Mexique, musique d'aujourd'hui

Opera National de Paris/Bastille
Place de la Bastille, 75012 Paris
France

Guillermo Anzorena baritone
Jake Arditti countertenor
Mathieu Steffanus clarinet
Ensemble L'Instant Donné
Conductor James Weeks
Quatuor Arditti
IRCAM Computer Music Design Lorenzo Bianchi

In this concert dedicated to current Mexican creation, Hilda Paredes holds a special seat.

Born in Mexico, Hilda Paredes studied in London while maintaining connections with her homeland, teaching at the University of Mexico and working as a radio producer. Paredes was particularly affected by the oeuvre of the Chilean surrealist poet Vicente Huidobro, founding poet of Creationism movement and friends with Apollinaire, Cocteau, Breton, and Eluard. The foundation of Altazor is a work on language, breathing, and vocal inflections.


Mario Lavista : Reflejos de la noche
Jorge Torres Sáenz : Cicatrices de luz
Jorge Torres Sáenz : Por entre el aire oscura
Hilda Paredes : Canciones lunaticas, three songs based on the poems of Pedro Serrano
Hilda Paredes : Altazor