ARTISTS

Beyond the sound

It is the spirit of deepening and emulation at every moment, coupled with a chamber music approach, which presides over the rereading of the great masterpieces by the Ose! A quest for truth beyond heritage and tradition, a return to the sources of the composers’ poetic inspiration, to the heart of the matrix and of sensitive expression. It is true that music owes its power of evocation and expression only to the physicality of sound, its form and space. But as Celibidache points out, sounds can only be transcended by knowledge, by physical sound with a consciousness that animates it.

It is this quest “beyond sound” that the orchestra, its musicians and creators are engaged in.

New sound territories

The question of new sound territories does not only concern the creation of new works but also the rereading, the “recreation” of works from the past which hide in their folds so many mysteries and living forces yet to be revealed. Sculpting the richness of expression, associating each timbre with it, singling out each work for a specific orchestral ethos, linking the tonalities of the past and the textures of the present with a sound energy of its own, freed from knowledge and traditions.

These are the meanings given to the word “interpretation” by the Ose! Orchestra today, inviting the musicians in an individual and collective adventure where the key word is commitment.

The only way to find the right path is to discipline oneself, says Celibidache, so the orchestral musician knows exactly where his or her place is, what his or her role is. “I’m only the second violin – so what? That’s as big as being a conductor.

Art for everyone

From this premise, from this philosophy, new imaginations are born in terms of programming, ideas and concepts. This reflection has thus taken on new forms: original programmes, the creation of shows (Symbiose, Ring ohne worte, etc.) and events (Académie internationale de création symphonique, Léman Lyriques Festival, Académie Richard Wagner, etc.), exploring new spaces and methods of dissemination, opening up to all audiences.