Programmed as part of the Propagations 2025 festival at the Fondation Camargo (Cassis, 13).
Two solo instruments, the alto sax and the cello, meet live electronics whose fundamental elements are sound processing, sound spatialization and immersion. Improvisation and composition are the common denominators of an encounter that oscillates between the spontaneity of playing in the moment and the search for shared choral writing.
Fabrizio Cassol, saxophonist and composer, with his group Aka Moon and collaborations of all kinds and horizons, has studied, experimented and integrated instrumental techniques from cultures far removed from traditional Western harmonies.
Cellist Adèle Viret is also interested in distant cultures and has developed a highly personal approach to the instrument.
Lorenzo Bianchi Hoesch, musician and electronic composer, develops fluid electronics that escape the grids of acoustic instruments.
The meeting of these three worlds, in an immersive acoustic space, is at the heart of the artistic proposal.
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Lorenzo Bianchi Hoesch
Lorenzo Bianchi Hoesch is a composer and sound artist. His interests range from pure electronics to compositions for theater and dance, from soundtracks for images to interactive installations. In his compositions, he is always interested in the idea of establishing new connections between otherwise distant elements. Whether he's working on projects outside Western aesthetics, such as those with Ballaké Sissoko or Amir Elsaffar, creating immersive sound installations like Square for Ircam - Centre Pompidou or Atolls for the Musée du Quai Branly in Paris, or by collaborating with choreographers and directors such as Adolphe Binder, Michele di Stefano, Richard Siegal or Stijn Celis, Lorenzo Bianchi Hoesch studies composition and performance in relation to the spatial component of sound and the movement of bodies. Much of his work is devoted to 3D sound, multichannel and holophonic composition. He has received commissions from various institutions: Ircam - Centre Pompidou, Groupement de Recherche Musicale (GRM), Biennale di Venezia, Göteborg Opera, Musée du Quai Branly, Saarbrucken Opera, Ballet National de Marseille, RhurTriennale, Fondation Royaumont, FaceFoundation, Haydn Foundation, and many others... and has performed all over the world.
Fabrizio Cassol
Fabrizio Cassol is a Belgian composer and saxophonist.
In 1991, he travelled to the Central African forest with Stéphane Galland and Michel Hatzigeorgiou to meet the Aka pygmy tribe. On their return, they formed the trio Aka Moon, Fabrizio Cassol's main group. He has collaborated with musicians such as Frederic Rzewski, Garrett List, William Sheller, Jacques Pelzer, Toots Thielemans, David Linx, Henri Pousseur, Magic Malik, Kris Defoort and DJ Grazzhoppa), Oumou Sangare, Doudou N'ndiaye Rose, Ictus...
He has also composed for dance and theater with the Rosas company and Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker(I Said I, In Real Time), with Alain Platel(VSPRS, Pitié !, Coup de Chœurs), the Comédie Française in Paris, Tj Stan, Luc Bondy and Philippe Boesmans...
Adèle Viret
Adèle Viret is a cellist and improviser. She has followed an eclectic path, varying the role of the cello in a wide range of musical aesthetics.
She has made a name for herself in improvised music, jazz and world music projects, performing alongside musicians such as Magic Malik, Fabrizio Cassol, B. C. Manjunath, Robin Eubanks and Amir Elsaffar.C. Manjunath, Robin Eubanks and Amir Elsaffar.
Deeply influenced by the experience of intercultural creation, she created her Mosaïc collective with musicians from Bulgaria, France, Portugal and Tunisia. At the same time, Adèle participates in the Orchestre National de Jazz des Jeunes, the groups Abhra and Afriquatuors, and plays with the Belgian group Aka Moon. 2023 marks the start of her most personal projects, with the first concerts of her group Adèle Viret 4tet.
Lorenzo Bianchi Hoesch
electronics, composition
Fabrizio Cassol
alto sax, composition
Adèle Viret
cello, composition