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  • Sangata

    Writing together a Franco-Indian adventure

    Some write travel diaries. As far as Thierry Pécou is concerned, his wanderings turn into musical scores.

    Le Figaro, 2018
Photo Jeswin Thomas / Freepik

  • Sangata means sheer connivance. This word of Sanskrit origin reflects what took place on stage in 2019. Three distinguished young Indian artists, Rishab Prasanna, Bansuri flute, Ragini Shankar, Indian violin, Amaan Ali, tabla, and Thierry Pécou, accompanied by two of his Ensemble Variances musicians, Anne Cartel, flute, and Carjez Gerretsen, clarinet, embarked on an intercultural musical dialogue of great depth and sheer joy marked by fusion and dialogue between Hindustani classical music and Thierry Pécou’s writing.

  • Not only is the enthusiastic audience captivated and moved by the soft and enticing moods, the exhilarating moments created by the rhythm of the tabla, a blend of impromptu sequences and portions as established in Thierry Pécou’s music score, but the enthused artists themselves feel there is still much more to come.

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Cast

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    Cécilia Bercovitch violin
    Rishab Prasanna bansuri flute
    Nabankur Bhattacharya tabla

  • Ensemble Variances

    Anne Cartel flute
    Carjez Gerretsen clarinet
    Thierry Pécou keyboards

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    Performance at L'Estive, scène nationale de Foix et de l'Ariège (© L'Estive / Pamela Perschke)
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    Performance at L'Estive, scène nationale de Foix et de l'Ariège (© L'Estive / Pamela Perschke)
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    Performance at L'Estive, scène nationale de Foix et de l'Ariège (© L'Estive / Pamela Perschke)
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    Performance at L'Estive, scène nationale de Foix et de l'Ariège (© L'Estive / Pamela Perschke)
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    Performance at L'Estive, scène nationale de Foix et de l'Ariège (© L'Estive / Pamela Perschke)
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    Performance at L'Estive, scène nationale de Foix et de l'Ariège (© L'Estive / Pamela Perschke)
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    Performance at L'Estive, scène nationale de Foix et de l'Ariège (© L'Estive / Pamela Perschke)
  • ALBUM

    Sangata

    Works by Thierry Pécou and Rishab Prasanna

    Ensemble Variances (Anne Cartel, Carjez Gerretsen, Thierry Pécou), Ragini Shankar, Rishab Prasanna, Amaan Ali
    (Klarthe Records, 2024)

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Reviews

  • Inventive and surprisingly familiar music, Sangata offers both hedonistic and profound pleasure. It deserves the standing ovation it received from the public.

    Le Monde, March 2018

  • Each of his ragas weaves the same magic and draws the audience into an exhilarating swirl.

    La Croix, July 2019

  • Pécou’s music, seductive and inventive, and exudes a feeling of altruism, is ideal for an intercultural encounter.

    Sud Ouest, February 2019

  • Staring off as an opportunity, the fusion of cultures ended up becoming a remarkable performance.

    Rouen Mag, February 2019

  • Pécou et ses interprètes vagabondent entre les rythmes et les modes, faisant souffler sur la partition un air vivifiant tout à la fois ensorceleur, méditatif ou jazzy.

    Musikzen, April 2024

  • Thierry Pécou was interviewed by Gabrielle Oliveira Guyon broadcast on France Musique on 22 March 2024.

  • Sangata is the "Disque contemporain de la semaine" broadcast on France Musique on 24 March 2024.

  • Read the press reviews

Performances

  • February 23, 2018
    New Delhi, Festival Bonjour India

    February 25, 2018
    Mumbai, Festival Bonjour India

    March 29, 2018
    Grenoble, Détours de Babel

    January 30, 2019
    Mantes-la-Jolie, CRD

    January 31, 2019
    Le Havre, Le Volcan

    February 1, 2019
    Rouen, Théâtre de l'Etincelle, Chapelle Corneille

    February 2, 2019
    Dieppe, CRD

    February 5, 2019
    Gradignan, Théâtre des Quatre Saisons

    February 7, 2019
    Rezé, La Soufflerie

  • October 4, 2022
    Town Hall, King's Lynn (United Kingdom)

    November 19, 2022
    Conservatoire de Nice, Auditorium Joseph Kosma

    October 1, 2024
    L'Estive, scène nationale de Foix et de l'Ariège

    October 2, 2024
    L'Estive, scène nationale de Foix et de l'Ariège

    July 23, 2025
    Espace culturel de Chaillol, Gap
    As part of Festival de Chaillol

    July 24, 2025
    Espace culturel de Chaillol, Gap
    As part of Festival de Chaillol

    May 5, 2026
    Théâtre Legendre - Le Tangram, Évreux

  • INFORMATION

    Co-production Alliance Française de Delhi / Ensemble Variances / Kalasetu.