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Présences 2025 celebrates Georges Aperghis, a longtime collaborator of IRCAM and a pioneer of musical theater. Known for his wild mechanisms and multiple narrative engines, Aperghis unveils Trompe-oreilles , a new work featuring trumpeter Marco Blaauw, surrounded by a chorus of animal and electronic entities. Voice remains essential in his work and also resonates in a new piece by composer and vocalist Sofia Avramidou. Donatienne Michel-Dansac soprano* Sofia Avramidou voice** Marco Blaauw trumpet Ninon Hannecart-Segal piano Nicolas Crosse double bass Rémi Le Taillandier*, Dionysios Papanikolaou** IRCAM electronics Georges Aperghis Pubs / Rekamen (extraits) * Dans le mur ** Trompe-oreilles  - Premiere 2026 Commissioned by Radio France and IRCAM Sofia Avramidou Dimorphos Delta / folk song 7 - Premiere 2026 Commissioned by Radio France and IRCAM <img src="/media/uploads/lignejaune-100x2.png" alt="" width="100" height="3" /> <h3>Pre-concert</h3> <img caption="false" height="14" src="https://www.ircam.fr/media/uploads/thumbs/carre-jaune.png/carre-jaune-15x14.png" width="15" />  Screening of the documentary Georges Aperghis, un regard sur le monde by Éric Darmon and Arnaud Merlin, 5 PM, salle Stravinsky <img caption="false" height="14" src="https://www.ircam.fr/media/uploads/thumbs/carre-jaune.png/carre-jaune-15x14.png" width="15" />  Le Pari de l’&oelig;uvre — Georges Aperghis: Luna Park, 7 PM, salle Stravinsky

Présences 2025 celebrates Georges Aperghis, a longtime collaborator of IRCAM and a pioneer of musical theater. Known for his wild mechanisms and multiple narrative engines, Aperghis unveils Trompe-oreilles , a new work featuring trumpeter Marco Blaauw, surrounded by a chorus of animal and electronic entities. Voice remains essential in his work and also resonates in a new piece by composer and vocalist Sofia Avramidou.

Donatienne Michel-Dansac soprano*
Sofia Avramidou voice**
Marco Blaauw trumpet
Ninon Hannecart-Segal piano
Nicolas Crosse double bass
Rémi Le Taillandier*, Dionysios Papanikolaou** IRCAM electronics

Georges Aperghis Pubs / Rekamen (extraits) *
Dans le mur **
Trompe-oreilles - Premiere 2026
Commissioned by Radio France and IRCAM
Sofia Avramidou Dimorphos Delta / folk song 7 - Premiere 2026
Commissioned by Radio France and IRCAM

Pre-concert

Screening of the documentary Georges Aperghis, un regard sur le monde by Éric Darmon and Arnaud Merlin, 5 PM, salle Stravinsky
Le Pari de l’œuvre — Georges Aperghis: Luna Park, 7 PM, salle Stravinsky

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Co-production: Radio France, IRCAM–Centre Pompidou. Concert recorded by France Musique.

Le compositeur Georges Aperghis

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Projection of the film “Georges Aperghis, Un mot d'après l’autre"

Saturday 31 January 2026
Ircam

Film about the creation of his latest work, Selfie in the Dark, dedicated to his wife Édith Scob