Crescendo Magazine
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- Category: Humain non humain (album)
June 21, 2021
Humain Non-Humain donne à entendre, par plusieurs abords et avec la complicité de ses pairs, compositeurs comme interprètes, l’univers de Thierry Pécou, riche des relations qu’il tisse entre vivants, entre eux et leur environnement, entre eux et leur histoire.
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
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- Category: Outre-mémoire
May 3, 2019
Outre-mémoire (...) ventures into a musical exploration of the slave trade... The concert begins before the musicians of Ensemble Variances have even assumed their position. They move throughout the space, and sounds emanate from everywhere... time and again, rhythm remains the driving force.
Musicologie
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- Category: Nahasdzáán
May 2, 2019
La musique singulière de Thierry Pécou, qu’il dirige lui-même, donne sens à toute cette épopée entre sublime et chaos, grâce aux sept musiciens de l’Ensemble Variances et aux chanteurs incarnant les grandes figures de la tradition.
Operawire
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- Category: Nahasdzáán
May 2019
The production received overwhelming praise and response from critics and audiences.
Der Opernfreund
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- Category: Nahasdzáán
April 26, 2019
Thierry Pécou established Ensemble Variances in 2009 and since that time has attracted attention from across the globe with his distinct, beyond definition productions. During his tenure at Paris Oper, Gérard Mortier called these forms "frontière"... At this borderline or rather cross-border area, Thierry Pécou now introduces the "choreographic oratorio".
Anaclase
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- Category: Nahasdzáán
April 23, 2019
Inside the Théâtre des Arts, an extraordinary assemblage of songs, music, dances and staging of wild animals - wolf, vulture, owls and eagles, directed the specialist Luc Petton and his company Le Guetteur took place.
Paris-Normandie
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- Category: Nahasdzáán
April 20, 2019
Thierry Pécou le compositeur s’attelle à la création d’un univers onirique, faisant voguer le spectateur d’une humanité sombre et tourmentée à un monde scintillant.
Mannheimer Morgen
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- Category: Outre-mémoire
April 10, 2019
Sound of the slave trade - The way the composer refers to Caribbean music and jazz - not by simply quoting it but always remaining true to Thierry Pécou - makes Outre-mémoire a fascinating piece!