Cité de la Voix - National Vocal Arts Center
residence from 2023
From January 1, 2023, Les Métaboles, vocal ensemble directed by Léo Warynski. are all associated with the Cité de la Voix.
On the strength of complicit and demanding work begun several months ago, this new association is perfectly in line with the continuity of the missions of the Center national d'art vocal as much as it represents a new major artistic stage under the sign of a vision audacious about the future of choral music. The multiple collaboration spaces will make it possible to intensify the influence of vocal music - particularly a cappella - in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, of which the Cité de la Voix with the associated ensemble represent the epicenter in terms of creation, distribution, transmission, training and development of the resource
The ensemble Les Métaboles will thus occupy a central place at the Rencontres musicales de Vézelay and in the public season (2023: Alfred Schnittke, Concerto for choir); will participate in structuring educational projects ("100% choir" Auxerre and Gray) and in the training of young conductors by reinforcing not only the international ambition of the Choral Conducting Academy (co-direction Léo Warynski and Daniel Reuss in 2023) but also through an unprecedented tutoring system from 2024.
Finally, constant attention to sharing the vocal repertoire everywhere and for everyone will guide all the projects initiated between Les Métaboles and La Cité de la Voix – choice of forms, concerts outside the walls, transversality of disciplines, diversity and originality of repertoires, cultural actions and public participation – in a spirit of curiosity, creativity and openness, continually ensuring the involvement of actors from the fields of economic, social and cultural life in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
CITÉ DE LA VOIX - RESIDENCE
2023
Alfred Schnittke, Concerto for choir
Season "Chant libres"
Choir direction Academy
August
From Tallis to Filidei, from Mahler's Adagietto Symphony 5 (transcription by Gérard Pesson) to the impressive Concerto for choir by Schnttke, the ensemble conducted by Léo Warynski reveals the virtuosity, freshness and energy of four major works who rub shoulders, confront each other, inspire each other, all linked by the sublime utopia of a form of excess.
July
La Cité de la Voix, a national center for the vocal arts located in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, has been offering professional training programs for young singers and choir directors for several years. In 2023 and for the third edition, a choir conducting academy is offered in collaboration with the ensemble les Métaboles. The academy will be led by Léo Warynski and Daniel Reuss.
A restitution concert will take place on July 7 at 8:30 p.m. in the Basilica of Vézelay
June
100 % Chorale Auxerre - restitution in June 2023
Transmitting the passion for choral singing in primary schools over a long period of time with:
- collective practice in class each week accompanied by guest musicians and/or singers from the Ensemble Métaboles training
- open to teachers, in order to find the self-confidence to implement their artistic desires and share effective tools of transmission,
- tutoring, for tailor-made support in the autonomy of teachers.
With Naomi Conquet (alto) and Jean-François Chiama (tenor)
May
100% chorale à Gray - restitution in May 2023
Transmitting the passion for choral singing in primary schools over a long period of time with:
- collective practice in class each week accompanied by guest musicians and/or singers from the Ensemble Métaboles training,
- open to teachers, in order to find the self-confidence to implement their artistic desires and share effective tools of transmission,
- tutoring, for tailor-made support in the autonomy of teachers.
With Cécile Pierrot (soprano) and Cyrille Lerouge
February
Ensemble associated with the Cité de la Voix, les Métaboles record for the CDAC, Documentation Center for Choral Art