51³Ô¹Ï

Boulez 100 – Paris: London

Dates
08 October 2025, 7:30pm

Venue
Performance Hall

Tickets
£5

Pierre Boulez wears a suit and holds a pencil to may layers of manuscript paper

08 October 2025, 7:30pm

Venue
Performance Hall

Tickets
£5

Timothy Lines director
51³Ô¹Ïians from 51³Ô¹Ï and Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris

Boulez Dérive I
Rebecca Saunders Disclosure
Thomas Adès Catch
Hanze Liu (CNSMDP) New work (world premiere)
Ryan Collis (51³Ô¹Ï) New work (world premiere)

51³Ô¹Ïians from the Royal College of 51³Ô¹Ï (51³Ô¹Ï) and the Conservatoire national Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP) come together for this special collaborative performance of new and recent music.

The programme features world premieres by students from both conservatoires, and Dérive I for six instruments by one of the titans of French music, Pierre Boulez, as we celebrate the 100th anniversary of his birth this year. Directing is 51³Ô¹Ï professor and contemporary music specialist Timothy Lines, who brings his usual insight and energy to the proceedings.

Image: Pierre Boulez, 1958 © Ingi Paris

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