True and Eternal Bliss!

Festival Archipel
Maison communale de Plainpalais
Genève

Programme

Sofia Jernberg
Nouvelle oeuvre
(création)

Galina Ustvolskaïa
Symphonie n°2
«True and Eternal
Bliss!» (1979) pour
voix et orchestre

Distribution

Lin Liao
Direction musicale

Ilja Komarov
Voix

Sofia Jernberg
Voix

Ensemble Contrechamps

Étudiant·e·s de la Haute
école de musique
Genève-Neuchâtel

Partenaires

Festival Archipel
Haute école de musique
de Genève-Neuchâtel
Ville de Genève

“You are not influenced by me, rather I am influenced by you”, wrote Shostakovich to Galina Ustvolskaya. Her use of clusters of instruments, his rhythmic sparseness and his dynamic accents remain a constant source of inspiration. Sofia Jernberg is part of a new generation of pioneers. In her vocal explorations, use of timbre and instrumental work, she gives rise to mesmerizing, original and extremely delicate tones, while letting improvisation and intuition play an important part in her performances.