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Into the Little Hill : George Benjamin clôt le Festival Présences 2020

By Julius Lay, 19 February 2020
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“Le tout est fait avec une musicalité épatante, un rythme décoiffant qui nous happe”
Reviewed at Maison de la Radio et de la Musique: Auditorium, Paris on 16 February 2020
Programme
David, Urban Song (world premiere)
Mundry, Noli me tangere (world premiere)
Benjamin, Into the Little Hill
Performers
Samuel Favre, Percussion
Jennifer France, Soprano
Helena Rasker, Mezzo-soprano
Ensemble intercontemporain
Pierre Bleuse, Conductor
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Julius Lay
Julius Lay
Professeur de formation musicale et de violon à l'Académie Inter-Musicale de Paris, Julius Lay est un musicien éclectique. Etudiant au conservatoire de Marseille, il y obtint son DEM de formation musicale ainsi que son baccalauréat technologique musical (TMD). Il eut son DEM de violon et de musique de chambre -notamment contemporaine- au conservatoire d'Aix-en-Provence. Il est actuellement en classe de composition électroacoustique au CRR de Paris chez Denis Dufour.