XVIII-21 Le Baroque Nomade is a Baroque music ensemble, its adventure sometimes leading it to contrast this repertoire of the 17 th and 18 th centuries with other types of music that crossed it, thanks to the globe-trotting musicians who travelled the world in an era when voyages led to hybrid cultures...
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XVIII-21 Le Baroque Nomade is subsidised by the Ministry of Culture and Communication (Ile-de-France Departmental Bureau for Cultural Affairs) and receives support from the BNP Paribas Foundation for developing its projects. |
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The Baroque Nomade ...
 Music is travelling
XVIII-21 aims at finding other kinds of music : music that is exotic or different ; music that is listened to in other ways, by other kinds of people. This pursuit sometimes involves violence, restrictions or confrontation. But it also makes way for an encounter, a fundamental, liberating passion.
For XVIII-21, everything began in Italy. Since its foundation, the ensemble has worked to explore the Italian repertoire, including its style, with its indispensable ornamentations, improvisations and digressions. Beginning years ago in this Italy of Tiepolo and Caravaggio, we followed Marcello in the discovery of Jewish music, Scarlatti in the conquest of Spain, Pedrini in China, Esteves in Brazil, or Pietro della Valle, known as "Pellegrino" (Pilgrim), who left his native Italy to visit Syria, Persia and India, bringing back music that he hoped would be universal... Making our way, we savour Ottoman, Persian or Afghan music, music brought by travellers and introduced to their hosts. After having been enriched by contact with musicians from Transylvania for the Caioni Codex project, and following a stopover in the Philippines, XVIII-21 now makes us dream of the Baroque in Ethiopia where, four centuries ago, the Jesuits transported an organ from Lisbon to the sources of the Blue Nile, and of the Sultans’ harps that travelled from the Ottoman court to Versailles.
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Jean-Christophe Frisch
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Musical melting pot, cultural melting pot
How is it possible to tell a story in music, without becoming enclosed in the music itself ? Perhaps by using the example of traditional music which, while retaining its identity, is also deeply marked by a desire for liberty.
Experience has shown that listening to the two musical forms side by side is far from artificial : it leads listeners in a direction which is sometimes baffling, but one which invariably makes them dream.
To tell the truth, when not a single note of traditional music is played in a XVIII-21 concert, its impact remains, in the spirit if not in the mind. This is what inspired Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater or the cantatas of Handel and Barbara Strozzi. It is also in this spirit that, for example, Alessandro Scarlatti’s Passion According to Saint John, Benedetto Marcello’s Psalms or François Couperin’s Leçons de Ténèbres are broached.
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XVIII-21 has given concerts in France at more than 100 festivals and theatres and in 29 foreign countries as far afield as China, Brazil and the Middle East. Each time, our encounters have been memorable. Just after the Talibans' ban on music was lifted, the concert we gave in Kabul with Afghan musicians will always be an unforgettable memory. A long collaboration with Chinese artists gave the two cultures time to observe, understand and respect each other before attempting joint experiences.
The Future, Daphne and new adventures
XVIII-21 will shortly follow ‘Daphne on the Wings of the Wind’, aboard the galleon of this Venetian that will make the tour of the world, fleeing La Serenissima, sailing to the Americas, and crossing the Pacific to the Philippines, China and India, before returning to Venice via Persia, Ethiopia and the Balkans, reconciled with itself and the other, transcended by the race of the globe and that of the sun, or of Apollo pursuing Daphne.
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You're listening to Pargamasca, excerpt from the Codex Caioni CD. Click on the button to stop the music.
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In the future, XVIII-21 Le Baroque Nomade will continue its visits to Baroque Italy, while continuing to nourish its contacts with music of the oral traditions.
Follow us as we set sail...
The ensemble benefits from regular support from Cultures France, ADAMI and SPEDIDAM. XVIII-21 Le Baroque Nomade is a member of FEVIS (Federation of Specialised Vocal and Instrumental Ensembles).
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Where we have played...
Extra European tours
Ethiopia
Philippines
Peru-Ecuador
Brazil-Bolivia
China
Indonesia-Cambodia
Morocco
Afghanistan
Koweit
Santo-Domingo
Syria
Europe
United Kingdom
Southbank Centre - Early Music Week-End
York, Early Music Festival
Cambridge, College
Brighton, Royal Pavilion
Italy
Villa Medicis (Roma)
La Fenice, Venice opera
Roma opera
Bologna Festival
Settembre Musicale di Torino
Venice Baroque Festival
Festivale di Orvieto
Festivale di Genova
Norway
Bergen festival
Germany
Philharmonie of Koeln
Deutsches Historische Museum, Berlin
Museum of Halle
Regensburg Festival
Bagno Festival, Steinfurt
Düsseldorf Festival
Hannover Festival
Institut Français of Dresden
Institut Français of Munich
Holland
Utrecht Festival
Israel
Jérusalem Festival
Haïfa University
Spain
Festival de musica àntigua de Ubeda y Baeza
Festival de las Musicas Contemplativas (Santiago)
Festival de Cuenca
Festival de Granada
Festival de Sevilla
Festival de Vigo
Festival de Bilbao
Festival de Cuenca
Loyola, St Ignace's birthplace
Austria
Feldkirch, Festival
Belgium
Festival de Chimay
Gand, Bijloke
Croatia
Dubrovnik Festival
Zadar Festival
Institut Français of Zagreb
Slovenia
Brezice Festival
Romania
Sibiu, European Capitale of Culture
Bucarest National Museum
Cluj, Hungerian Opera
Cluj, National Opera
Iasi
Targu Mures
Luxembourg
Villa Louvigny
Switzerland
Geneva University
Lausanne
Festivals in France
Festival de la Chaise-Dieu
Festival d’Ambronay
Festival de Radio-France et de Montpellier
Festival d'Ile de France
Festival de Sablé
Festival de Saint-Florent le Vieil
Festival Baroque de Pontoise
Le Printemps de Nantes
Festival Musique et Mémoire
Festival d'Epinal
Festival Couperin, Seine et Marne
Festival de Simiane la Rotonde
Festival de Sarrebourg
Mois National du Baroque
Festival d'Ile de France
Festival de Maguelone
Festival de Catalogne Romane
Festival de Sylvanès
Festival des Nuits du Mont Rome
Festival des Arts Jaillissants
Festival de Lanvellec
Festival d'Art Sacré de Champeaux
Festival du Périgord Noir
Festival d'Art Sacré de la Ville de Paris
Festival d'Art Sacré d'Antibes
Festival d'Aubagne
Festival de Sallanches
Festival de Fontmorigny
Festival de la Chabotterie
Festival de Thouars
38emes Rugissants, Grenoble
Festival baroque de Cons la Grandville
Festival de Saint-Quirin
Festival Jean de La Fontaine (Château-Thierry)
Festival en pays d'Auge
Festival de Besançon et de Franche-Comté
Festival des Voix Sacrées (Metz)
Sinfonia en Périgord
Festival de Saint Guilhem le Désert
Festival des Concerts Allumés (Poitiers)
AMIA (Strasbourg)
AMAN (Nancy)
Concert seasons in France
Salle Gaveau, Paris
Cité de la Musique, Paris
Radio-France, Paris
Petit Palais, Paris
Opéra de Lille
Opéra de Massy
Opéra de Rennes
Opéra de Reims
Opéra de Nantes
Opéra de Tours
Opéra de Vichy
Opéra-Théâtre de Besançon
Le Phénix, Valenciennes
Le Bateau-Feu, Dunkerque
Scène Nationale de Quimper
Scène Nationale d'Amiens
Scène Nationale de Châlons en Champagne
Théâtre du Kremlin-Bicêtre
Théâtre de Courbevoie
Théâtre d'Antony
Théâtre de Saint-Brieuc
Théâtre de Brétigny
Théâtre de Noisy le Grand
Théâtre de Villeparisis
Théâtre de Niort
Théâtre de Cachan
Théâtre de Bezons
Théâtre de Combs la Ville
Théâtre de Ris Orangis
Théâtre de Bar le Duc
Théâtre d'Orléans
Théâtre de Boulogne sur Mer
Théâtre de Chelles
Théâtre Jean Vilar de Vitry sur Seine
La Ferme du Buisson
Cathédrale de Senlis
Université Paris-Sorbonne
Fondation Coubertin
Mairie de Vincennes
Amia, Strasbourg
Atelier Lyrique de Tourcoing
Ville de Loudun
Ville du Perreux
Ville des Lilas
Pleudihen sur Rance
Conservatoire de Vitry sur Seine
Conservatoire de Saint-Mandé
Musée de Tissus, Lyon
Ministère de Affaires Etrangères, Paris
Invalides, Paris
Préfecture de la Manche
Conseil Général des Bouches du Rhone
Conseil Général de la Moselle
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