltaire - Désastre, pièce électroacoustique pour la pièce de théâtre mise en scène par Pierre Kuentz sur des textes de Voltaire et Reiko Sekigushi. Commande Théâtre du Châtelard, Compagnie "Les Infortunes". Jeu : Charly Marty, Ingénieur du son : Mathilde Billaud.
21 mai 2012 - Lyon - Soubresauts, pièce pour voix, comédienne, grand ensemble et dispositif électroacoustique. Création CNSMD de Lyon. Salle Varèse.
