Luciano Berio en drôle de compagnie au Festival d'Automne

L'Ensemble intercontemporain, Vimbayi Kaziboni et Sarah Aristidou dans les Folk Songs

L'Ensemble intercontemporain dans Irrlicht

Vimbayi Kaziboni dirige l'Ensemble intercontemporain

By Chloë Rouge, 25 October 2025

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“S.M.B. de Zara Ali aurait mérité d’être plus longue et d’être placée en clôture du concert”

Reviewed at Philharmonie de Paris: Salle des concerts de la Cité de la musique, Paris on 24 October 2025

Glojnarić, Pure Bliss

Reiter, Irrlicht

Zheng, Cauldron of Mania (world premiere)

Ali, S.M.B. (South Memphis, Bitch) (world premiere)

Berio, Folk Songs

Ensemble intercontemporain

Vimbayi Kaziboni, Conductor

Sarah Aristidou, Soprano

Ensemble intercontemporain revel in the sounds of our time

Christopher Woodley, 3rd May

The charismatic Ustina Dubitsky leads EIC in first-rate performances, including a world premiere from Katherine Balch, to support of Wigmore Hall's flagship ‘Voices of Today’ initiative.

*****

In Lucerne, Enno Poppe kicks things off in style

Elodie Olson-Coons, 13th August

The Lucerne Festival's 2023 composer-in-residence conducts a masterful Prozession alongside the world premiere of Blumen.

****1

Masters of style and grace: Ensemble intercontemporain in Huddersfield

Christopher Woodley, 19th November

Ensemble intercontemporain finally make it to the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival – and leave an indelible mark with their unrivalled artistry.

*****

A late night homage to Pierre Boulez

James Imam, 2nd September

This Late Night Prom was a fitting way to remember the man. Such events draw a lighter scattering of musical night owls, minimising the hall and allowing for meditative concentration.

****1

Neuwirth’s Le Encantadas in Lucerne

Sarah Batschelet, 14th August

At the Lucerne Festival, composer Olga Neuwirth, Ensemble Contemporain and a sound team from IRCAM recently shone in a theatrical performance of an complex and ocean shore-inspired score.

*****

A Pierre Boulez hommage in Lucerne

Sarah Batschelet, 23rd August

The Lucerne Festival recently celebrated the life and musical achievement of the great French composer and conductor Pierre Boulez on the occasion of his 90th birthday.

***11

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Chloë Rouge

Après des études d’histoire de la musique au CRR de Paris et de musicologie à l’EHESS avec pour ce sujet de recherche les compositeurs-chefs d’orchestres, Chloë Rouge devient enseignante de formation musicale au conservatoire Maurice Ravel du 13^e arrondissement de Paris. Particulièrement intéressée par la musique contemporaine et la médiation de la musique, elle commence la critique musicale pour le journal Altamusica et rédige des notes de programme pour différentes institutions (Festival de La Chaise-Dieu, Radio France). Depuis 2024, elle fait partie de la commission musique contemporaine de l’Académie Charles Cros.

Les Folk Songs de Luciano Berio en drôle de compagnie au Festival d'Automne