L’atmosphère poétique de la pièce se réfère au mythe d’Apsarás. Selon la mythologie hindouiste, les Apsarás sont des nymphes de la mer. Leur esprit naissant des nuages et de l’eau, elles sont d’une très grande beauté. Reconnues comme des déesses de la danse, elles dansent dans les palais, séduisant parfois les Dieux et les hommes.
Le mythe d’Apsarás réunit à la fois la discontinuité et la fluidité des mouvements, exprimant le souvenir de la sensation des mouvements de la danse et lié à la contemplation de la nature. Pour moi, la danse des Apsarás représente la liberté des mouvements, au-delà de la chorégraphie, pour s’en détacher, afin de rendre chaque mouvement, chaque déplacement audibles et sentis.
Ma pièce se termine par un enchaînement circulaire, des cercles hétérogènes, intégrant à chaque fois d’autres cercles, d’autres paramètres, telle une machine, afin de créer un état de fluidité où il devient possible de contempler les sonorités de la nuit, les harmonies et tous ces états nostalgiques nous venant de la nature.

Direction:  Lorraine Vaillancourt
Nouvel Ensemble Moderne

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Sérgio Rodrigo (Diamantina/Brazil, 1983) is a composer and multi-instrumentalist. His work integrates several creative transposing between contemporary classical music, improvisation, soundtrack and creation with technological resources. He collaborates frequently with groups dedicated to contemporary concert music, exploring also interchanges with the popular music besides projects involving partnerships with artists from literature, visual arts and cinema. Sérgio Rodrigo studied composition at the Federal University of Minas Gerais and at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia, in Rome, under Ivan Fedele. Groups such as Ensemble Intercontemporain, Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra, Exaudi Vocal Ensembel, Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, Nikel Ensemble, Divertimento Ensemble, Ensemble Court-Circuit, Ukho Ensemble, Philharmonic Orchestra of Minas Gerais, Camerata Aberta, among others, have performed Rodrigo’s music. He has participated in several composition festivals, particularly the ManiFeste and Festival Musica (France), Domaine Forget (Canada), Zeitkunst (Germany), Time of Music (Finland), Venice Biennale (Italy), International Workshop by Divertimento Ensemble (Italy),) among others. Rodrigo worked with composers such as Stefano Gervasoni, Franck Bedrosian, Brain Ferneyhough, George Benjamin, Chaya Czernowin, Yan Maresz, Daniel D’adamo, Philippe Hurel, Claude Ledoux, and others. 
Sérgio Rodrigo has twice received the "Camargo Guarnieri" composition award (2009, 2010) and the "Tinta Fresca – 2010" award in Brazil. He also received international awards in Canada (Domaine Forget Festival 2012), Mexico (Ibermusicas Prize, 2018), and Italy (“Michele Novaro” Prize, 2018 and “Maxwell Davies” Prize, 2016). 
Sérgio Rodrigo is currently doing a specialization in electroacoustic composition at the Conservatory of Strasbourg, France, with Daniel D’Adamo and Tom Mays.

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