Concert - "Calder Piece", Earle Brown
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Four of France’s most esteemed percussionists are joining forces inside the Fondation Auditorium to offer audiences a rare immersive experience.
Over the course of a weekend, in parallel with the Calder. Rêver en équilibre exhibition, Adélaïde Ferrière, Vanessa Porter, Emmanuel Jacquet and Rodolphe Théry will perform Earle Brown's Calder Piece (1966) multiple times on each of the two days. With Calder’s express permission, Mr Brown has the percussionists take turns setting aside their instruments to play and improvise “on” Calder's 1964 metal sculpture Chef d'orchestre, placed at the space’s centre, thereby creating a symbolic continuum between visual and sound art.
Programme
Six performances each day at: 11.00 a.m., 12.00 p.m., 2.00 p.m., 3.00 p.m., 5.00 p.m. at 6.00 p.m.
- Earle Brown
Calder Piece (1963-1966)
For four percussionists and mobile
Adélaïde Ferrière
Adélaïde Ferrière is an internationally renowned concert performer who has been described as “a phenomenon” by French newspaper Le Monde and has already performed in more than thirty countries around the world.
She has appeared on some of the world’s most venerable stages, such as the Philharmonie de Paris, the Auditorium de Radio France, the Mozarteum in Salzburg, the Comédie-Française, the Opéra National de Paris, the Teatro Argentina in Rome, La Seine Musicale, the Snow Concert Hall in Canberra, the Atatürk Opera Hall in Istanbul, the Brno Philharmonic, the Greek National Opera, the Rainier III Auditorium in Monaco, the Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus, the Salzburg Festival, the Festival Présences, Un Violon sur le Sable, the Printemps des Arts in Monte-Carlo, Festival d’Automne, the Festival de Pâques, the Festival Berlioz, the Festival Ravel and the Filarmonica Romana Season.
As a soloist, she has played with some thirty orchestras, including the Orchestre National de France, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, the Geneva Chamber Orchestra, the Brno Philharmonic Orchestra, the Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra, the Orquesta Sinfónica de Puerto Rico, the Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, the Orchestre de l’Opéra National de Lorraine, the Latvian Chamber Orchestra, the Orquesta Sinfónica de Xalapa and the Orchestre de Chambre Nouvelle-Aquitaine, to name a few, and worked with conductors such as Matthias Pintscher, Sir George Benjamin, Holly Choe, Adrian Prabava, Joseph Bastian and Gergely Madaras. In 2022, she was an associate artist of the Orchestre des Pays de Savoie and, in 2024, of the Orchestre Dijon Bourgogne.
Ms Ferrière is deeply committed to the contemporary repertoire and has taken part in numerous world premieres and worked with composers of every generation, including Georges Aperghis, Noriko Baba, Philippe Hurel, Martin Matalon, Camille Pépin, Bastien David, Mikaël Karlsson, François Meïmoun and many others.
In 2012, at the age of 15, Ms Ferrière enrolled at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris, earning her Master’s degree with highest honours the space of five years. She also studied at the Royal College of Music in London in 2016. In 2017, she was named “Revelation Instrumental Soloist of the Year” at the 24th Victoires de la Musique Classique awards, becoming the first percussionist to earn the title at this event. She was also selected for the 2025-2027 Génération Spedidam Classique et Contemporain programme. In December 2025, Ms Ferrière was invited to perform at the prestigious Nobel Prize banquet at Stockholm City Hall for the world premiere of a work by Jacob Muhlrad.
Her debut album, Contemporary, was released by Evidence Classics in 2020 to critical acclaim (France Musique’s “Choice”, “Discovery” Joker Crescendo Magazine, Le Monde “Selection”, Le Figaro “Selection”, four stars from the BBC’s Music Magazine). She has also recorded on a number of labels, including Mirare (Messiaen’s Des Canyons aux Étoiles), B Records (Alliages/Trio Xenakis), Sony Classical (New York, Thibault Cauvin), and Présences Compositrices (Aether by Camille Pépin).
In 2024, the percussionist appeared in Deutsche Grammophon’s Rising Stars series and recorded two singles for the Musical Moments collection. Performances and interviews featuring Ms Ferrière have also been broadcast by Arte & Arte Concert, Medici.tv, Stage+, CultureBox, Pathé Live, France Télévisions, M6, TV5 Monde, Radio France and Radio Classique.
Adélaïde Ferrière is a Yamaha Artist and Kolberg Artist. She is supported by the Adami, the Spedidam, the Fondation Safran pour la Musique, the Swiss Fondation Engelberts pour les Arts et la Culture and the Fondation Singer-Polignac, where she is in residence with the Trio Xenakis, an associate artist since 2025.
Vanessa Porter
Vanessa Porter is internationally recognized as one of the most versatile percussionists of her generation and is frequently invited to take part in a wide range of projects, concert formats, and programs. As a soloist, she combines contemporary works with improvisation, electronics, and elements of performance art, creating highly focused and compelling sonic environments.
Alongside her close engagement with the instrumentarium, a central aspect of her artistic practice is the deelopment of new programs, both as a soloist and in collaboration with artists from various disciplines. She places particular emphasis on the concert as a holistic experience and consistently situates her work within a broader social context.
Vanessa Porter collaborates closely with leading composers such as Georges Aperghis, Rebecca Saunders, Jennifer Walshe, Marta Gentilucci, Simon Steen-Andersen, Benjamin Scheuer, Alva Noto, Francesca Verunelli, and Samir Odeh-Tamimi, among others.
In addition to guest appearances with international ensembles including Ensemble Modern and Les Percussions de Strasbourg, she has been a member of Ensemble Ascolta since 2025. As a soloist and chamber musician, she appears regularly at major festivals such as the Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik, the ECLAT Festival Stuttgart, and the Donaueschingen Musiktage, and performs as a soloist with orchestras including the Deutsche Sinfonieorchester Berlin, the WDR Sinfonieorchester, and the Staatskapelle Halle. Her solo programs have been presented at leading concert halls worldwide, including the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Cologne Philharmonie, Philharmonie de Paris, the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, the Barbican Centre London, and the Megaron Athens.
Her solo projects include folie à deux, cycle.sound.color, and DUST, as well as interdisciplinary programs incorporating dance, video, and live electronics.
Alongside giving international masterclasses, Vanessa Porter has been Professor of Percussion at the Karlsruhe University of Music since 2024.
Emmanuel Jacquet
Emmanuel Jacquet is a versatile musical artist who performs with a wide range of ensembles, from major French symphony orchestras to large-scale theatrical productions. He studied contemporary and traditional percussion, along with drums, at various conservatories, but ultimately graduated from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris in 2022 with highest honours.
Mr Jacquet is regularly invited to play with various prestigious orchestras such as the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, the Opéra National de Lyon, the Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire, the Orchestre National Bordeaux-Aquitaine, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo and many others.
Equally enthusiastic about new works, Mr Jacquet collaborates with the Miroirs Etendus company and has been involved in several shows and operas directed by Thomas Bouvet and Antoine Thiollier on various national stages.
He has taken part in major theatrical productions at the Comédie-Française, including Électre/Orestes, directed by Ivo van Hove in 2018, and Némésis, directed by Tiphaine Raffier, which premiered at the Odéon-Théâtre de l’Europe in 2023.
Alongside his solo career, Mr Jacquet is a member of the Trio Xenakis, founded in 2018 with his fellow percussionists Adélaïde Ferrière and Rodolphe Théry. The trio has established a reputation for their commitment to contemporary music, exploring works by composers such as Iannis Xenakis, Thierry Escaich and Steve Reich.
The trio’s first album, Alliages, was released on the B Records label in November 2024.
Mr Jacquet is also involved in educational projects and chamber music concerts to support the dissemination and appreciation of contemporary music.
Since 2018, Emmanuel Jacquet has been in residence with the Trio Xenakis at the Fondation Singer-Polignac.
Rodolphe Théry
Rodolphe Théry has been Principal Timpanist of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France since 2019, as well as being a founding member of the Trio Xenakis and the Orchestre le Cercle de l’Harmonie, demonstrating his eclectic work in the music world.
In 2013, he joined, in high standing, Michel Cerutti’s class at the Conservatoire de Paris, where he studied the contemporary repertoire for solo percussion, also specialising in timpani in Jean-Claude Gengembre’s class. Soon thereafter, he was invited to play with major European orchestras such as London’s Philharmonia, the Orchestre de Paris, the Bayerische Staastoper of Munich, the Orchestre de Chambre de Paris and Les Siècles et les Dissonances, and has worked with conductors such as Valery Gergiev, Myung-Whun Chung, Lava Shani, Daniel Harding and Esa-Pekka Salonen.
As part of the Trio Xenakis, the musician continues to explore contemporary works and projects dovetailing a variety of artistic practices. The three musicians have collaborated with Ivo Van Hove and the Comédie-Française for the production of Électre/Oreste, as well as with the group Feu! Chatterton, pianist Yaron Herman and dancer Élodie Sicard. The trio has also worked with composers Thierry Escaich, Othman Louati, Philippe Hure and Giani Caserotto. In 2024, the trio released Alliages, their first album, a collection of major works from the contemporary percussion repertoire, which was met with critical acclaim (Diapason, Concerti, France Musique, etc.).
In addition to his work as a musician, Mr Théry develops and directs shows that combine different art forms. His first such creation, Le Voyage d’Ulysse, premiered in April 2025 at Studio 104 of Radio France and was released as a podcast on France Musique. His new adaptation of L’Enfant & les Sortilèges premiered in Paris in December 2025.
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