Sylvain Kassap: Sarnavo

Ars Nova, Kassap, Sylvain, Nahon, Philippe

SIG 11035

Listening to Luciano Bério's "Laborintus II" was one of the "founding shocks" of Sylvain Kassap's musical practice. The study of Luciano Bério's music also had a great influence on his debut as a composer. When the instrumental ensemble Ars Nova decides to go back to "Laborintus II", he is asked to write the first part. The pieces composed for this occasion are independent and live their own life, sometimes played in triptych, sometimes played separately. They would not have been the same if they had not been written for this neighborhood. They are all related to the work of Luciano Bério. • " Sarnavo ... this word that evokes the name of an imaginary and distant city is in fact only the anagram of Ars Nova" . Sylvain Kassap • Sylvain Kassap's journey is made of multiple points that sketch an imaginary map whose sinuosity of paths reflects his insatiable curiosity. His musical language seems drawn in an ink of indomitable freedom that would play aesthetics with malice. Clarinetist and composer, he is one of the major actors of jazz and improvised music since the end of the 70s. He is one of the founders of Laborintus, set devoted to the creation. • The ensemble Ars Nova is today considered one of the most ardent defenders of aesthetic pluralism in contemporary musical creation. Composed of 26 musicians, it strives to encourage encounters and exchanges between artists and between artists and audiences, and relentlessly pursues a twofold objective: to create and transmit. He is in residence in the Poitou-Charentes region and in Poitiers and is also in residence at L'Hippodrome, national scene of Douai and the Arsenal of Metz.

CD x 1

Radio France Signature

15.01.13

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