This Clash is based on a simple idea: baroque and classical music already had a rhythmic power and a sense of groove long before machines, beats and turntables. Bach, Vivaldi, Mozart and Beethoven gave their time a strikingly modern vibe. If they were with us today, they’d no doubt be collaborating with contemporary producers from Air to Daft Punk, inventing new forms blending mandolin, flute and electronic strings.
This project is embodied in a new generation of musicians who are free of the boundaries of style and repertoire. Classical-electronic-jazz-pop, everything circulates with total freedom, driven by high artistic standards and immediately communicative energy. Instruments converse with machines, acoustic timbres melt into electronic textures, and virtuosity becomes the driving force behind direct, living, embodied music.
The program brings together works from the repertoire, electronic pulsations, low groove and pop energy. Bach, Vivaldi, Beethoven, Debussy and Stravinsky meet Justice Air, Jean Michel Jarre, Michael Jackson and Daft Punk all in the same breath. A jubilant, virtuosic and free Clash where the centuries provoke, respond and end up dancing together.
