Internationally-acclaimed Ensemble Cairn travels from Paris to join forces with Argento for their season opener in New York City. Under the baton of Guillaume Bourgogne, French-American violinist Elissa Cassini will perform the world premiere of Jérôme Combier's Koussevitsky commission Conditions de lumière, a concerto for violin and ensemble.

During a pessimistic moment in international relations, Argento and Ensemble Cairn wish to highlight the positive, idealistic, generous, and creative potential of international relations.

This concert, the result of an intense transatlantic exchange of music between the two ensembles, will feature both French and American composers. In addition to Jérôme Combier's coloristic style, Gérard Pesson takes familiar rhythms and vernacular influences and orchestrates them with "noises" from all the instruments. Franck Bedrossian also explores musical “noise,” but for its darker, more dramatic potential. On this side of the Atlantic, we perform American composers Michel Galante and Nina C. Young (Rome Prize in Composition 2015-16). Michel Galante’s Camouflage (world premiere) features a large ensemble flanked on

Franck Bedrossian - Innersonic (2012) for accordion and electric guitar | New York premiere

Program jointly performed by Argento Chamber Ensemble and Ensemble Cairn

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