Andthe Steady Rhythm of Our Breaths
Weather-Sensitive Concert
And the Steady Rhythm of Our Breaths is a multiphonic concert for a pastoral setting featuring a sound installation, two musicians, a shepherd and his dogs, a flock, and all the vagaries of the mountains. This unique piece is a subtle blend of electroacoustics, landscape, advanced technology, and rustic simplicity. It also draws inspiration from the region’s traditional oral music. It engages in a dialogue with the living world, shaped by the day’s atmospheric conditions.
We wish to share a moment suspended in time, spent in listening—a concrete reverie, a delicate moment accessible to everyone. And the steady rhythm of our breaths is an ode to the mountains, to their teeming life, to their boundless grandeur, and above all to all the beings that inhabit them.
From theResearch and Creation Program Alpages
Production
FeM collectiu
, winner of the DGCA’s “Résidences Vertes 2026–27” program, in partnership with the OFB (French Office for Biodiversity).
Coproduction
La Communauté de Communes Champsaur-Valgaudemar ; GMEM
Supported by
Maison de la Musique Contemporaine (MMC); La Coopérative — Réseau pour la création musicale DRAC PACA; Écrins National Park; CBA Musique de Création Région Sud; CEDRA 05

Iris Kaufmann
artist and ethnologist
Composer, performer and ethnologist, founder of the FeM company and co-director of the DRALHAS ciné-concert, co-produced by FeM & L'Excentrale, she has been working since 2018 on the use of bells in agro-pastoralism. As part of the BATALH! group, she is also collaborating on the invention of a new instrument, the campanophone, a device armed with bells and rattles. Since 2021, she has directed a multi-restitution research and creation cycle, "Faiseurs de Paysages", focusing on the analysis of sound composition practices used in transhumant pastoralism. She is currently working on a performance, "Beau Bruit", combining research report, ethnographic narrative and sound creation, alongside commissions for sound creations at the crossroads of ethnology, radio and electroacoustic composition.
Prapic (05)
05170Prapic
Price: Free with reservation:
https://www.champsaur-valgaudemar.com/offres/10eme-festival-de-lalpage-champoleon-fr-2347321/
Iris Kaufmann
: composition, performance
Alban de Tournadre
: composition, performance
Mathieu Semman
: computer-based music production and multiphonic performance
Marc Blancard
: acting, dogs, and herding
Marge Galvez
General Pastoral Administration