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Production
Contemporary Classical & New Music Concert
Minimalism Lights – 4 Octobre 2026 [festival Ouverture !] – Théâtre Municipal Raymond Devos, Tourcoing
- Date
- Sunday, 4 October 2026
- Time
- 15:30
- Duration
- 01:15
- Venue
- Théâtre Municipal Raymond Devos
- Address
- 1 Pl. du Théatre, 59200 Tourcoing, France
- City
- Tourcoing
- Organisation
- Atelier Lyrique de Tourcoing
About this event
Minimalism Lights, presented by Atelier lyrique de Tourcoing as part of its Opening Festival, pays tribute to Philip Glass on his 90th birthday. Performed by the Ensemble Miroirs Étendus, a group specializing in contemporary creation, the concert features pianist Vanessa Wagner — a distinctive musical personality and noted Glass interpreter — conducted by Fiona Monbet. Shaped as a musical chiaroscuro, the program places Philip Glass’s radiant Piano Concerto No. 1 “Tirol” alongside Arvo Pärt’s cult classic Tabula Rasa, and Julia Wolfe’s Fuel (2007), emblematic of American post‑minimalism and written by a Pulitzer Prize winner. The presentation situates the program historically: after post‑1945 modernism privileging complexity, experimentation, and dissonance, minimalist and repetitive currents proposed a renewed experience of musical time that reconnects with consonance. A pre‑concert talk on minimalism is offered at 14:00 (reservation required).
Cast & creative
Piano
Vanessa WagnerPiano
Vanessa Wagner
Conductor
Fiona MonbetConductor
Fiona MonbetConductor
Fiona Monbet- J
Composer
Julia Wolfe - P
Composer
Philip Glass