Pulse reflects a passion for dialogue with other cultures and a desire to connect music with contemporary issues.

Heartbeats, pulse rhythms... A vital element if ever there was one, the pulsation irrigates this dreamlike programme, born from the encounter between Thierry Pécou and his Ensemble Variances, with the Montreal ensemble Paramirabo.

The highlight of the evening is Pulse, a recent, gentle and hypnotic score by Steve Reich. In homage to this great master of the repetitive music movement, Thierry Pécou has composed Byar, a piece directly inspired by the gamelan, an Indonesian percussion orchestra. Echoing this, Missy Mazzoli and Cassandra Miller deploy rich harmonic worlds that are sometimes jazzy, often meditative. This concert will also be an opportunity to bring together the composition classes of the École Normale de Musique de Paris with the premiere of two works composed by students.