With this unique program, the feelings and states that one may experience in the quest for insouciance will be traced

Insouciance
- in all its states -

A work composed for solo violin and electronics, where contemporary art engages with the most ancient art. Can we find meaning in religion or art? Is it in the sacred that one can find serenity?

With the use of electronics, Santiago Diez Fischer reminds us with his creation Loops Definition what despair, frustration can feel like or even discouragement. Cracked sounds, jerky noises and resonances crush us. There is no hope or relief.

But anger is left for an introverted and delicate Toccatina, by Helmut Lachenmann for solo violin. Through this study of sounds the listener is led into an intimate discovery. Perhaps the beginning of a renewal, a meditation, the feeling of calm reappears.

On the way to carelessness one must regain a sense of reason and understanding. Am Rad drehen for solo violin by Birke J.Bertelsmeier was inspired by a sculpture entitled "wheel 2014" by Werner Pokorny. The sculpture features a large metal wheel. The general outline is perfectly round, but on a radius it curves inwards to its centre. This deformity would not prevent the wheel from turning. But it would turn unevenly, as I see it, as a metaphor to what we may have to accept to feel some relieve or peace.

In Atlas II, "ils portent en eux un passé qui s'immisce" by Sasha Blondeau, we are scouting. We know what we are looking for. So many emotions goes through that can be described. Research, tensions, moments of calm, the feeling of anxiety, determination… We explore with hope that we will arrive to our inner destination.

Could this concert experience bring us closer to the sense of insouciance?
Perhaps a feeling?
Even a clue?
A sign?

Insouciance
For solo violin and electronics

Unsuk Chin (1961) Double bind? (v + électronique) 15’

Christopher Stark (1980) Red ochre (v + électronique) 9’

Santiago Diez Fischer (1977) Loop’s definition (v + électronique) 6’

Helmut Lachenmann (1935) (v) Toccatina 5’

Birke Jasmin Bertelsmeier (1981) (v) am Rad drehen 5’

Sasha J.Blondeau (1986) Atlas II (v + électronique) 14.30’

Insouciance is a state of well-being, the absence of worry, concern or preoccupation. One way of approaching carelessness is through indifference, neglect or disinterest.
But can we achieve a carefree attitude that is open to the world?

Can we be carefree while being empathetic?

The quest for insouciance can only be a personal search.
If we consider that the carefree state is innate, rooted in each of us. How do we lose it? And can we find it again?

The concert begins with Unsuk Chin: Double Bind for solo violin and electronics. Evoking naivety, the sensation of discovery and wonder, but also astonishment and anxiety.
”In Double Bind? my desire is to offer, on the one hand, a glimpse of the inner life of sounds and, on the other hand, a fantasized, manipulated and altered view of the relationship between the musician and the instrument.” (Unsuk Chin)

How do we answer our questions? Christopher Stark: Red Ochre, looks for answers in prehistoric rituals. The title is an allusion to the ancient cave paintings.