Duo Cordes&Âmes 2017-18 Season
SUMMARY Duo Cordes&Ames Olivier Pelmoine Sara Chenal Side projects Discography Biographies Contacts Cordes et Ames 2017-2018 portfolio – Contact : Tiphaine Kervaon – cordesetames@gmx.us
duo
Sara Chenal (violin)
Cordes&Âmes
Sara and Olivier, a musical fable about tamed opposites. Two contrasting instruments impose themselves on the magnetic field of conciliations, exploring together the confines of genres that were thought to be restricted. From atypical harmonies to magical confrontations, the duel and duo invites us to travel: the borders fade to the benefit of crossed influences, the music of yesterday reinvents Modernity and we let ourselves be carried, over the staves, on a musical terra nova that one leaves regretfully, until the next concert. A very special alchemy links the rubbed strings and the scraped strings. The two instruments are exposed in their similarities and singularities, creating, as painters for the closed eyes, new colors that sometimes agree, sometimes oppose, for grandiose contrasts and vibrant osmoses. It is the story of two kindred spirits ; of two souls and ten strings that no discord can untie. The journey is never the same: it goes further each time, for our greatest joy. The unknown is not hostile when these two virtuosos bring it to light. "…There is a rare link between those two. Osmosis of strong, rigorous, weightless, dancing, sensitive, brilliant sets. A modern romanticism, a wide open fan … " The duet "Cordes et Âmes (Strings and souls)" (journal La Marseillaise)
Olivier Pelmoine (guitar)
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Programme 2017-18
« Five seasons » Contemporary interpretations
Astor PIAZZOLLA (1921-1992)
Verano Porteño (musical arrangements Sara Chenal)
Antonio VIVALDI (1678-1741)
L’Autunno Allegro, Adagio, Allegro (guitar arrangements Tristan Manoukian)
Astor PIAZZOLLA (1921-1992)
Invernio Porteño (arrangements Sergio Assad / Sara Chenal)
Antonio VIVALDI (1678-1741)
L’ Inverno Allegro non molto, Largo, Allegro (guitar arrangements Tristan Manoukian)
Astor PIAZZOLLA (1921-1992)
Three tango seasons in Buenos Aires, in Piazzolla's Argentina, it was yesterday. Two concert seasons in Italy, 300 years earlier ... Between harmony and invention, nature does not choose, and this show is inspired by it. A daring encounter arranged so precisely that these five seasons across time and continents sow a lush garden between our two ears.
Primavera Porteño (arrangements Sara Chenal) (subject to change without prior notice)
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2017-18 Program
« In-between» Original creations Just as the traveling Belle-Dame, two twin bees in-between flutter from one end of the world to the other and carry us along. Cosmopolitan, intimate and inspired, it is the fruit of the incredible complicity that binds these two artists and their cherished composers This program is all about mutual enlightenment,
"...More than a concert, a real show…These two musicians know howto appear and perform on stage to pass the cap of the classical concert and enter in symbiosis with their public …"
(Nice-Matin newspaper) Eric PÉNICAUD, born in 1952 - Marocco Jubilatio for violin-guitar (creation 2008)
François ROSSÉ, born in 1945 - France Taïgo (creation 2007)
Pascale JAKUBOWSKI, born in 1964 - Algeria XBB for amplified guitar and electro-acoustic environment (creation 2016)
Migration de la Belle-Dame Vanessa Cardui For violin and electro-acoustic environment (creation 2017)
Arvo PÄRT, born in 1935 - Estonia
Fratres (arrangement for violin and guitar 2014)
Atanas OURKOUZOUNOV, born in 1970 - Bulgaria Toryanse Tales Micro Infinity I (creation 2017)
Arturo GERVASONI, born in 1962 - Argentina Ir (creation 2015 )
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Olivier
Pelmoine
« We tend to believe that human emotions are opposed, and yet. Olivier Pelmoine's music makes us discover how sadness and joy are close, how weakness and strength get along perfectly. He has something of John Fante's heroes: born adult but child forever. A warm, tumultuous and free play, but in the precision and concentration proper to the talents that never fall for vanity, and tirelessly seek the fault and push their limits. Perfectionism such as to the ear is crystal clear. » « Mastering his instrument as a mother tongue, he knows how to express all the richness of a soul, be it of wood or of skin. He plays on our sensitive chords with the precision of the greatest, but always with this disarming nature, this casualness mixed with humility that almost literaly strikes us.
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2017-18 Program « "... I was won over and the rest of the audience also seemed enthralled..." (Classical Guitar magazine) "...A musician with undeniable talent, in perfect harmony with his instrument..." (La Nouvelle République)
Heitor VILLA-LOBOS (1887-1959) Cinq préludes Frédéric JACQMIN (born in 1965) Cinq parenthèses (creation 2017) Astor PIAZZOLLA (1921-1992) Cinco piezas Pascale JAKUBOWSKI (born in 1964) XBB For amplified guitar and electro-acoustic environment (creation 2016)
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Original creations
Sara
Chenal
«Grace is a fleeting state that art sometimes reveals. An unfocused painted gaze suddenly animated by the last gesture of a great painter, the floating step of a dancer whom, as an autumn leaf, seems lifted and carried away by the wind, and this impossible alliance of tension and weightlessness, this exquisite flexibility that sharpens each note and bring it to life in every interpretation of Sara. Passion transfigures this fragile beauty: she plays as she breathes, in perfect communion with her violin. Such sincerity transforms the listening experience, capsizes the listener who feels every volute, every volume of sound that laughs, leaps, twirls or cries. The music flies away, literally. »
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2017-18 Program
«Violin Queens» A moving tribute to the greatest female composers
Sara Chenal (violin) & Jean-Pierre Ferey (piano) A journey across the universe of the greatest french female composers from the XIXth and XXth centuries. «Remarkable achievement, a model of its kind » (Musical Education journal)
Pauline VIARDOT (1821-1910) Romance Bohémienne Berceuse Mazourke Vieille Chanson Tarentelle Lili BOULANGER (1893-1918) Nocturne Cortège D’un matin de printemps Christel MARCHAND (born in 1958) Une Hymne Mel BONIS (1858-1937) Jour de Fête Sous la ramée Cortège champêtre Cécile CHAMINADE (1857-1944) Capriccio
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Sine Qua Non & Olivier Pelmoine
Programme 2017-18 «Notas Hispànicas» Classiques espagnols The quartet Sine Qua Non (Sara Chenal and Virginie Turban, violins, Catherine Demonchy, viola, and ClaireLise Demetre on cello) pay a heartfelt tribute to M. De Falla and J. Rodrigo. This concert surprises by its ingenuity and its creativity. The richness of classical Spanish music is fully expressed by the passionate fervor of the instruments and the support of splendid texts.
Manuel DE FALLA (1876-1948) Chansons populaires espagnoles L'amour sorcier Joaquin RODRIGO (1901-1999) Concerto d'Aranjuez : Allegro con spirito Adagio Allegro gentile Arrangements by Sara Chenal (subject to change without prior notice)
"On the menu, one of the best young guitarists in France, Olivier Pelmoine, accompanied by a dream quartet named Sine Qua Non ... The musicians have delighted the audience by playing two monuments of Iberian music ." (La Nouvelle république) " « A transcription of Aranjuez concerto full of emotion and authenticity ... " (magazine Guitare Classique)
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Discography
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2015"Violon au féminin" & "Lumières de femmes" (DVD) (label Skarbo) "Remarkable double achievement in terms of audio and audiovisual: a model of its kind… " (Musical Education Magazine, November 2015)
2014 "Opus Guitar" (label Skarbo) "Guitarists, discophiles, eager for originality, unexpected or strong feelings and multiple emotions, as well as music lovers of all kinds will admire this program revealing unsuspected guitar possibilities and sounds… " (Musical Education Magazine, December 2014)
2012 "Chansons populaires espagnoles" (label Skarbo) " Sara Chenal and Olivier Pelmoine do wonders in the expressive inventiveness to render the passion and dramatic intensity of this music ... There is this rare sense of accentuation and this rhythmic subtlety without which this music would lose its deepest meaning." (Classic Guitar Magazine, September 2012)
2009 "San Telmo" (label Skarbo)
« A record to cry, laugh and dance ... Remarkable sound, remarkable virtuosity, remarkable sensitivity ... in short a remarkable record ! "
(Musical Education Magazine, February 2010)
2007 "Taïgo" (label Skarbo)
« The quality of this performance is impressive, with Sara Chenal's astonishing palette of timbres and the expressive precision of Olivier Pelmoine's play " (Guitar Magazine, October 2007)
2005 "Guitar Works" (e-label cordes et âmes)
" As a soloist in this CD, Olivier Pelmoine performs an ambitious program with a clear and expressive guitar play, fully expressed in Regondi's very romantic reverie" (Classical Guitar Magazine, August 2007)
2003 "Cordes et âmes" (autoproduction) " For its record debut, the duet was well advised to offer, alongside well-known works interpreted with vitality and sensitivity, a judicious choice of contemporary works that capture and hold attention. To discover and follow ! (Guitar Diffusion magazine, October 2005)
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Biographies
Olivier Pelmoine There are trips that we do not forget. For the country and people that we meet, of course; but also for the one who makes you discover and love them. Olivier Pelmoine goes beyond the boundaries of the classic and drives his guitar to Terra incognita. He is in the marvelous land of sound, where we travel eyes closed.
Olivier Pelmoine begins playing the guitar as a child and gets passionate immediately. He soon reveals an extraordinary potential. He naturally directs his studies towards the discipline that already occupies his time and thoughts. His career will be marked by honors. Graduated from the National Conservatory of Music of Paris (« very good » award) and of the Ecole Normale de Musique of Paris (superior execution diploma unanimously), he won the first award of the springboard young talents at the international guitar festival of Montpellier (2000). He also won the international competitions of Ville d'Avray (in honor of Maurice Ohana) and the Ré island in 2002. In 2005 and 2014, he recorded two critically acclaimed solo albums. Art professor, he teaches guitar at the Regional Conservatory of Dijon, at the School of Music Bourgogne Franche-Comté, and via internship and master classes. Artistic director of the event "Guitars in Dijon", he founds the association "Cordes d'Or" in 2003. As a soloist, in chamber music or with orchestra, Olivier Pelmoine, an eclectic concert artist, performs regularly in concert in France and abroad (Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Belgium, Africa, India, Japan, Philippines, Canada …). Olivier Pelmoine is currently preparing a new album and tour.
Sara Chenal Sara Chenal is passionate about violin since her youngest years. An obvious gift and a clear link with this instrument encourage her to develop this talent. Member of the Dijon Opera from 1996 to 2001, she moved, after her first prize at the National Conservatories of Paris and Lyon, towards a career as a soloist and chamber musician with the guitarist Olivier Pelmoine. Since 2006 she has been the first violin of the Sine Qua Non quartet, of which she is the founding member, and plays frequently in other chamber formations. Sara is a violin and chamber music professor at the Conservatoire de Paris 9ème. She has given several master-classes in France and abroad (Nigeria, Tunisia...). Her last album « Violon au féminin », dedicated to French female composers (with the pianist Jean-Pierre Ferey, label Skarbo), has been critically acclaimed from the US to Japan. She has performed in France and abroad, notably in Paris, Cité de la Musique, Théâtre du Châtelet, Salle Cortot, Salle Gaveau, at Olympia, as well as in many exceptional and historical places. : The Basilica of Vézelay and that of Mont St Michel, the Palais des Papes in Avignon or the Graslin Theater in Nantes. She is frequently asked on television or radio ("Dans la cour des grands", "A la breve", "En pistes" or "Carrefour de l'Odeon". Invited as a soloist or solo violin in orchestral ensembles, she is also involved in many ensembles of contemporary music and is a dedicatee of several pieces (JeanYves Bosseur, Arturo Gervasoni, François Rossé, Pascale Jakubovsky, Atanas Ourkousounov ...)
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Cordes & Âmes Duet Discipline and eclecticism on the one hand, strength and finesse on the other hand, certainly characterize the spirit of this duet, all about brilliant contrasts. A vibrant and sensual play serving a perfect instrumental mastery, an obvious complicity, communicative with the public, are all elements contributing to the successful alchemy of this duet. Created in 2001, the duo won the following year two international chamber music competitions and received a « very good » mention chamber music prize at the National Music Conservatory of Paris in 2005. The duet then built himself a tailor-made repertoire, made of long existing masterpieces and creations written for them, enriched by improvisation and personal transcriptions: music of all times and all horizons, ancient, classical, contemporary, musics of Europe of East, Spain or South America, offered to the public with art and enthusiasm. After more than 600 concerts in France and abroad (Italy, Spain, Germany, Nigeria, Tunisia, India, Japan, Philippines, Canada, Caribbean …), the violinist Sara Chenal and the guitarist Olivier Pelmoine definitely excel on stage, where their collaboration offers us a very beautiful musical presence: a rare understanding, a duo of strings and souls. Three albums are currently available at the Skarbo label: Taïgo (2007), San Telmo (2009) and Chansons populaires espagnoles / Spanish Popular Songs (2012).
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Quatuor Sine Qua Non The Quatuor Sine Qua Non was founded in 2006, by four musicians graduated from the National Conservatories and Superior Music of Paris and Lyon. Their multiple backgrounds and sensibilities (baroque, contemporary, pop rock, world music, educational research) are so many enrichments that merge into the quartet and make it a protean ensemble. Very quickly they are brought to play in prestigious places, in France (Olympia, Theater Mogador, Unesco, City of music in Paris, Castle of Fontainebleau, Imperial Theater of Compiegne, Théâtre Sébastopol in Lille ...) and abroad ( Cameroon, United Arab Emirates, Morocco, South America ...) and perform in many festivals. The Quartet likes to broaden its horizons, and thus plays in collaboration with eclectic artists such as Olivier Pelmoine, Emilie Simon, the quintet Arte Combo, singers Fabrice Di Falco or Marc Perronne and many others. The Quartet also creates many original shows (The Assassination of the Duke of Guise around the film of A.Calmettes in 2008, Bang and Olufsen in 2008, show mixing the quartet with high technology, The 8 seasons of A.Vivaldi and A. Piazzolla in 2009, The Sorcerer's Love in 2010, etc.). In 2012, they decide to put female composers in the spotlight and begin to explore the vast repertoire of quartets written by women, so little known from the public. They also participate in chamber music masterclasses, and intervene as well in schools or prisons, especially during the 2015 and 2016 editions of "Musician in Guadeloupe" and "Musician in Martinique". Cordes et Ames 2017-2018 portfolio – Contact : Tiphaine Kervaon – cordesetames@gmx.us
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