eWave-Grame Project

• The eWave-Grame Project
• Rehearsals and Concerts schedule
• The Artists
• The Compositions
• Organisation and support

eWave-Grame project:
'Creations for flutes and live electronics'

Rehearsals and concerts schedule

• September 1-5, 2003: rehearsal week Genes, Belgium
  A first rehearsal week with the ensemble, the composers, the technician and Grame-staff.

In March 2004 a second rehearsal week was organised at Grame in Lyon, followed by 3 concerts in France:

• March 10-15/03/2004: rehearsal week Lyon, France
• March 16, 2004: Theatre Villefranche
• March 18, 2004: Theatre Bourge-en-Bresse
• March 20, 2004: Chapelle de la Trinité, Lyon / Biennale Musiques en Scène (organized by Grame)

In June 2004 a concerttour brought the ensemble to Spain and Italy:

• June 6, 2004: Museum Reina Sofia/CdMC, Madrid
• June 10, 2004: Goethe Institute/CRM, Roma

The Artists

Composers
- Sofia Martinez (Spain)
- Michelangelo Lupone (Italy)
- Yann Orlarey (France)
- Jean-Paul Dessy (Belgium)
- Wil Offermans (Netherlands)

Musicians
For the eWave ensemble:
- Cristina Fernandez Correa (Spain)
- Fabrice Philippe (France)
- Katrin Stempel (Germany)
- Lisa Dangotte (Belgium)
- Maiken Schau (Norway)
- Olivier Class (France)
- Vanessa Brenzinger (Germany)
- Vladislav Stajevic (Serbia)
- Wil Offermans (Netherlands)
- Myrto Korkoriou (Greece; only rehearsals)

Instrumentation
- 9 C-flutes
- 8 piccolos
- 3 altos
- 3 bass flutes
- 2 contrabass flutes
- 2 Thumpy flutes
- amplification by 8-channel speaker system, 9 wireless headsets

The Compositions

Un Viento Dorado by Sofia Martinez (Spain)
for flute ensemble and computer
commissioned by CDMC, Madrid

Act by Michelangelo Lupone (Italy)
for flute ensemble and computer
commissioned by CRM, Roma

The Prey's Prayer by Jean-Paul Dessy (Belgium)
for 9 flutes and birds
commissioned by Grame, Lyon and Foundation BNP Paribas

Incandescences by Yann Orlarey (France)
for bass flutes, flutes in C, piccolo and computer
commissioned by Grame, Lyon and the French Ministry of Culture

OnTheMove by Wil Offermans (Holland)
for flute ensemble and tape
commissioned by Gaudeamus, Amsterdam

Organisation and support

Project leader
Grame, Lyon (Centre National de Création Musicale):
Grame welcomes in residence the composers Yann Orlarey and Jean Paul Dessy, offers its technical equipment to their disposal as well as personal help for the realization of pieces, assures two music commissions for composers and presents two concerts in the context of the Biennale Musiques en Scène in the Theatres of Villefranche and Bourg-en-Bresse.

Co-organiser
- CRM, Rome (Centro Richerche Musicali):
CRM welcomes in residence the composer Michelangelo Lupone, offers its technical equipment to his disposal as well as personal help for the realization of the piece, takes in charge a musical commission and presents the concert in Rome.
- LIEM-CDMC, Madrid (Laboratorio de Informática y Electrónica Musical - Centro para la Difusion de la Musica Contemporanea):
LIEM-CDMC welcomes in residence the composer Sofia Martinez, offers its technical equipment to her disposal as well as personal help for the realization of the piece, takes in charge a musical commission and presents the concert in Madrid.

Associated Partner
Gaudeamus Foundation, Amsterdam (Contemporary Music Centre)
Gaudeamus assures the commission of Wil Offermans and participates at the diffusion and the circulation of the project in Europe.

Financialy support
- Programme Culture 2000 of the European Union
- BNP-Paribas Foundation.

The concerts presented by Grame in the context of the Biennal Musiques en Scène in March 2004, are co-realized with:
- Theatre Villefranche
- Music School, Villefranche
- Résonance Contemporaine
- Theatre Bourg-en-Bresse
- Music School, Bourg-en-Bresse