Contraponto: Caterina Barbieri & Eliane Radigue

by ONCEIM

9:30 p.m. Main Room

12€ / Pentágono Card 6€ Ages 6+

As part of the cycle Contraponto, ONCEIM (Orchestra of New Creations, Experimentation, and Improvised Music) presents two masterpieces from its repertoire.

The first part brings Occam Ocean, the first orchestral composition by Éliane Radigue, a historic figure in French contemporary music who passed away this year. Known for her pioneering work in electronic music and in composition using feedback and drones, Radigue translates the acoustic drone into this monumental piece. Completing the programme is the new 2026 composition by acclaimed Italian composer Caterina Barbieri, Non puoi contare l’infinito. This piece for large ensemble, voices, and electronics transposes her modular synthesis techniques into the acoustic realm. Inspired by the concept of birth and separation, the work mystically explores the transition between the finite and the infinite.

Contraponto is a series dedicated to 20th- and 21st-century composition, in which we invite local, national, and international ensembles and composers to guide us through the music of one of the most fertile periods for new ideas and forms.

Credits

Artistic direction Frédéric Blondy
Administration and production Clémentine Decraene
Booking and development Françoise Lebeau
Stage direction Aron Olah
Strings violin Patricia Bosshard, Prune Bécheau and Clara Levy
Viola Cyprien Busolini, Élodie Gaudet and Julia Robert
Cello Anaïs Moreau, Deborah Walker and Martine Altenburger
Double bass Sébastien Beliah, Benjamin Duboc and Frédéric Marty
Alto clarinet Jean Dousteyssier
Alto and bass clarinets Juliette Adam and Joris Rühl
Soprano saxophone Stéphane Rives
Alto saxophone Pierre-Antoine Badaroux and Carmen Lefrançois
Tenor saxophone Bertrand Denzler
Alto, baritone, and bass saxophones Benjamin Dousteyssier
Brass Trumpet Franz Hautzinger
Trombone Alexis Persigan
Euphonium Jean Daufresne and Vianney Desplantes
Piano Alvise Sinivia
Accordion Pierre Cussac
Guitars Jean-Sébastien Mariage and Giani Caserotto
Drums Antonin Gerbal and Julien Loutelier
Percussion Rémi Durupt
Electronic devices Jean-Philippe Gross
Computers Diemo Schwarz

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Support Onceim is supported by the Babbel association, which is responsible for the project’s administration and financial, logistical, and artistic management. | Portuguese Republic – Culture, Youth, and Sports / Directorate-General for the Arts / Portuguese Network for Contemporary Art (RPAC) / Portuguese Network of Theaters and Cinemas (RTCP)

Dst group is patron of the Contraponto series