Female double bass and electronics program based on Kaija Saariaho's Folia
"Charlotte Testu is one of those performers who speak to you with an intensity made up of passion and discretion, then grab their instrument, prepare their gesture and suddenly disappear with the sound they produce. Charlotte Testu is a young performer who doesn't play an instrument, but inhabits it and transcends it to make it a servant of music.
As a member of the ensemble CBarré associated with the GMEM, it was only natural for us to invent this women's program around Kaija Saariaho's piece Folia, and to commission three pieces from three women, three new worlds for four dreams". - Christian Sebille, GMEM Director
Production
GMEM
For Black on Green and Présence:
Commandes musicales
GMEM
For Sky & Decaying sinusoids:
Musical co-commission
Festival d'art lyrique d'Aix-en-Provence and GMEM
Concert organized by la Muse en circuit
L'Atelier du Plateau (75)
5, rue du Plateau75019
Paris
DURATION
50 min.
Charlotte Testu
double bass
WORKS OF
Kaija Sariaho
Folia - 1995
Raphaèle Biston
Presence - 2015
Carol Robinson
Black on Green - 2015
Francesca Verunelli
Sky & Decaying sinusoids - 2014