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« Le Noir de l’Etoile » by Gérard Grisey was created on March 16th, 1991 at the Ars Musica Festival in Bruxelles. Six percussionists are placed around the audience. The original creation required the presence of sand on the ground — the day of the world premiere and the day of the French premiere in Strasbourg will […]
From left to right: Keiko Nakamura, Jean-Paul Bernard, Guillaume Blaise, Claude Ricou, Vincent Vergnais, Christian Hamouy. © Archives Percussions de Strasbourg In the late 80s, new members arrived at the Percussions de Strasbourg, thus filling the vacant spots left by Georges Van Gucht (who became Artistic Director for the band) and Gabriel Bouchet. […]
A poster for the band’s 25th anniversary. In September 1987, three pieces were created for the Musica Festival (Strasbourg): Etres Fins en mouvement by Malek Kolepent Clivages I by Emmanuel Nunes Jungle Style by Daniel Tosi […]
A picture of the Percussions de Strasbourg with John Cage in 1987. From left to right: Jean-Paul Bernard, Jean-Pierre Bédoyan, Christian Hamouy (wearing pink), John Cage, Gabriel Bouchet, Claude Ricou, Georges Van Gucht and François Dahlman in the back. © Archives Percussions de Strasbourg […]
« Idmen », a creation by Iannis Xenakis for the Cluj Antifona choir, on July 24th, 1985. It was directed by Edmond Colombier at the occasion of the Europa Cantat Festival in Strasbourg. On the front of the stage, from left to right: Keiko Nakamura, Christian Hamouy, Jean-Pierre Bédoyan, Iannis Xenakis, Edmond Colombier, Georges Van Gucht, Gabriel […]
A picture of the score for « Darkness », first version, 1984, Ricordi editions. […]
From front to back: Keiko Nakamura, Georges Van Gucht, Christian Hamouy, Claude Ricou, Jean-Paul Finkbeiner and Gabriel Bouchet (1983). © Archives Percussions de Strasbourg This decade saw changes in the team of the Percussions de Strasbourg. While some original members stepped aside, new musicians arrived to stay as permanent members: Christian Hamouy, Keiko Nakamura and […]
National news broadcast of the evening (TF1 20h), « Percussions de Strasbourg ». Produced by Boulogne Billancourt. Télévision Française 1 (TF1), 1982. © INA […]