With the support of the Jazz & New Music touring grant of the FACE Foundation in collaboration with the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, ISSUE Project Room (New York) aims to present two performances of the Sounding Limits program during 2021. Pascale Criton will then participate in a lecture and conversation with students of composition and microtonality at Columbia University. The Sounding Limits tour will continue in Chicago at Constellation with the Frequency Festival, and at the University of Chicago\u2019s Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry where the composer will again address an academic community through a lecture and conversation.<\/p>\n
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Pascale\u00a0Criton:\u00a0dive\u00a0into\u00a0the world of\u00a0micro-intervals\u00a0<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n Pascale Criton has been\u00a0passionate\u00a0about minute variations in\u00a0sound,\u00a0microtunings, and\u00a0multisensory\u00a0reception\u00a0for\u00a0many\u00a0years.\u00a0She\u00a0first\u00a0studied\u00a0composition\u00a0with\u00a0the\u00a0microtonal\u00a0pioneer\u00a0Ivan\u00a0Wyschnegradsky, and\u00a0continued\u00a0her\u00a0studies\u00a0with\u00a0spectralist\u00a0G\u00e9rard\u00a0Grisey, and\u00a0contemporary\u00a0music composer Jean-Etienne Marie. Pascale Criton\u00a0then\u00a0followed\u00a0electro-acoustic\u00a0training at the CIRM<\/em> (1980-82), and musical\u00a0computing\u00a0training for\u00a0composers\u00a0at the IRCAM<\/em> (1986). Her\u00a0work\u00a0focuses\u00a0on the\u00a0sound\u00a0continuum and\u00a0her\u00a0writings\u00a0use the\u00a0scordatura\u00a0(an\u00a0unusual\u00a0tuning of a\u00a0stringed\u00a0musical instrument for\u00a0some\u00a0special\u00a0effect).\u00a0<\/p>\n Between\u00a01974 and 1987,\u00a0she\u00a0was\u00a0the music\u00a0advisor\u00a0of the philosopher Gilles Deleuze. In 1999, the Ensemble 2e2m\u00a0dedicated\u00a0a portrait-concert and a publication to Pascale Criton\u00a0under\u00a0the\u00a0name\u00a0of\u00a0Pascale Criton, les univers\u00a0microtemp\u00e9r\u00e9s. Her\u00a0avant-gardism\u00a0also\u00a0pushed\u00a0the State to commission\u00a0Artefact<\/em>\u00a0(2001) for instrumental ensemble,\u00a0Ga\u00efa<\/em>\u00a0(2004) for soprano, double\u00a0bass\u00a0clarinet, percussion, live\u00a0electronics\u00a0with\u00a0real-time\u00a0video\u00a0devices, and\u00a0Histoires sensibles<\/em>\u00a0(2013) for\u00a0twenty\u00a0deaf\u00a0participants and live\u00a0electronics\u00a0among\u00a0others. Her compositions continue to cross\u00a0borders\u00a0and are\u00a0admired\u00a0by an international audience at\u00a0Tectonics\u00a0in Glasgow, at Ars Electronica in Linz, at\u00a0Ijsbreker\u00a0Institute in Amsterdam, at the Festival Archipel in Geneva, at the III\u00a0Pianoforum\u00a0in Heilbronn, and at the American Festival of\u00a0Microtonal\u00a0Music in New York.\u00a0<\/p>\n Today, Pascale Criton\u00a0is\u00a0the\u00a0artistic\u00a0director\u00a0of ART&FACT.\u00a0After\u00a0having\u00a0been a\u00a0member\u00a0of the Musical\u00a0Theatre\u00a0Company\u00a0of Les Ulis and\u00a0having\u00a0worked\u00a0with\u00a0Transcenic\u00a0in the production of\u00a0Ecrans noirs\u00a0(1982),\u00a0she\u00a0returns\u00a0to the combination of\u00a0artistic\u00a0genres to\u00a0present\u00a0with\u00a0ART&FACT performances\u00a0connecting\u00a0architecture, music and\u00a0voice.\u00a0Ausculter, \u00e9couter le\u00a0son\u00a0dans l’espace du Couvent de La Tourette,\u00a0Musique de l’Architecture, Centre Culturel de Rencontre du Couvent de la Tourette (2008);\u00a0Promenade, Voyager avec Le Corbusier\u00a0commissioned\u00a0by Louis Vuitton-La Quinzaine Litt\u00e9raire, Villa Savoye (2009) and\u00a0Music in situ, Le Corbusier et la couleur,\u00a0Rendez-vous sur l’architecture \u00e0 la Villa Savoye, Centre des Monuments Nationaux – France Culture (2009) are\u00a0among\u00a0her\u00a0creations.\u00a0<\/p>\n Soon,\u00a0she\u00a0will\u00a0once\u00a0again\u00a0present\u00a0the\u00a0Sounding\u00a0Limits\u00a0project\u00a0with\u00a0her\u00a0collaborators\u00a0Silvia\u00a0Tarozzi\u00a0and Deborah Walker in the United States. This\u00a0project\u00a0includes\u00a0a\u00a0series\u00a0of compositions\u00a0that\u00a0take\u00a0us\u00a0into\u00a0the world of\u00a0micro-intervals\u00a0with\u00a0instruments\u00a0tuned\u00a0to 1\/16th of a\u00a0tone.\u00a0<\/p>\n The\u00a0Sounding\u00a0Limits tour\u00a0with\u00a0Silvia\u00a0Tarozzi\u00a0and Deborah Walker\u00a0<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n The\u00a0Sounding\u00a0Limits\u00a0program\u00a0includes\u00a03\u00a0compositions:\u00a0Circle Process<\/em>\u00a0(2012) for solo\u00a0violin,\u00a0Chaoscaccia<\/em>\u00a0(2014) for solo\u00a0cello, and\u00a0Bothways<\/em>\u00a0(2015) for\u00a0violin\u00a0and\u00a0cello. The\u00a0Italian\u00a0string duo\u00a0Tarozzi-Walker carries\u00a0this\u00a0project\u00a0co-authored\u00a0with\u00a0Pascale Criton.\u00a0Reflecting\u00a0on\u00a0gestures\u00a0and techniques to\u00a0unveil\u00a0new musical and\u00a0creative\u00a0forms\u00a0since\u00a02008,\u00a0this\u00a0dream\u00a0team uses a\u00a0violin\u00a0and a\u00a0cello\u00a0tuned\u00a0in 1\/16th of a\u00a0tone\u00a0to\u00a0untie\u00a0time and\u00a0space.\u00a0<\/p>\n When\u00a0speaking\u00a0about\u00a0micro-intervals,\u00a0it\u00a0is\u00a0important to\u00a0keep\u00a0in\u00a0mind\u00a0that\u00a0we\u00a0are\u00a0asking\u00a0performers to\u00a0play\u00a0on\u00a0completely\u00a0different\u00a0instruments\u2026 Silvia\u00a0Tarozzi\u00a0finds\u00a0herself\u00a0with\u00a0a 4-string D\u00a0violin\u00a0and Deborah Walker\u00a0holds\u00a0a 4-string B\u00a0cello\u00a0when\u00a0they\u00a0play\u00a0the five moments of\u00a0Bothways: Shift, Talk\u00a0Trails, Coalescent, Impulse, and\u00a0Sways. The\u00a0artists\u00a0discover\u00a0new\u00a0sounds\u00a0and\u00a0rhythm\u00a0and\u00a0reveal\u00a0a unique musical\u00a0vocabulary\u00a0that\u00a0takes\u00a0us to a new dimension.\u00a0Another\u00a0proof\u00a0that\u00a0the\u00a0human\u00a0ear\u00a0has not\u00a0yet\u00a0heard\u00a0all\u00a0that\u00a0an instrument has to\u00a0offer!\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":61673,"menu_order":0,"template":"","app_discipline":[230],"app_city_tax":[221,214,223,222,220,216,224,217,225,226],"app_professional_category":[259],"app_professional_content_type":[252],"class_list":["post-61675","app_professional","type-app_professional","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","app_discipline-music","app_city_tax-atl","app_city_tax-bos","app_city_tax-chi","app_city_tax-hou","app_city_tax-la","app_city_tax-mia","app_city_tax-nola","app_city_tax-nyc","app_city_tax-sf","app_city_tax-dc","app_professional_category-music","app_professional_content_type-resources"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n