I hate new music, l'ode à la voix de Sarah Defrise

Sarah Defrise dans I hate new music

By Arnaud Saura-Ziegelmeyer, 10 June 2024

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“une performance quasi totale et un véritable plaidoyer pour la voix contemporaine”

Reviewed at Théâtre des Martyrs, Brussels on 6 June 2024

Programme to include:

Berio, Sequenza III, für Frauenstimme

Cage, The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs

Aperghis, Pub II

Schulhoff, Sonata erotica, for female voice solo

Berberian, Stripsody

Natacha Kowalski, Director

Jean-Louis Bonmariage, Lighting Designer

Sarah Defrise, Soprano

Johanne Saunier, Choreography

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Arnaud Saura-Ziegelmeyer

Maître de conférences en histoire ancienne à l'Institut Catholique de Toulouse, Arnaud enseigne également à l'Université Toulouse II et à l'Institut National Universitaire d'Albi. Passionné de musique, violoniste et pianiste, il a poursuivi en parallèle de ses études en histoire un cursus au Conservatoire de Toulouse et y a obtenu plusieurs prix. Ses recherches portent sur l’histoire des religions antiques et notamment sur l’utilisation de la musique dans le cadre des cultes polythéistes.

I hate new music, l'ode à la voix de Sarah Defrise au Théâtre des Martyrs