Origines Symphonic

Presented by Athénée Théâtre Louis-Jouvet (L-R-21-6500 / 6531 /6532 /6507 / 66503)Quartet Sébastien Farge & the Orchestra of Opéra de Limoges20h Duration 1h45Accordionist and composer, Sébastien Farge reunites its quartet and the Orchestre Symphonique of the Opéra de Limoges Nouvelle-Aquitaine for an orchestral version of Origins (2022), under the direction of Chloé Meyzie.Advisor to Maugein, last French accordion factory based in Tulle, Sébastien Farge has a deep connection to instrumental composition as well as to musical writing. For his album Origines, released on the label Laborie Jazz in 2022, Sébastien Farge gathered what he had deep inside him to give, and give, to the accordion new titles to conquer, affirm the beauty of this instrument and its sound universe. An approach nourished by decisive encounters, notably with Sylvain Luc, Bernard Cavanna and Roland Romanelli. Rewritten the following year for the Orchestre symphonique of the Opéra de Limoges Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Origins deploys in XXL version with Origines Symphonic. Under the direction of the chef Chloé Meyzie, Joined by Quartet de Sébastien Farge, the forty musicians compose a sound architecture where the accordion plays both the role of soloist and voice among the voices, and illuminates the timbral richness and mechanical complexity of an instrument too often confined to its popular uses. Chloé MeyzieWith the Sébastien Farge Quartet Accordéon Sébastien Farge Piano Amaury Faye Contrebasse Gautier Laurent Batterie Francis Arnaudet the Orchestre symphonique the Opéra de Limoges Nouvelle-AquitaineAvec the support of the DRAC Nouvelle-Aquitaine, the National Centre for Music and Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine, as part of the "Musical Dialogues"