Solo parts for Pierre Boulez' Répons
Application is only for former participants of the Lucerne Festival Academy.
Concert
Saturday, 23 August, 2025 | 11.00 | KKL Luzern, Lucerne Hall
Program includes
Pierre Boulez Répons
Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra (LFCO)
Jonathan Nott conductor
IRCAM Production Team music informatics and live electronics
To mark the 100th birthday of the Academy founder and composer Pierre Boulez, his work Répons will be performed as part of the Lucerne Festival Academy 2025. The six solo parts in the work will be played by members of the Academy network; three of these have already been determined as part of the Contemporary Leaders program. This application applies to the three remaining solo parts: two for piano and one for percussion.
Répons is written for six soloists, chamber ensemble, computer sonics and live electronics. The title “Répons” is the French word for responsorium, a “dialogue” between cantor and congregation. Boulez’ work often shows an affinity for responsorial forms; in Répons, one hears dialogues of very different kinds: between the chamber ensemble and the soloists: between instrumental families, instrumental groups and individual instruments treated as soloists within the chamber ensemble itself: between the instruments of the soloist group: between transformed and untransformed sound (the soloist group is manipulated electro-acoustically, while the chamber ensemble remains unalienated).
Instruments required
We are looking for the three solo parts:
1 percussion
2 piano
The other solo parts have already been determined as part of the Contemporary Leaders program.
Rehearsal periods
Arrival Day: Sunday, 17 August, 2025
Departure Day: Sunday, 24 August, 2025
All rehearsals will take place in Lucerne.
Fee
CHF 1’500.-- gross per soloist (plus travel and accommodation)
Travel
Lucerne Festival will organize and cover the travel of each soloist to and from Lucerne. On ecological grounds, Lucerne Festival will avoid flight-based travel wherever possible.
Accommodation
Lucerne Festival will arrange and cover the cost of accommodation (single hotel rooms with breakfast) for each soloist.
Application requirements
– Video recording of the required audition repertoire and excerpts
– Curriculum vitae in English (maximum of two pages)
– Motivation letter (max 500 words) describing why you would be interested to join the LFCO and perform as part of the six soloists for Répons
– Photo (headshot)
Selection process
The selection will be made by the Lucerne Festival Contemporary Leaders. The results of the selections will be announced by mid March 2025. There is no right of legal appeal. No correspondence regarding the decisions will be conducted. Applicants must include video recordings of themselves; the recording must be uploaded online. Please note that the recording must not be edited in any way.
Application deadline
Sunday, February 16, 2025 (23:59 CET, Swiss time)
Contact
academy@lucernefestival.ch
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Anmeldeschluss ist der 16.02.2025.