Five wind instruments resonate with a drum set. A passionate, organic fusion of melody and rhythm, each responsible for the other. Influenced by the sounds of Max Cilla, Ellen Arkbro, Nils Wogram, Ornette Coleman and Count Ossie, this sextet divests itself of instruments officially defined as bass or harmonic. A stripping bare to invite us to rethink our roles.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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Five wind instruments resonate with a drum set. A passionate, organic fusion of melody and rhythm, each responsible for the other. Influenced by the sounds of Max Cilla, Ellen Arkbro, Nils Wogram, Ornette Coleman and Count Ossie, this sextet divests itself of instruments officially defined as bass or harmonic. A stripping bare to invite us to rethink our roles.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.
Cinq instruments à vent entrent en résonance avec une batterie. Une fusion passionnelle et organique entre la mélodie et le rythme, tous et toutes responsables de l'un comme de l'autre. Influencé par les sons de Max Cilla, Ellen Arkbro, Nils Wogram, Ornette Coleman ou encore Count Ossie, ce sextet se déleste des instruments officiellement définis comme bassiste ou harmonique. Une mise à nue pour inviter à repenser nos rôles.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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