Ensemble 2e2m , founded in 1972 by composer Paul Méfano, is one of France’s oldest ensembles dedicated to contemporary musical creation. Since then, its acronym, Etudes et Expressions des Modes Musicaux, has become an acronym – or rather, a motto, a guarantee of pluralism and openness. Its long history has enabled it to discover many French and foreign composers, to create a repertoire of works that have become milestones, and to build up a know-how and a culture through the generations of performers who have succeeded it. In residence since its creation in Champigny-sur-Marne, the Ensemble quickly gained recognition and was invited to perform on national and international stages. 2e2m has focused on all generations of composers, without neglecting the full range of styles. Never neglecting the classical repertoire (Bach, Schubert, Liszt,…), modern (Debussy, Ives, Ravel, Schönberg, Varèse and Webern,…) and recent (Jean Barraqué, Pierre Boulez, Sylvano Bussotti, John Cage, Morton Feldman, György Ligeti, Bruno Maderna, Olivier Messiaen, Luigi Nono, Karlheinz Stockhausen), the Ensemble has also premiered over six hundred scores, a figure that reveals their eclecticism and intuition. Indeed, 2e2m has revealed to the public a number of composers who are considered essential today (Brian Ferneyhough, Luis de Pablo; Franco Donatoni, Pascal Dusapin; Sofia Goubaïdoulina, Giacinto Scelsi, Toshio Hosokawa, etc.). The Ensemble performs at festivals in Royan, La Rochelle, Metz, Strasbourg (Musica), Présences de Radio-France. 2e2m plays in Germany, Spain, England, Italy, Japan, Russia and Central Europe… The group encourages young talent (Laurent Martin, Thierry Blondeau, Oscar Strasnoy, Franck Bedrossian, Jérôme Combier, Aureliano Cattaneo, Karim Haddad, Noriko Baba, Octavio Lopez, etc.). She has taken over the lyric scene, restoring the voices of composers gagged by history (Klein, Ullmann). Numerous recordings bear witness to this intense activity. Program Gérard Grisey , Taléa for flute, clarinet, piano, violin, cello Mauro Lanza , Allegro Chirurgo for solo saxophone Mauro Lanza , Barocco for soprano, alto and 5 musicians playing toy instruments Franck Bedrossian , world premiere of the definitive version, for flute, clarinet, saxophone, piano, violin, cello, double bass Musicians Donatienne Michel-Dansac , soprano Pierre-Stéphane Meugé , sassofono Jean-Philippe Grometto , flauto Véronique Fèvre , clarinetto Alain Huteau , percussioni Véronique Briel , pianoforte Fabien Roussel , violino Claire Merlet , viola David Simpson , violoncello Pierre Feyler , contrabbasso Pierre Roullier , direction Franck Bedrossian (born 1971) After studying composition, orchestration and analysis at the CNR de Paris, he studied composition with Allain Gaussin and entered the CNSM de Paris, first in the class of Gérard Grisey, then of Marco Stroppa, where he was unanimously awarded a First Prize in Analysis and the Diplôme de Formation Supérieure de Composition. In 2002 – 2003, he attended the Cursus de Composition et d’Informatique Musicale at IRCAM (Paris), taught by Philippe Leroux. At the same time, he completed his training with Helmut Lachenmann. His works have been performed in France and abroad by ensembles such as Itinéraire, 2e2m, Ictus, Court-Circuit, Cairn, Ensemble Modern, Alternance, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Orchestre National de Lyon, as part of the Agora, Résonances, Manca, RTÉ Living Music Festival, Itinéraire de nuit, Ars Musica, Nuova Consonanza and Printemps de Arts de Monaco festivals. He has received various grants (from the Meyer Foundation, the Bleustein-Blanchet Foundation for Vocation) and won numerous awards, including the Prix Pierre Cardin for Musical Composition in 2005, and the highly prestigious “Prix des Jeunes Compositeurs” awarded by SACEM in 2007. He was a resident at the Académie de France in Rome – Villa Médicis from April 2006 to March 2008. His works are published by Éditions Billaudot. Gérard Grisey (1946-1998) He studied at the Trossingen Conservatory in Germany (from 1963 to 1965), then, between 1965 and 1972, at the CNSM in Paris, where he became a pupil of Olivier Messiaen, and finally at the École normale de musique in Paris, under Henri Dutilleux. He also attended seminars with Karlheinz Stockhausen, György Ligeti and Iannis Xenakis in Darmstadt (1972), and studied electroacoustic music with Jean-Etienne Marie and Émile Leipp at Jussieu University. He was a resident at Villa Medici in Rome from 1972 to 1974 (where he met the poet Christian Guez Ricord and discovered the music of Giacinto Scelsi). In 1973, he helped found the L’Itinéraire ensemble. Gérard Grisey has given numerous composition seminars at the Ferienkurse in Darmstadt, in Freiburg, at IRCAM, at the Scuola civica in Milan and at numerous American universities. He taught composition at the University of California at Berkeley from 1982 to 1986, and from 1986 until his untimely death in 1998, he held the same position at the CNSM in Paris. His compositions were commissioned by various international musical institutions, performed by and frequently programmed at festivals, retrospectives and radio broadcasts throughout Europe and the USA. Almost all his works are published by Ricordi (Milan). Mauro Lanza (b. 1975) Born in Venice in 1975, Mauro Lanza studied piano and composition in his native city, and was selected by the reading committee of the Ensemble Intercontemporain and Ircam to take part in the composition and computer music course in 1998-99. Since then, he has worked at the institute as a lecturer and research composer in the fields of physical model synthesis and computer-assisted composition. His works have been premiered as part of the Ircam season, the Présences festival, the Venice Biennale, the Musica festival in Strasbourg, the Gaudeamus Music Week in Amsterdam, the MNM festival in Montreal and the Europäische Musikmonat in Basel, in close collaboration with performers such as the Court-circuit ensemble conducted by Pierre-André Valade, the Ensemble Alternance, the Ensemble United Berlin, Divertimento Ensemble, the Jeune Choeur de Paris and the Accentus Choir under Laurence Equilbey, as well as Donatienne Michel-Dansac, Francesco Filidei, Vincent David, David Zambon and Pierre-Stéphane Meugé. In 2002 and 2004, Ircam and the Archipel festival in Geneva dedicated three monographic concerts to him. He composed the original music for Angelin Preljocaj’s choreography “Le Songe de Médée”, commissioned by the Opéra de Paris and Ircam. He was visiting professor of composition at McGill University in 2004-2005. Since 2004-2005, he has been teaching computer-assisted composition at the Conservatory of Cuneo (Italy) as part of the new Music and New Technologies curriculum. Ricordi BMG has been publishing his works since 2004. His collaborative work with video artist Paolo Pachini was the subject of a creative residency at Le Fresnoy in 2005-2006. He was resident at the Civitella Ranieri Foundation in June and July 2006. He was in residence at the Académie de France in Rome between April 2007 and October 2008.