Fragrances (2015-2024)

- string quartet n°1 -  

Laureate of the Académie Charles Cros 2026 - Album "Zone Grise" (KAIROS)

Commissioned by Ensemble Links

with the support of SACEM

Dedication to Frédéric Durieux

Instrumentation : string quartet

Premiere : 27 & 28 april 2024

Cité internationale Universitaire de Paris (Maison de la Norvège)

& Salle polyvalente, Vincey - France

Performers : string quartet of Ensemble LINKS

Constance Ronzatti, violin

Laurine Rochut, violin

Elodie Gaudet, viola

Anne Mousserion, cello

Duration : 24'30'' ca.

Publisher : Lacroch'

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These "fragrances", these "sons et parfums qui tourbillonnent dans l'air du soir", are initially presented quickly, in the form of a single and introductory gesture (the first movement) before being dissected, listed, combined, developed (in the second movement) according to the traditional organization of an imaginary parfume (base note, top note, heart note), all forming a subtle and intangible sound signature in which the composer first, and then the listener, enjoys recognizing the buried memories that constructed him. The initially ethereal musical expression is gradually transformed, becoming heavy with terrestrial and organic miasms, eventually disappearing, fleeting, but nevertheless transformed in relation to its original state.