Hope Ensemble

The Ensemble Hope is dedicated to the performance and creation of music of today. As well as exploring new forms of contemporary electro-acoustic technology, it integrates written musical tradition, improvisation and an adapted classical repertoire.

 The “cristal”, “sculptures sonores Baschet” and the “Titanium Euphone” form the basis of the ensemble’s sophisticated instrumental collection. The new works reflect these neglected and little-known instruments. 

 The main drive of the ensemble is based on the production of concerts, the multi-usage of the instruments, and an ever-growing development of their presentation through masterclasses and workshops.

 The ensemble has given world premieres throughout Europe (notably in Denmark, Germany, Belgium, France, Spain, Switzerland and Greece), in China, and North and South America (including Brazil and Colombia).

 Together with various specialist instrument makers, particularly Titanium Sound, the ensemble works closely with organisations devoted to acoustic research such as the “Centre national de la recherche scientifique” (CNRS/LAM).

 In 1791, Ernst Friedrich Chladni invented the “Euphone”. During the 1950’s , the French sound designers, brothers François and Bernard Baschet, invented the “orgue de verre Lasry-Baschet”, known as the “orgue de cristal”, eventually becoming the famous “Cristal Baschet”.

Today, the Ensemble Hope is actively-engaged in developing a new generation of Euphones. This collaboration involves living composers, the performance of their music, as well as sound and acoustic engineers, other performing artists, and movers-and-shakers in the international development of the combined arts of image and musical sound.

Music for Bass Cristal Baschet, Titanium Euphone, and soprano. A musical voyage through time, from the 12th to 21st-centuries.Two instruments boasting a charming and unique sonority, enhanced by the natural timbre of the human voice.

It is rare to find instrumentalists so highly dedicated to the art of these instruments.

The Ensemble Hope is the most advanced of its kind for its taste in contemporary music.

Collaborators :

Arnesen Kim, Veronika Adamicova, Lydie Arickx, Gérard Assayag, Bernard et François Baschet, Michèle Bernard, Georges Bloch, Jean Philippe Calvin, Bernard Carlossema, Caroline Carlson, Laurent Chassain, Philippe Cornus, Laurence Debordeaux, Marc Delcourt, Jean François Demeure, Michel Deneuve, Dominique Dupraz, Sébastien Farge, Filip Fourgeau, Lyne Froissart, Hugues Genevoix, Bruno Ginner, Jean Michel Hasler, Carlotta Ikeda, l’Ircam, Patrick Jude, Sae-Jung Kim, Alain Kremsky, György Kurtag, Alain Labarsouque, Laboratoire d’Acoustique Musicale, Jean-Pierre Legay, Christophe Looten, Jean Pierre Loublier, David Mascunian, Bernard Noël, Abdou Oudjedi, Martine Pernoud, Anne Elisabeth Petit, Dominique Petit, Loïc Pierre, Jaques Pineau, James Razafimanantsoa, Guy Rebel, Mike Sheridan, Roger Steptoe, Nieke Swennen, Alain Voirpy, Jean-Pierre Ulhen, Marc Ursule.

Partners : 

Chritie-Urbaka, les Ensembles Camerata Vocale, Epsilon, Cordes Sans Cibles, Méliades, Trob’art, Stolon, les Conservatoires de Limoges, Brive, Tulle, Besançon, Gap, les Festivals de la Vézère, de Saint Robert, 1001 notes, d’Uzerche, Maintenon, les Nuits de Nacre, La Fondation La Borie, les journées de la poèsie Rodez, les Musées de Thessaloniki (State Museum of Contemporary Art)/Rochechouart/ Rodez/Le Mans/Saint Claude/des Compagnons Limoges, Structures Sonores Atelier Bousquet, les Théâtres La Fabrique, Expression 7, Sur le Fil, La Passerelle, Les 7 Collines, l’Union, 

 For the premiere of "Tryptique", the group was joined by a soprano and a percussionist, expanding the ensemble to a quartet of voice, percussions, cristal and bass cristal. With repertoire based on contemporary works a chance was found to explore the richly varied 20th-century French repertoire, namely Ravel and Poulenc, Fauré and Satie.

Previous new productions have been heard in many European cities, in China and in both North and South America.

Recent productions include :

• "Paysagens plasticas e sonoras" SESC Pinheiros à Sâo Paulo. BRESIL
• "Nuit du label Entreprises du Patrimoine Vivant" ministère de PME, Grand Palais. Paris
• "Styx" création pour la Haute Ecole de Musique Genève. SUISSE
• "Premier festival anti-carbone" Théâtre de la Cité Interdite Pékin. CHINE
• "Antwerpen Diamond Conférence" Anvers. BELGIQUE.
• "Improvisation" avec l’IRCAM (OMax) Brive la Gaillarde
• "L’Ecole Buissonière" Fondation La Borie Solignac
• "3i" Concert internet, Iteractif, International, Interart, au Théâtre de l’Union Limoges
• "Sternchenlied " " Le Rituel de la Ronce​ " Musée Denys Puech. Rodez
• "Esquisses Végétales" Fondation La Borie Solignac
• "Ouvert la Nuit" France Inter Paris
  
• "Nouveaux rivages" State Museum Thessaloniki GRÈCE
  
• "L’École Buissonnière" Fondation Ensemble RTS Genève SUISSE
• "Chants de l’Âme" Abbaye de Noirlac 
  
• « White Sheet » DR Koncerthuset Copenhague DANEMARK
• "Triptyque" Medellin, Bogotta, Tunjà, Buenaventura, San Andrès. COLOMBIE