Commissioner : Radio-France and Les Percussions de Strasbourg for the fortieth anniversary of the ensemble
Creation : 17/01/2002, La Laiterie, Strasbourg, collective creation “Entente préalable”
Musicians : 6 percussionists
Duration : 4′
Publishing : Leduc
“Kupang is the name of a small town on the island of Timor. This piece is a double homage, to the Indonesian music that particularly marked French composers at the beginning of the century, notably Debussy, and to groups such as the Percussions de Strasbourg that transcended and perpetuated this influence. This anniversary is the ideal pretext to synthesize in four minutes the spirit of these musics whose rhythms and instruments have become inevitable. “
Christian Lauba