The Cdmc holds a unique collection representing all aesthetics within musical creation. This collection has grown thanks to the collaboration of composers, publishers and Radio France. With a consultation area open to the public, the centre also affords access to many online resources through the Catalogue and the Gateway to Contemporary Music. A beacon of the latest music news with its website, the Cdmc organises encounters with the movers and shakers of contemporary music.
The Cdmc presents a season of encounters, seminars and day study sessions designed to counterpoint the views of specialists and professionals and to spotlight composers and performers. Focussing on topical aspects of the music scene, they are organised in collaboration with the main players of musical creation: ensembles, centres for creation, festivals, etc., as well as with those involved in research, the universities and conservatories. Dédicaces (Dedications): these are encounters featuring newly released books, discs or DVDs.
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Paul Méfano. Free variations
Part of Suzanne Giraud’s contemporary workshop
Moderated by Pascale Criton
Paul Méfano, a figure of openness and prospection, stands out by virtue of his multiplicity and originality.
His musical world is one that explores the coexistence of diversity and the smooth articulations that give structure to form in instability.
The founder and music director of the ensemble 2e2m in 1972, his sense of curiosity has brought to light several generations of composers. His remarkable commitment, involving as much his musical aesthetics as the institutional responsibilities he has exercised, is notable for its independent spirit and his rejection of aesthetic exclusion.
This encounter will examine the composer’s ethics and poetics, as well as the role he has played in musical creation.