September 8
8 PM
Jacqueline
Olivier Pasquet and François Sarhan
followed by a group improvisation with
Bruce Tovsky, Gill
Arno (mpld), Zach Layton, Ben Owen and Michael Schumacher, composer and
director of Diapason.
Adam Kendall and Chika will be creating live video during the improvisational
sets.
"Jacqueline" was last seen in Paris, Europe. She was discovered missing from her home in Paris on November 20, 1805. There were possible signs in her home of foul play; however, no ransom demand was received. At the time of her disappearance, her home was undergoing extensive remodeling, although she was still living there. Federal and local law enforcement authorities are still actively pursuing investigative leads, and are continuing to evaluate evidence and conduct interviews regarding Jacqueline's disappearance. Jacqueline now loves electronic music. She is everywhere, she knows everything and she can do everything.
"Jacqueline" features
Olivier Pasquet and François Sarhan and makes its debut performance
at NYC's Diapason Gallery.
Olivier Pasquet is a composer and a computer-music designer. He worked as a full-time electroacoustic music designer in the creation department at Ircam from 1999 to 2004 helping composers in the algorithmic creation, realisation and interpretation of their pieces. He is now composing his own electronic music. He is also a freelance computer-music designer for various mixed music, digital artists and other creators in domains like dynamic architecture and design. He is interested in generative music and live interpretation using various inspired generalized theories. Collaborations: Comedie Francaise, Georges Aperghis, Mathew Adkins, Xavier Alvarez, Fredrik Hedelin, Brice Pauset, Francois Sarhan, Rand Steiger, Walter Feldman, Thierry Fournier, Lucia Ronchetti, Mauro Lanza, Lucas Francesconi, Rolf Wallin, Lorella Abenavoli, David Felder, Franck Bedrossian, Jean-Francois Peyret, Alexandros Markeas, William Forsythe, Jean Baptiste Barriere.
Since the premiere of François Sarhan's first work "Esquisse pour la Fleur Inverse #1" in 1995 at the Théåtre des Champs-Élysées (commemorating the 70th birthday of Pierre Boulez), Fran¨ois Sarhan has composed music in many genres : orchestra, chamber music (Bobok cycle for 2, 3, 4 et 5 string instruments), opera (Kyrielle du Sentiment des Choses, premiered at festival d'Art lyrique d'Aix-en-Provence in 2003), electronic and mixed music. His work is performed as portraits and monographic concerts (ensemble Ictus, Alternance) and he is regularly invited in residence (Octobre en Normandie, Metz, Witten, Manchester). Not only a composer, he founded a production oranisation for music theater and concerts, called crWth. He publishes his music himself (fsarhan.net) and attends many manifestations, with dance and theater. He developed his ideas about music in his book "Introduction a l'histoire de la musique", commissioned by Flammarion (2004), as well as in his upcoming book "Observation sur la musique accidentelle Modern in Frankfurt.
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