L’oriole mixes the string colors from the violin and cello with a timbral mechanism made of transducers set on sounding bodies. The sound of the acoustic instruments vibrates through different materials, offering new possibilities of colors and textures drawn from these suspended resonators. Eery and acute, the music thus flutters in long contemplative flights and sometimes condensate in clouds of screams and raw materials.

This is part 2 of the residency:

Exploring the interdependency (working title) is a research led by the cellist Stéphane Clor and violinist Clara Lévy. Their aim is to blur the lines between acoustic and amplified sounds through a system of transducers set on their instruments but also within the space on various sounding bodies (brass percussions, wooden objects etc.)
The musical material of this project is based on repetitive gestures, prepared instruments, spectral and harmonic layouts.

Clara Lévy – violin
Stéphane Clor – piccolo cello