Programme of musical residencies, concerts, sound parades throughout the City

Sound Res welcomes to Bordeaux internationally renowned musicians (Iva Bittova, Bang on a Can All Stars, David Sheppard, Phil Kline, Madan Gopal Singh et Yaar Chaar, David Hykes, 4FiveVi, Luigi Negro and Steve Piccolo in collaboration with Luigi Presicce)

Everyone is invited to take part in the workshops, rehearsals and acoustic walkabouts from the right bank to the left, from squares to parks, from places of collective memory to those of everyday and intimate life.

The main venue for the Sound Res creative musical residency is the Conservatoire, where all guest musicians will propose sound creation workshops open to the public. Other venues will also be concerned:

> 06/10 – 14/10/2011, Conservatoire de Bordeaux Jacques Thibaud, 11h-13h (except 08/10 and 09/10/2011)

> 10/10, 11/10, 13/10/2011, Conservatoire, 15h-17h

> 08/10/2011, Centre d´animation at Grand Parc, 11h-13h

> 09/10/2011, Base sous-marine, 10h-13h

> 15/10, 16/10/2011, Centre d´animation at Grand Parc, 11h-13h et 15h-17h

Free admission, subject to availability

With the support of the Conservatoire de Bordeaux Jacques Thibaud

 

Sound Installation at the Submarine base

David Sheppard explores the architectural, physical and acoustic qualities of the Submarine Base, a fascinating place rich in history and memory, transformed into a monumental musical instrument, an echoing space resounding with the experimentations of guest musicians.

06/10-16/10/2011, 11h-20h

With the support of Meyer Sound

Sound perfomance by Ashley Bathgate, David Cossin & Marc Stewart

An original acoustic improvisation built to interact with the sound installation.

07/10/2011, Base sous-marine, 19h

Free admission, subject to availability. Booking advised at the Kiosque Culture, allées de Tourny (05 56 79 39 56).

Unsilent Bordeaux

This sonic procession is an original creation by Phil Kline. Here, ghetto blasters create a great urban symphony, in which the general public is invited to take part.

07/10/2011, starts at the Place de la Bourse, 23h

 

Music for Airport Live

The famous Brian Eno piece is reinterpreted by Bang on a Can All Stars and played live. This concert is the outcome of a workshop put together with musicians from the Conservatoire de Bordeaux Jacques Thibaud.

08/10/2011, Place André Meunier, 20h

If it rains, rendezvous at the Marché des Capucins !

Concert by Bang on a Can All-Stars

One of the most dynamic ensembles of contemporary music proposes an innovative repertoire that brings forth the classics of American minimalism and their influence in today’s music (Philip Glass, Phil Kline, Michael Gordon, Don Byron, Lukas Ligeti, Bryce Dessner et Thurston Moore).

09/10/2011, Rocher de Palmer, 20h30

Free admission, subject to availability. Booking advised at the Rocher de Palmer (05

56 74 80 00 / contact@lerocherdepalmer.fr) or the Kiosque Culture, allées de Tourny (05 56 79 39 56).

With the support of the Rocher de Palmer, Cenon

Sound performance

With the students in contemporary music of the Conservatoire, directed by David Sheppard

10/10/2011, Base sous-marine, 19h

Concert by David Hykes et Yaar Chaar

The father of harmonic singing meets a Sufi singer from India and his musicians, Yaar Chaar.

11/10/2011, Base sous-marine, 21h

Free admission, subject to availability. Booking advised at the Kiosque Culture, allées de Tourny (05 56 79 39 56).

“ In C ” de Terry Riley

A classic work in the contemporary repertory, specially reinterpreted for the occasion by David Cossin, with the students of the Conservatoire de Bordeaux Jacques Thibaud and all those musicians from Bordeaux who wish to interact with this major work of American minimalism.

12/10/2011, Miroir d’eau, Quais de Bordeaux, 17h

Sound perfomance by David Hykes et Bohdan HIlash (4FiveVi)

A collaboration between a renowned singer-composer and a musician based on improvisation.

12/10/2011, Base sous-marine, 19h

Free admission, subject to availability. Booking advised at Kiosque Culture, allées de Tourny (05 56 79 39 56).

Concert by 4FiveVi

Contemporary and improvised compositions accompanying a projection of silent films and archive material.

13/10/2011, chantier mobile, 21h

If it rains, rendezvous at the Marché des Capucins!

Concert by Iva Bittova

The great Czech singer, composer and violinist Iva Bittova, who mixes traditional

and experimental musics, in concert alongside Ashley Bathgate, David Cossin, and Evan

Ziporyn (Bang on a Can All-Stars).

14/10/2011, Base sous-marine, 21h

Free admission, subject to availability. Booking advised at the Kiosque Culture, allées de Tourny (05 56 79 39 56).

Parade Sound Res

Great Parade bringing together the musicians of Sound Res and Bang on a Can All-Stars, with several local brass bands, batucadas, the Petit Orchestre d’Instruments Inventés and all other musicians – professional or amateur. An invitation to musically invade the public space, a huge procession that will invest various parts of the city, finally converging towards the Plaine des Sports for a extraordinary musical gathering.

15/10/2011, start 20h, Miroir d’eau

Musical happening at Grand Parc

The musicians invited by Sound Res will be located inside different apartments in Grand Parc highrises, and will perform an original composition with windows wide open.

16/10/2011, Grand Parc, 19h

The emotional acoustic landscape of Grand Parc

Steve Piccolo and Luigi Nero will construct a system of public/private conversations, using recordings made in local homes. They are also laying out a sonic/emotional landscape of the city.

16/10/2011, Grand Parc, 17h – 18h30

ARTISTS AND GUESTS

Sound Res
Bang on a Can All Stars
Phil Kline
David Sheppard
Steve Piccolo
Iva Bittova
Madan Gopal Singh
David Hykes