Les Métaboles, valiant choir

Founded in 2010 by Léo Warynski, Les Métaboles is a chamber choir created in the wake of Accentus, founded two decades earlier by Laurence Equilbey. However, as its name suggests, the formation is constantly changing to adapt to various types of repertoire. Originally made up of a majority of young people, it now includes seasoned singers such as Marc Busnel and Paul-Alexandre Dubois. Each is capable of performing as a soloist. After having visited the 20th century movements for a cappella choir by Poulenc or Rachmaninov, and having been involved in numerous creations such as "Papillon noir", Yann Robin's opera, the choir is starting a three-year residency in Royaumont. In the meantime, a recording to be released this autumn by NoMadMusic will illustrate a quest for originality (the unexpected Murray Schafer with Ravel and Britten) that is not on the point of coming to an end. "I have a thousand years of repertoire in front of me," says Léo Warynski mischievously.