Concerts

Musical Forest

Wednesday 6 July 2022 at 20h, Le Bois d'Avaize park

Nicolas Vincent will improvise with erhu and Sampo in the heart of the Bois d'Avaize forest. Nicolas is interestedin Asian music and has a passion for the erhu, the Chinese violin little known in the West. The sounds of the erhu will be transformed thanks to the Sampo at the occasion of this exceptional concert. It is indeed rare to hear such sonorities in a natural setting...

Bring your picnic to enjoy a moment of relaxation to the sound of erhu and Sampo!

Concert preceded by a nature walk organised by the Bois d'Avaize association.

Nico erhu Carte

Restitution of the Academy

Friday 8 July, La Comète

The participants of the Sampo Academy will share their work. Premiere of the works by Przemyslaw Scheller (Poland) and Roxanne Turcotte (Canada). Private event.

De Praeteritis...

Thursday 28 July at 21h, online

The first concert of the 2022 Sampo residency. The performers have selected works from the repertoire of mixed music. The concert is recorded at "Le Piano" in Saint-Etienne and streamed on-line.

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Performers:

Eudes Bernstein - Saxophone and Sampo

Tina Ostruh - Flute and Sampo

Inês Lopes - Piano and Sampo

Program:

Brina Jež Brezavšček	Silence or They are All so Nice and Handsome	flute and Sampo
Jonathan Harvey	Tombeau de Messiaen	piano and Sampo
Fergus Johnston	Emma Coulthard's Planxty	flute and Sampo
Alexandros Markeas	Trois clins d'œil rythmés	saxophone and Sampo
João Pedro Oliveira	In Tempore	piano and Sampo

=> Watch online

In collaboration with Le Piano.

... Ad Praesens

Thursday 4 August at 20h, on-line

The second concert of the 2022 Sampo residency. Premiere of the works written by winner composers of the 2022 Sampo Contest: Youssra Khechai (France), Michele Papa (Italy) and Isotta Trastevere (France / Italy) and second representation of the work Maelstöm Chocolate by Jonathan Pontier, premiered in June 2022. Concert recorded in a private apartment in Saint-Etienne.

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