At the Théâtre Dunois

It is now already more than a year since Mauricio Kagel died, and the moment has come to pay homage to one of the most remarkable personalities of our time. Few composers have pushed back so far the idea of the work as an overall, autonomous project. With Kagel, each piece implies a complete process, ranging from the composer's own imagination to the actualisation on stage in front of an audience, a process that leaves none of the intermediate phases to chance : the development of an idea, scholarly research in a plethora of fields of human thought, the composition of a highly precise score (down to the smallest technical details), the setting up and organisation of human relationships (often highly dramatised) with all those who take part, directly or indirectly, in the realisation of the piece, not forgetting effective stage, sound and image production…

This way of treating the work as a process has not only turned the domain of musical composition upside down by opening it out to broader perspectives, but has also had a strong influence on the musical practice of instrumentalists and vocalists with regard to the way of envisaging the development of their artistic production. Through his artistic works, Kagel may be considered one of the great thinkers of the contemporary world. It is onto this complexity that the encounter organised by the Cdmc and Aleph will try briefly to shed some light by bringing together researchers and practitioners from various horizons who have had the opportunity of dealing with Kagel's thought during his lifetime.
Jean-Charles François

 . 16h The integration of the character-performer on stage
Pierre Albert Castanet

. 16h20 A few anecdotes in the company of Mauricio
Vinko Globokar

. 16h40 Kagel's instrumental theatre : « a bizarre dramaturgy »
Jean-François Trubert

. 17h Lecture performance
Jean-Charles François

. 17h10 Atem
Dominique Clément, Jean-Charles François

. 17h40 The point of view of the stage director
Stéphane Guignard

. 18h From instrumental theatre to imaginary theatre – The path towards Kagel's last works
Werner Klüppelholz

 . 18h20 Round table with all participants
Moderator : Pierre Albert Castanet

. 20h Concert
Composition and decomposition 

Co-production Cdmc – Ensemble Aleph – Théâtre Dunois