From November 27 to December 7, organized by the CIRM, Centre National de Création Musicale, the 40th edition of the MANCA festival will take place.
Highlights:
From November 27 to 30 at Villa Arson / Marc Chagall National Museum / L’Entre-Pont / Conservatoire de Nice / Sustainable Design School:
INTERNATIONAL ARTS and SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM of the Université Côte d’Azur
Four days honoring the latest research and experimentation at the intersection of Arts and Science. Performances, installations, and concerts will accompany this International Arts and Science Symposium, co-organized by Académie 5 “Homme, Idées et Milieux” of the UCAjedi program, funded by ANR and EUR CREATES.
Tuesday, December 3, Conservatoire de Nice – 6:30 PM
YOUNG COMPOSERS CONCERT No. 1
The MANCA Festival partners with the Conservatoire de Nice to host the 18th edition of the National Days of Electroacoustic Music (JNME)… nearly fifty students and professors from conservatories across France come together for six days of meetings, masterclasses, exhibitions, and of course, concerts! The Acousmonium (the orchestra of loudspeakers) of the Conservatoire will be set up for the occasion, allowing students or their professors to project their own compositions or those of famous names in concrete, mixed, acousmatic and other electroacoustic music…
Organized by the AECME (Association of Electroacoustic Music Composition Teachers) in association with the Conservatoire de Nice and SACEM.
Tuesday, December 3, Théâtre de Nice – 8 PM
Evening CINEMA-CONCERT with Ensemble Court-circuit: “About Nice” Film: Jean Vigo/ Music: François Paris / “Las Hurdes” Film: Luis Buñuel/ Music: Martin Matalon
Cinema-Concert evening centered around two films from the “social cinema” of the 1930s. A candid snapshot of the everyday life of Spanish peasants struck by extreme poverty in “Las Hurdes”; a satirical and poetic look at the idle bourgeoisie and the flip side of the coin with the common folk of old Nice, in “About Nice”. These two masterpieces will be accompanied by musicians from the Ensemble Court-Circuit, conducted by Jean Deroyer.
Wednesday, December 4, Conservatoire de Nice – 5 PM and 6:30 PM
YOUNG COMPOSERS CONCERTS No. 2 AND No. 3
Continuation of the National Days of Electroacoustic Music (JNME) organized by AECME.
Thursday, December 5, Conservatoire de Nice – 5 PM
YOUNG COMPOSERS CONCERT No. 4
In partnership with the National Days of Electroacoustic Music (JNME) organized by AECME (Association of Electroacoustic Music Composition Teachers) in association with the Conservatoire de Nice and SACEM
Thursday, December 5, Conservatoire de Nice – 6:30 PM
KOSMA – MANCA STUDENTS CONCERT of the Conservatoire, conducted by Thierry Muller
José Manuel Lopez-Lopez “The Art of the Nap” for accordion, ensemble, and electronics- CIRM production 2005
John Young “Three Spaces in Mid-Air” Winner of the Klang Prize 2019 French premiere
Sergey Prokofiev “Overture on Hebrew Themes” (1919) for clarinet, string quartet, and piano
Francis Faber “Slow Down – Stoned Music” (2019) trio of digital instruments (Seaboard, Sylphyo, and percussion) Premiere by Tatiana Ciampossin, Amaro Sampedro Lopez, Pierre Andréis (commissioned by the MPEi project led by Gaël Navard, UCA Conservatoire de Nice)
Guido Pedicone “Redrum” (2018), drums and electronics / Hear Strasbourg
A testament to the international dynamism of the Conservatoire de Nice in terms of creation, this concert highlights its favored fields: acousmatic music, research and creation for new electronic instrument luthes, invention of a musical style between highbrow and popular music, interpretation of modern repertoires from the early 20th to the 21st century.
Friday, December 6, Conservatoire de Nice – 3:30 PM
YOUNG COMPOSERS CONCERT No. 5
Continuation of the National Days of Electroacoustic Music (JNME) organized by AECME.
Friday, December 6, L’Artistique – 6 PM
SOLOISTS IN CONCERT / ON THE SIGN
Soloists from the C Barré ensemble
Manuel de Falla “Hommage, The Tomb of Claude Debussy” (1921) for guitar
Tristan Murail “Tellur” (1977) for guitar
Francisco Alvarado “Trace – gap” (2017) for electric guitar, harp, cymbalum, double bass, and electronics
Gabriel José Bolaños “Mombacho” (2019) for guitar, harp, cymbalum, double bass, and electronics Commissioned by CIRM | Premiere
Yan Maresz “On the Sign” (2004) for guitar, harp, cymbalum, double bass, and electronics
Musical creation is honored on the new stage of L’Artistique with a work by young Nicaraguan composer Gabriel José Bolaños, whose “Mombacho” is the culmination of work done in the CIRM studios last June and will be performed alongside works by Yan Marez, Francisco Alvarado, Manuel de Falla, and Tristan Murail by the C Barré Ensemble.
Friday, December 6, Opéra de Nice – 8 PM
Orchestra Philharmonique de Nice, directed by György G. Rath
Ana Lara “Cuando caïga el silencio” for orchestra French premiere
Béla Bartok “Concerto for Piano No. 3”
Gustav Mahler “Symphony No. 4”
The Orchestra Philharmonique de Nice also celebrates contemporary music in partnership with the MANCA Festival. Under the direction of György G. Ráth, the French premiere of Mexican composer Ana Lara will be followed by two major symphonic works of the repertoire, composed by Béla Bartók and Gustav Mahler.
Saturday, December 7, Opéra de Nice – 4 PM
Orchestra Philharmonique de Nice, directed by György G. Rath
Ana Lara “Cuando caïga el silencio” for orchestra French premiere
Béla Bartok “Concerto for Piano No. 3”
Gustav Mahler “Symphony No. 4”
The Orchestra Philharmonique de Nice also celebrates contemporary music in partnership with the MANCA Festival. Under the direction of György G. Ráth, the French premiere of Mexican composer Ana Lara will be followed by two major symphonic works of the repertoire, composed by Béla Bartók and Gustav Mahler.
Saturday, December 7, Théâtre National de Nice, Salle Michel Simon – 8:30 PM
“THE THREE KINGS” Chamber Opera by Fabian Panisello / French premiere
based on the work by Michel Tournier. Co-production CIRM, CIRM technology
Elodie Tisserand, Soprano, Ensemble Plural, conducted by Fabian Panisello, libretto and staged by Gilles Rico
Another French creation, in the form of multimedia musical theater, will close this 40th edition. It is “The Three Kings“ by Fabian Panisello, whose source of inspiration is none other than the eponymous work of Michel Tournier. Elodie Tisserand accompanied by the PluralEnsemble evolves in a scenic performance where the video – sometimes narrative, sometimes contemplative – is an invitation to our intimate perception of time and space.
