Op mijn eindconcert speel ik solostukken voor verschillende klarinetten en in kamermuziekverband met ensemble Fractales. Mijn programma is afgestemd op de muzikale identiteit van het ensemble: nieuwe werken van jonge componisten.
- 'Assonnances II' (1989) van Michael Jarrell voor solo basklarinet, een echte hedendaagse 'klassieker' met veel technische moeilijkheden.
- 'Pungi-Ophis-Zyclos' (2015) van Gianni Bozzola voor solo klarinet. Dit werk sluit aan op mijn interesse om met jonge opkomende componisten te werken en over muziek te spreken. Mijn uitvoering is meteen ook de Belgische creatie.
- 'Gelöschte Lieder' (1999) van Enno Poppe voor fluit, klarinet, cello, viool en piano. Zeer complex werk. We voeren het uit zonder dirigent. De moeilijke polymetrische passages waren een uitdaging maar zeker ook een verrijking voor de onderlinge cohesie van het ensemble.
-‘Ftera’ (2015) van Yann Robin voor basklarinet, altviool en piano. Robin is een vertegenwoordiger van het saturationisme, wat heel wat speciale technieken met zich meebrengt. De partituur is zeer grafisch van aard.
Born in France, benjamin has studied first at the conservatoire de Pays-de-Savoie where he graduated in music theory, clarinet and chamber music with golden medals. He then went to Paris, studied clarinet at conservatoire d'Aubervilliers in Alain Damiens class and then in private tuition with Florent Héau and Romain Guyot. In parallel he keep studying chamber music both in conservatoire d'Aubervilliers and conservatoire de Rueil-Malmaison. After being awarded of a first prize in clarinet and two first prize in chamber music, he left for Belgium to enter Ronald VanSpaendonck class at Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles. After 4 years, he obtained a specialize master in clarinet magna cum laude.
Benjamin has been advised by many clarinetists : Paul Meyer, Ernesto Molinari, Michel Portal, David Krakauer, Jacques Di Donato...
He is the clarinetist of ensemble Fractales. (http://www.ensemblefractales.com)
For my graduation project I will play both solo pieces for different clarinets and chamber music pieces in trio and quintet with ensemble Fractales. My programme matches the general direction of our ensemble: to play new pieces, work with young composers, and perform contemporary classical pieces.
- 'Assonnances II' (1989) by Michael Jarrell for clarinet bass solo: this piece is a 'classic' for contemporary bass. It contains a lot of difficulties, making it a challenging piece to perform.
- 'Pungi-Ophis-Zyclos' (2015) by Gianni Bozzola for clarinet solo: this work was presented to me during by the young Italian composer. I've been really interested to work with young emerging composers, experimenting together and communicating about music and performance. This will be a Belgian premiere.
- 'Gelöschte Lieder' (1999) by Enno Poppe for flute, clarinet, cello, violin and piano: due to its complexity, this piece is both very interesting and challenging to perform. As we always play without a conductor, it has been quite tricky to work on this. But, it has also been very enriching, forcing us to be really comfortable with polyrhythmics, getting further into the connection between us.
-‘Ftera’ (2015) by Yann Robin for bass clarinet, viola and piano: we wanted to play this piece to discover more about saturationism and all the special techniques that come with it. It was quite a challenge at first to figure out the score, as it is mostly graphical and far from traditional writing.