Xavier Charles
improvising musician and composer

Clarinetist Xavier Charles is a key figure on the European new music scene. An irreproachable virtuoso, he invents his own unique language and embraces the most adventurous music, waltzing between conceptual art, the punk-rock of The Ex, electroacoustic music, Ethiopian jazz, sound theater with the Roland furieux company, writing and improvisation with the ONCEIM collective and the Système Friche orchestra with Jacques Di Donato, not forgetting the minimalist work of groups such as Dans les arbres, produced by the ECM jazz label. For several years now, he has been working as a composer, exploring the question of the written or drawn interface and how to leave temporality behind.

Compagnie Roland furieux
musical ensemble

Laëtitia Pitz, director and actress with compagnie Roland furieux, has developed her stage work by paying particular attention to the resources of the world of sound. The interweaving of literature, whether repertory or contemporary, with musical creation is now the mainstay of her approach, which places listening at the heart of her projects. Encounters with musicians who invent sounds, such as Xavier Charles, and particularly the discovery of improvised music, have encouraged this happy evolution.