After Barcelona, Catalan composer Ariadna Alsina Tarrés continued her training in Paris from 2009, notably at Ircam, then at the Haute Ecole de Musique de Genève in 2016, where she was hired as an assistant in the composition department. In December 2021, Ariadna Alsina will defend a thesis* at the University of Paris 8, under the supervision of Makis Solomos and Alain Bonardi, on the writing of time in mixed music. Interview with this sound enthusiast at Ircam, recorded shortly before the premiere of Split Screen Vestiges at the ManiFeste festival.

The interview with Ariadna Alsina Tarrés was conducted atIrcam on June 16, 2023 by Guillaume Kosmicki.

Selected excerpts

- Dis - till - action (2014, electroacoustic)

- L' Air cassé de la carapace for accordion and electronics with Thibaut Trosset (2016)

- Ne pleurez pas insectes for soprano, cello and electronics (2017) 

* Movement 2 (example of smooth time)

* Movement 5 (example of striated time)

- Dream Work ( 2019) - Original composition for cine-concert of mixed music for 4 instruments (saxophone, piano, percussion and electric guitar) and electronics.

- Cinq frissons méta-mécaniques in homage to Jean Tingely for accordion and two percussion instruments (2019)

nstants Fragiles includes a new work Des mots, des murs... co-commissioned by the ensemble Sillages, the Mixtur festival and Paysages Humains, and supported by the Aide à l'écriture d'œuvre musicale originale of the Ministère de la culture - DRAC Bretagne

Instants Fragiles will be premiered in France by the ensemble Sillages on September 21 at 8pm on the occasion of the ensembles festival, and in Spain on October 11, 2024 at 9pm at the Mixtur Festival in Barcelona.

Also listen to Création Mondiale, by our colleague Anne Montaron

*with choreographer Mathilde Vrignaud 

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