Mexique, musique d'aujourd'hui

In this concert dedicated to current Mexican creation, Hilda Paredes holds a special seat.

Born in Mexico, Hilda Paredes studied in London while maintaining connections with her homeland, teaching at the University of Mexico and working as a radio producer. Paredes was particularly affected by the oeuvre of the Chilean surrealist poet Vicente Huidobro, founding poet of Creationism movement and friends with Apollinaire, Cocteau, Breton, and Eluard. The foundation of Altazor is a work on language, breathing, and vocal inflections.

• Mario Lavista Reflejos de la noche
• Jorge Torres Sáenz Cicatrices de luz
• Jorge Torres Sáenz Por entre el aire oscura
  
• Hilda Paredes Canciones lunaticas, three songs based on the poems of Pedro Serrano
• Hilda Paredes Altazor, based on a poem by Vicente Huidobro, commissioned by the Festival d’Automne à Paris, produced in the IRCAM studios, premiere

Guillermo Anzorena baritone
Jake Arditti countertenor
Mathieu Steffanus clarinet
Ensemble L'Instant Donné
Conductor James Weeks
Quatuor Arditti
IRCAM Computer Music Design Lorenzo Bianchi

An Opéra national de Paris, Festival d'Automne à Paris coproduction in partnership with IRCAM-Centre Pompidou.

Concert recorded by France Musique. The concert will be broadcast in Arnaud Merlin's radio show "Les Lundis de la contemporaine" Monday, January 2.