Le Printemps des Arts: “Jolivet – Ravel – Cendo”

Le Printemps des Arts (Spring Arts Festival) continues with a concert “Jolivet – Ravel – Cendo” on Thursday 27 March 2025, at 7.30 pm in Auditorium Rainier III.

Not merely a composer, conductor, and builder of institutions, Pierre Boulez was also a virtuoso when it came to courting controversy. This “confrontation concert” by the Ensemble Linea pits two composers against one another, one who felt the bite of Boulez’ critique, the other a critic of Boulez himself. The first is André Jolivet (whose talent Boulez nonetheless acknowledged), the second Raphaël Cendo, an artist who loves to push the envelope and is known for his “saturated music” concept.