A Franco-Belgian quintet, Synestet appeals to the senses, expressing, playing and improvising; the perception of music becomes a blend of colors, smells, shapes and textures. Five musicians, crazy about improvisation and thirsty for play and musical expression, thread their way between the lines to form a homogeneous, improvised sound bubble. Initiated by clarinettist Hélène Duret, this unprecedented encounter offers open music that advocates simplicity and inventiveness. A cross between Ornette Coleman, Jimmy Giuffre, Duke Ellington, Jakob Bro and Timber Timbre.Hélène DuretHélène Duret is a French clarinettist, improviser and composer, born in Orange in 1988. She has also worked in theater, film and dance.Hélène Duret currently focuses her artistic activity on musical composition, which she links to the exploration of improvisation, whether instrumental or sung, and the perception of sound as a palpable texture, thick, thin, complex, smooth or colored. To achieve this, she draws on the sensations of painting and visual art.Straddling the border between Belgium and France since 2013, Hélène Duret develops her unifying spirit through her many encounters, bringing together artists from diverse backgrounds, all driven by the same creative energy, from which a rich palette of projects will emerge.In 2021/2022, Hélène Duret is Laureate Jazz Migration #7 with her trio Suzanne, joins Tricollectif with her trio FUR, releases the second album of her quintet Synestet with the Belgian label Igloo records and enters into residency at the Cité internationale des arts where she develops her musical creations and turns to water as her main source of inspiration....
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A Franco-Belgian quintet, Synestet appeals to the senses, expressing, playing and improvising; the perception of music becomes a blend of colors, smells, shapes and textures. Five musicians, crazy about improvisation and thirsty for play and musical expression, thread their way between the lines to form a homogeneous, improvised sound bubble. Initiated by clarinettist Hélène Duret, this unprecedented encounter offers open music that advocates simplicity and inventiveness. A cross between Ornette Coleman, Jimmy Giuffre, Duke Ellington, Jakob Bro and Timber Timbre.Hélène DuretHélène Duret is a French clarinettist, improviser and composer, born in Orange in 1988. She has also worked in theater, film and dance.Hélène Duret currently focuses her artistic activity on musical composition, which she links to the exploration of improvisation, whether instrumental or sung, and the perception of sound as a palpable texture, thick, thin, complex, smooth or colored. To achieve this, she draws on the sensations of painting and visual art.Straddling the border between Belgium and France since 2013, Hélène Duret develops her unifying spirit through her many encounters, bringing together artists from diverse backgrounds, all driven by the same creative energy, from which a rich palette of projects will emerge.In 2021/2022, Hélène Duret is Laureate Jazz Migration #7 with her trio Suzanne, joins Tricollectif with her trio FUR, releases the second album of her quintet Synestet with the Belgian label Igloo records and enters into residency at the Cité internationale des arts where she develops her musical creations and turns to water as her main source of inspiration.
Quintet franco-belge, Synestet en appelle aux sens, exprime, joue, improvise ; la perception de la musique devient un mélange de couleurs, d’odeurs, de formes, de textures. Cinq musiciens fous d’improvisations, assoiffés de jeux et d’expression musicale, se faufilent entre les lignes pour former une bulle sonore homogène et improvisée. A l’initiative de la clarinettiste Hélène Duret, cette rencontre inédite offre une musique ouverte qui prône la simplicité et l’inventivité. Entre Ornette Coleman, Jimmy Giuffre, Duke Ellington, Jakob Bro, Timber Timbre.Hélène DuretHélène Duret est une clarinettiste, improvisatrice et compositrice française, née à Orange en 1988. Elle a également pratiqué le théâtre, le cinéma et la danse.Actuellement, Hélène Duret concentre son activité artistique sur la composition musicale qu’elle met en lien avec l’exploration de l’improvisation, instrumentale ou chantée, et la perception du son comme une texture palpable, épaisse, fine, complexe, lisse ou colorée. Pour cela, elle s’en réfère aux sensations que lui procurent la peinture et l’art visuel.A cheval entre la Belgique et la France depuis 2013, c’est à travers ses multiples rencontres qu’Hélène Duret développe son esprit fédérateur et rassemble des artistes d’univers variés, tous mus par une même énergie créatrice, de laquelle vont naître une riche palette de projets.En 2021/2022, Hélène Duret est Lauréate Jazz Migration #7 avec le trio Suzanne, intègre le Tricollectif avec son trio FUR, sort le deuxième album de son quintet Synestet avec le label belge Igloo records et entre en résidence à la Cité internationale des arts où elle développe ses créations musicales et se tourne vers l’eau comme principale source d’inspiration.
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