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Lausanne Béjart Ballet Gil Roman, direction 7 Greek dances Maurice Béjart, choreographer Mikis Theodorakis, music Bhakti III Maurice Béjart, choreographer Traditional music Study for A Lady of the Camellias (Etude pour une dame aux camélia) Maurice Béjart, choreographer Frédéric Chopin, Francesco Cilea, music Boléro Maurice Béjart, choreographer Maurice Ravel, music Recorded on June 18th et 19th 2014 at the Orangerie Gardens of Versailles TV Director, Stéphane Lebard

ARIA Concept, choreography & stage direction by Gil Roman Béjart Ballet de Lausanne Music: excerpts from JS Bach, Nine Inch Nails, Melponem, Inuit chants Original compositions: Thierry Hochstatter & Jean-Bruno Meier (Citypercussion) A choreography on human relationships, the delicate ties that guide Man in the midst of life's complexities and the struggle to free himself from his own demons. Power, brutality, sacrifice. At the heart of Man, the labyrinth of his own spirit, his tormented free will. A tale on the destiny of the Human being, in turns the manipulator and the object of manipulation, which leaves a lasting impression... long after the curtain has fallen. TV Director, Sonia Paramo - 2009 (46mns)

Syncope Choreography by Gil Roman Devised, choreographed and staged by Gil Roman Music by Citypercussion In music, a syncope is a missed beat. We talk about syncopated music. In medicine, it is a slowing down or complete stop of the heart. 5 to 10 seconds of unconsciousness during which our brain can imagine, invent or re-live anything. Memories or imagination? Memory or creation? Gil Roman TV Director, Arantxa Aguirre Recorded on 2012 at the Théâtre Stadsschouwburg in Anvers, Belgium

Lars Anders Tomter (viola), Sharon Kam (clarinet), Christian Ihle Hadland (piano) Edvard Grieg Cello Sonata in A minor, op. 36 (Transcription for viola and piano by Lars Anders Tomter) Robert Schumann Märchenerzählungen, op. 132 Johannes Brahms Sonata for Clarinet and Piano in E flat major, op. 120 Recorded on June 6th 2017 at the concert hall of Troldhaugen as part of the Bergen Festival Directed by Benjamin Bleton

Dardanus, by Jean-Philippe Rameau Ensemble Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon (Conductor) Michel Fau (Stage Director) Emmanuel Charles (Sets) David Belugou (Costumes) Joël Fabing (Lighting) Pascale Fau (Make-up ans Masks) Christopher Williams (Choreography) Karina Gauvin (Vénus) Gaëlle Arquez (Iphise) Reinoud van Mechelen (Dardanus) Florian Sempey (Anténor) Nahuel di Pierro (Teucer, Isménor) Katherine Watson (Un songe, l'Amour, une phrygienne) Etienne Bazola (Un Phrygien) Virgile Ancely (Un Songe) Guillaume Gutiérrez (Un Songe) Recorded at the Grand-Théâtre de Bordeaux, April the 22th, 2015 TV Director, Stéphane Vérité

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta (conductor) Denis Matsuev (piano) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto no 17 in G major, K. 453 Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony no 8 in F major, Op. 93 Recorded at the Charles Bronfman Auditorium (Heichal Hatarbut), Tel-Aviv on May 26, 2017 Directed by Christophe Boula

Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer (Conductor) Roger Muraro (piano), Valérie Hartmann-Claverie (ondes Martenot) Olivier Messiaen Turangalîlâ Symphonie Recorded on December the 13th & 14th 2014 at the Béla Bartók National Concert Hall, Budapest Directed by Sébastien Glas

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta (conductor) David Radzynski (violin), Emanuele Silvestri (cello), Dudu Carmel (oboe), Daniel Mazaki (bassoon) Joseph Haydn Symphony no. 88 in G major, Hob.I:88 Joseph Haydn Sinfonia Concertante for violin, cello, oboe and bassoon in B-flat major, Hob.I:105 Recorded at the Charles Bronfman Auditorium (Heichal Hatarbut), Tel-Aviv on May 27, 2017 Directed by Christophe Boula

Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Tugan Sokhiev (Conductor) Nicholas Angelich (piano) Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov The Battle of Kerjenets, from The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh Sergei Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a theme by Paganini in A minor, op. 43 Johannes Brahms Symphony no. 4 in E minor, op.48 Recorded at the Halle aux Grains, Toulouse, in April 2013 Directed by Jean-Pierre Loisil

Airelle Besson, trumpet Sebastien Sternal, piano, Fender Rhodes Jonas Burgwinkel, drums Clémence Colin, chansigneuse For her third and last year in residence, Airelle Besson and her new trio (featuring Sebastian Sternal and Jonas Burgwinkel) embark on a bold and original project: to make human bodies resonate with their music in collaboration with deaf actress Clémence Colin. Unanimously praised by the critics, this young trio, whose jazz can be at once rhythmical and ethereal, pushes boundaries even further in this new encounter with what could be termed 'sign-song '. Recorded on May 25, 2017 at the Festival Jazz sous les pommiers TV Director, Laurent Hasse

Zara McFarlane just might be one of the new jazz sensations of 2014. At least all signs point to this. Her second album 'If You Knew Her' was released in January and it presents a singer who has truly discovered her own voice. The album was released by Brownswood Recordings, run by the famed British DJ/tastemaker Gilles Peterson. The minimalist compositions and McFarlane's strong voice come together in a stunning way, making the release one of the early highlights of the new musical year.

Between jazz and Orient, seven years after 'Thimar', come and enjoy once again the chants of one of the greatest Tunisian Oud players, the highly delicate Anouar Brahem. Anouar Brahem : oud Klaus Gesing : clarinet Björn Meyer : bass Khaled Yassine : darbouka, bendir

Alban Berg: Lulu Barbara Hannigan (Lulu) Natascha Petrinsky (Gräfin, Geschwitz) Frances Bourne (Eine Theatergarderobière, Ein Gymnasiast, Ein Groom) Tom Randle (Der Maler, Der Neger) Dietrich Henschel (Dr. Schön, Jack the ripper) Charles Workman (Alwa) Pavlo Hunka (Schigolch) Ivan Ludlow (Der Tierbändiger, Der Athlet) Albrecht Kludszuweit (Der Prinz, Ein Kammerdiener, Der Marquis) Runi Brattaberg (Der Theaterdirektor, Der Bankier) Mireille Capelle (Ihre Mutter) Beata Morawska (Kunstgewerblerin) Benoît De Leersnyder (Journalist) Gerard Lavalle (Ein Polizeikommissar, Der Medizinalrat, Der Professor) Charles Dekeyser (Ein Diener) Anna Maistriau (Eine Fünfzehnjährige) Torres Rosalba Guerrero, Claude Bardouil (dancers) Orchestre Symphonique de la Monnaie, Michael Boder (direction) Koninklijke Balletschool van Antwerpen Krzysztof Warlikowski (staging) Claude Bardouil (choreography) Denis Guéguin (video) Filmed in October 2012 at Théâtre de la Monnaie/De Munt, Brussels

Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer (Conductor) Richard Goode (piano) Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No 1 in C major, op 21 Concerto for piano No 4 in G major, op. 58 Symphony no. 5 in C minor, op. 67 Recorded on January 27th and 29th 2017 at the Béla Bartók National Concert Hall, Budapest Directd by Christian Leblé

Budapest Festival Orchestra, Ivan Fischer (conductor) Franz Schubert Symphony no. 8 ''Unfinished'' Anton Bruckner Symphony no. 9 Recorded at the Bela Bartok National Concert Hall, Budapest, 28 February 2014 Directed by Sébastien Glas

Rigoletto, by Giuseppe Verdi Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of the Liceu Opera Barcelona, Riccardo Frizza (Conductor) Conxita Garcia (Chorus Master) Monique Wagemakers (Stage Director) Michael Levine (Sets), Sandy Powel (Costumes), Reinier Tweebeeke (Lighting designer) Javier Camarena (Duca di Mantova) Carlos Álvarez (Rigoletto) Desirée Rancatore (Gilda) Ante Jerkunica (Sparafucile) Ketevan Kemoklidze (Maddalena) Gemma Coma-Alabert (Giovanna) Gianfranco Montresor (Conte di Monterone) Toni Marsol (Marullo) Josep Fadó (Matteo Borsa) Xavier Mendoza (Conte di Ceprano) Mercedes Gancedo (Contessa di Ceprano) Recorded at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, on April 6th, 2017 TV Director, Stéphane Lebard

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta (Conductor) Khatia Buniatishvili (Piano), Ron Selka (Clarinet) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Concerto for Clarinet in A major K 622 Ludwig van Beethoven Concerto for Piano no. 1 in C major op. 15 Recorded on 6 July 2015 at the Heichal Hartabut, Tel Aviv Directed by Christophe Boula

The Ninth Symhony Maurice Béjart, choreography After Schiller's 'Ode to joy' Ludwig van Beethoven, music Maurice Béjart, staging Friedrich Nietzsche, Prologue Gil Roman, artistic director Israel Philharmonic orchestra Zubin Mehta, conductor Ritsuyukai choir Kufiami Kuriyama, chorus master Gil Roman, narratorr Kristin Lewis, soprano Mihoko Fujimura, mezzo-soprano Kei Fukui, tenor Alexander Vinogradov, bass JB Meier and Thierry Hochstätter, percussion Joëlle Roustan abd Roger Bernard, original costumes and sets Henri Davila, costumes adaptation Dominique Roman, Lighting realisation Piotr Nardelli, Ballet Master revival With Béjart Ballet Lausanne The Tokyo Ballet and Solooists Dan Tsukamoto, Mizuka Ueno, Iori Nittono, Aya Takagi, Kathleen Thielheilm, Masayoshi Onuki, Elisabet Ros, Juien Favreau, Lisa Cano, Fabrice Gallarrague, Pauline Voisard, Felipe Rocha, Oscar Chacon, Keisuke Nasuno, Marsha Rodriguez, Cosima Munoz, Mari Ohashi, Kwinten Guilliams, Aldriana Vargas Lopez, Hector Navarro, Alanna Archibald Recorded on November 9 th 2014 at the NHK Hall Tokyo TV Director, Mari Hnamasu

Roy Hargrove quintet Roy Hargrove, Bugle, Trumpet Justin Robinson, Flute, Saxophone Ameen Saleem, Bass Quincy Phillips, drums Tadataka Unno, Piano The trumpeter and singer Roy Hargrove has asserted himself as one of the most important jazz musicians for thirty years. Always there where you are least expecting him to be, Roy Hargrove refines his music by invention and reinvention. He is immensely seductive and gives mammoth concerts and happiness to all generations...His flamboyant post-bop quintet tinted with groove is the very quintessence of the original jazz movement. Recorded on October 28th at the Festival Jazz en Tête TV Director, Guillaume Dero

MARCEL, RAMI & BACHAR KHALIFÉ (Liban) Dialogue between generations Marcel Khalifé vocal, oud - Rami Khalifé piano, vocal, keyboard - Bachar Khalifé percussions, vocal, electronic, keyboard TV Director Michaël Favard Recorded on March 2015

Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer (Conductor) Thomas Zehetmair (violin) Sergei Prokofiev Overture on Hebrew themes, Op. 34 Violin concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 63 Igor Stravinsky Jeu de cartes The Firebird suite, No. 2 (1919) Live from the Béla Bartók National Concert Hall, Budapest TV direction by Sébastien Glas

Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer (Conductor) Johannes Brahms Symphony no. 1 in C minor op. 68 Symphony no. 2 in D major op. 73 Live from the Béla Bartók National Concert Hall, Budapest TV Director, Corentin Leconte

Zara McFarlane just might be one of the new jazz sensations of 2014. At least all signs point to this. Her second album 'If You Knew Her' was released in January and it presents a singer who has truly discovered her own voice. The album was released by Brownswood Recordings, run by the famed British DJ/tastemaker Gilles Peterson. The minimalist compositions and McFarlane's strong voice come together in a stunning way, making the release one of the early highlights of the new musical year.

Ensemble Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon (Conductor) Julian Prégardien (Evangelist), Thomas E. Bauer (Jesus), Kateryna Kasper (soprano), Lucile Richardot (alto), John Irvin (tenor), Christian Immler (bass) Marcus Borja (Stage Direction), Bertrand Couderc (lighting) Johann Sebastian Bach Saint John Passion BWV 245 Recorded on March 31, 2018 at the Philharmonie de Paris

Il Mondo della Luna, by Joseph Haydn Le Cercle de l'Harmonie, Chœur de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Jérémie Rhorer (Conducteur) Emilio Sagi (Stage Director) Daniel Bianco (Sets) Pepa Ojanguren (Costumes) Albert Faura (Lighting) Philippe Do (Ecclitico) Giuseppina Bridelli (Ernesto) Roberto De Candia (Buonafede) Hélène Le Corre (Clarice) Alessandra Marianelli (Flaminia) Annalisa Stroppa (Lisetta) Mathias Vidal (Cecco) Recorded on March 23th & 25th, 2014, at the Opéra de Monte Carlo Directed by David Mathy

Joachim Kühn is one of the great piano virtuosos of our time. Although he has reached the highest stage of musical maturity, he remains nonetheless open for new encounters. His playing defies all categorization, and has earned him a place as a world class musician. He has already left his mark on contemporary jazz and given it a new direction. He sees himself as part of the jazz tradition, connected to European concert music and yet directly indebted to a contemporary musical language. He displays vehemence and sensibility, a virtuoso technique and imagination and an unfailing sense of dynamics. He formed a legendary trio with Jean-François Jenny-Clarke and Daniel Humair and played with such diverse musicians as Gato Barbieri, Don Cherry, Phil Woods, Michel Portal, Billy Cobham, Michael Brecker, Albert Mangelsdorff, Joe Lovano, and his brother Rolf Kühn. Since 1996, he worked repeatedly with Ornette Coleman. Be it in his interaction with long-time musical partners such as Daniel Humair, the great Swiss drummer, or Bruno Chevillon, one of the foremost bassists of the younger generation, in ever new and challenging musical constellations, or alone in his solo performances, Kühn always manages to make his concerts into a unique experience.

Zhenya Strigalev's Never Group Zhenya Strigalev, alto sax & alto box Michael Janisch, electric bass / effects Marc Ayza, drums Saxophonist Strigalev's zany Never Group takes that same tradition by the scruff of the neck, combining 'hip jazz virtuosity and surrealism' in equal measures. His last release, Never Group, out on Whirlwind is a one of a kind in New Jazz Horizon. Recorded on November 10th 2017 at the London Milton Court, London Jazz Festival TV Director, Mathieu Mastin

Marc Ribot (guitar) - Shahzad Ismaily (guitar, bass, electronic) - Ches Smith (drums, percussions) If you mention the project to jazz purists, you should expect strong reactions: the three members of the Ceramic Dog project see themselves as trouble makers, mavericks, loose cannons on the contemporary jazz scene. With guitarist Marc Ribot as their leader, the trio's live performances have the same potential as an unexploded hand grenade. Borrowing freely from hard-rock and experimenting with new sounds, Ceramic Dog released 'Your Turn' in 2013, their second album which put everyone in agreement: these musicians are definitely crazy, and their music, composed expressly to be performed live, makes absolutely no concession.

Dunedin Consort, Polish Radio Choir, John Butt (conductor) Georg Friderich Händel Samson Recorded on April 1st, 2018, at the Misteria Paschalia Festival, Krakow TV Director, Jean-Pierre Loisil

La Wally, by Alfredo Catalani Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Evelino Pidò (Conductor) Chœur du Grand Théâtre de Genève Cesare Lievi (Stage Director) Ezio Toffolutti (Sets and Costumes) Gigi Saccomandi (Lighting) Ainhoa Arteta (Wally) Bálint Szabó (Strommiger) Yonghoon Lee (Giuseppe Hagenbach) Ivanna Lesyk-Sadivska (Walter) Ahlima Mhamdi (Afra) Recorded on June 18th and 20th, 2014 at the Grand-Théâtre, Geneva Directed by Denis Caïozzi

Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Tugan Sokhiev (Conductor) Nicholas Angelich (piano) Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov The Battle of Kerjenets, from The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh Sergei Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a theme by Paganini in A minor, op. 43 Johannes Brahms Symphony no. 4 in E minor, op.48 Recorded at the Halle aux Grains, Toulouse, in April 2013 Directed by Jean-Pierre Loisil

Budapest Festival Orchestra, Collegium Vocale Gent, Iván Fischer (Conductor) Zsolt Fejérvári (double-bass), Ákos Ács (basset clarinet), Norma Nahoun (soprano), Barbara Kozelj (mezzosoprano), Bernard Richter (tenor), Hanno Müller-Brachmann (bass) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Per questa belle mano, K. 612 Clarinet concerto in A major, K. 622 Requiem en D minor, K. 626 Recordded on May the 14th, 2016 at the Concertgebouw, Bruges Nicolas Foulon, TV director

Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer (conductor) Krisztián Gergye Company, Krisztián Gergye (Choreographer) Béla Bartók The Miraculous Mandarin The Wooden Prince Recorded on 12 May 2017 at the Béla Bartók National Concert Hall, Budapest TV Director, Sébastien Glas

Two different sessions filmed in a studio: - Mal WALDRON's trio with Oliver JOHNSON at the drums and Gus NEMETH at the bass play 'Watakushi no sekal', 'Spanish bitch', 'All alone', 'Bits and things'. - Joachim KUHN at the piano plays 'Solo n°1', 'Dandy ponty' and 'Solo n°7'. Filmed in 1972 at the Maison de la Radio (Paris) - Directed by Marc Pavaux

Joachim Kühn is one of the great piano virtuosos of our time. Although he has reached the highest stage of musical maturity, he remains nonetheless open for new encounters. His playing defies all categorization, and has earned him a place as a world class musician. He has already left his mark on contemporary jazz and given it a new direction. He sees himself as part of the jazz tradition, connected to European concert music and yet directly indebted to a contemporary musical language. He displays vehemence and sensibility, a virtuoso technique and imagination and an unfailing sense of dynamics. He formed a legendary trio with Jean-François Jenny-Clarke and Daniel Humair and played with such diverse musicians as Gato Barbieri, Don Cherry, Phil Woods, Michel Portal, Billy Cobham, Michael Brecker, Albert Mangelsdorff, Joe Lovano, and his brother Rolf Kühn. Since 1996, he worked repeatedly with Ornette Coleman. Be it in his interaction with long-time musical partners such as Daniel Humair, the great Swiss drummer, or Bruno Chevillon, one of the foremost bassists of the younger generation, in ever new and challenging musical constellations, or alone in his solo performances, Kühn always manages to make his concerts into a unique experience.

Between Caribbean jazz from the Dominican pianist and Flamenco from the Andalusian guitarist, a frenzied and highly enjoyable encounter. Unique date in France. Michel Camilo: piano Tomatito : guitars

Zara McFarlane just might be one of the new jazz sensations of 2014. At least all signs point to this. Her second album 'If You Knew Her' was released in January and it presents a singer who has truly discovered her own voice. The album was released by Brownswood Recordings, run by the famed British DJ/tastemaker Gilles Peterson. The minimalist compositions and McFarlane's strong voice come together in a stunning way, making the release one of the early highlights of the new musical year.

MARCEL, RAMI & BACHAR KHALIFÉ (Liban) Dialogue between generations Marcel Khalifé vocal, oud - Rami Khalifé piano, vocal, keyboard - Bachar Khalifé percussions, vocal, electronic, keyboard TV Director Michaël Favard Recorded on March 2015

LAURENT DE WILDE AND OTISTO 23 'FLY !' INVITE GUILLAUME PERRET LIVE AT LA DYNAMO With Nico Ticot (video) Xlrproject Part Two of Laurent de Wilde and Otisto 23's musical experiments. This time, they have transcended themselves. Let us go back to the basic concept: a piano and a computer - Laurent generates sounds on his instrument, with the keyboard of course, but also the strings, felt, wood, metal, anything that can be plucked, scraped and rubbed, producing an infinitely varied sound matter that Otisto processes in real time through his computer, bouncing it back to Laurent, who then responds with new sounds... and this is how the music develops. After the experience of their first album 'PC Pieces', de Wilde et Otisto are meeting again on stage and in the studio. More intuitive, their music now involves more piano and electronics, as in 'Lost' with its long cadence on the piano, meandering through the filters of the machine, and 'B Flat Seven' where a single B Flat generates an extensive technoid epic in seven tableaux. From this encounter, a deeply organic music is born, a dialogue, a conversation which at times solidifies into an incandescent ball of sound or slims down to the most delicate hieroglyphs. An anecdote involves a herd of cows, grazing in the vicinity of the studio where the album was being recorded, to the accompaniment of a colony of flies, who soon invaded the room where the two musicians were working. There ensued a track entitled 'Eau de Mouche n°5', and the realisation that the insects' constant buzzing was influencing their entire repertoire. FLY ! invites us to defy gravity, carried aloft by an intimate and precious musical conversation.

Zara McFarlane just might be one of the new jazz sensations of 2014. At least all signs point to this. Her second album 'If You Knew Her' was released in January and it presents a singer who has truly discovered her own voice. The album was released by Brownswood Recordings, run by the famed British DJ/tastemaker Gilles Peterson. The minimalist compositions and McFarlane's strong voice come together in a stunning way, making the release one of the early highlights of the new musical year.