Objective music - An encounter with Dmitri Kourliandski

Encountered for the first time in 2004, at the 3rd International Forum of Young Composers organised by the ensemble Aleph, it is today thanks to the ensemble 2e2m, of which he is guest composer, that the Cdmc and Makis Solomos join in dialogue again with Dmitri Kourliandski. This young Russian composer defines his music as ‘objective music’, marked by an absence of action. In order to bring out the originality of his aural and conceptual world, the encounter offers an autoportrait, and will then organise dialogues around key ideas such as constructivism or conceptualism, without forgetting the debate on the state of music in post-Soviet Russia.

Tuesday 12 January 10
From 18h30 to 20h30 at the Cdmc
Co-ordinated by Makis Solomos

The young Russian composer Dmitri Kourliandski (born in 1976) defines his music as 'objective music', marked by an absence of action: "I like what seems static and yet at the same time is thought-provoking. Like a river, where nothing happens, yet you can look at it for hours. If you see boats on it or people swimming, it becomes less interesting". In order to bring out the originality of his aural and conceptual world, the encounter offers an autoportrait, and will then organise dialogues on key ideas such as constructivism or conceptualism, without forgetting the debate on the state of music in post-Soviet Russia.

Dmitri Kourliandski, autoportrait 'Objective' music
Dmitri Kourliandski / Makis Solomos On constructivism
Dmitri Kourliandski /Mikhail Doubov Post-Soviet Russian Music

Musical punctuation
Dmitri Kourliandski Punctuation Marks
World premiere of the version for flute, clarinet, accordion, violin and cello
Jean-Philippe Grometto, flute
Véronique Fèvre, clarinet
Pascal Contet, accordion
Éric Crambes, violin
Frédéric Baldassare, cello
Pierre Roullier, conductor

Coproduction Cdmc-2e2m
Event organised as part of 'France-Russia 2010'