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  • Matthias Pintscher, © Photo: Jeremy Garamond
    Matthias Pintscher, © Photo: Jeremy Garamond
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Olivier Messiaen's Des Canyons aux étoiles by the Ensemble intercontemporain and Ensemble of the Lucerne Festival Alumni

About the Event

Matthias Pintscher conducts two talented ensembles, along with virtuoso soloists, in a performance of Olivier Messiaen's evocative
Des Canyons aux étoiles.


Des Canyons aux étoiles was composed in celebration of the bicentenary of the United States Independence, and transcribes in music the strong impression made by the desert landscape and its birds on the composer. For this concert, the performance will be accompanied by a visual counterpoint by contemporary artist Ann Veronica Janssens.

Cast / Production

Ensemble intercontemporain
Ensemble of The Lucerne Festival Alumni
Matthias Pintscher, direction
Hidéki Nagano, piano
Jean‐Christophe Vervoitte, horn
Victor Hanna, xylorimba
Samuel Favre, glockenspiel
Ann Veronica Janssens, visual creation

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