STREET ART
“With Street Art, Julien Masmondet doesn’t mince words and dares, frankly, to invite movement into the room! (...) Street Art is first and foremost synonymous with freedom, constant surprise, poetry, and sometimes humor too; it owes much to the formidable commitment of thirteen instrumentalists skillfully led by Julien Masmondet.”
STREET ART
“ Street Art, a show blending minimalist music, video and free-running… A talented and audacious crossover. (...) Choreographic lines are drawn in the air, but so are musical lines, underpinned by the elegant and precise direction of Julien Masmondet. ”
THE TRAGEDY OF SALOME
(CD - February 2023)
"The sentences are finely crafted, the nuances carefully considered, the balance ideal. (...) A vibrant tragedy, whose rediscovery is essential."
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THE TRAGEDY OF SALOME
(CD - February 2023)
“More revelations arrive with Julien Masmondet's adventurous ensemble Les Apaches!, who deserve their exclamation mark for their pungent playing of a rarity. »
THE TRAGEDY OF SALOME
(CD - February 2023)
"What remains is the impressive commitment of the instrumentalists and their conductor. And the naturalness with which they seamlessly blend the elegant fluidity of Loïe, where the sound gradually unfolds around a flute solo, with the brilliance of La Tragédie de Salomé."
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THE TRAGEDY OF SALOME
(CD - February 2023)
"The phrases are chiseled to perfection, a veritable choreography of musical gestures mirroring the dance. The nuances are precise and the balance perfect, shaping timbres and textures in their diversity, while seamlessly linking the phrases together. It is vivid, colorful, languid, and brutal, even in the long silence that accompanies the Prophet's death and the explosion of violence that follows Salome's before the work's abrupt ending. A superlative tragedy, rich in color and movement. And, as the icing on the cake, the (re)discovery of an unjustly forgotten work."
– Anne Ibos-Augé
THE TRAGEDY OF SALOME
(CD - February 2023)
"A rare and captivating score, sumptuously performed by actors who are as convinced as they are committed."
THE TRAGEDY OF SALOME
(CD - February 2023)
"By turns sensual, dark, refined, luminous, dramatic, his orchestra carries the drama and ensures the narrative: the voice is indeed only called upon exceptionally, fleetingly."
THE ORIGINS OF THE WORLD
“We also commend the sensitive and dynamic direction of the young Julien Masmondet, who, with his new orchestra Les Apaches, offered us a delightful musical bestiary in Orsay, in the company of Stéphane Degout.”
– Thierry Hillériteau
THE ORIGINS OF THE WORLD
" The Apaches ensemble demonstrates the level exceptional among many current young instrumentalists (Magdalena Sypniewski at violin, Alexis Derouin on cello), as well What admirable collective qualities: sonic perfection, precision, mutual listening. It is It's true that Julien Masmondet handles his troupe well, always precise, clear, and never nervous, even in the most intense passages of La Création du monde .
– Jacques Bonnaure
THE ORIGINS OF THE WORLD
“ Julien Masmondet’s calm, fluid, and transparent conducting has the effect of presenting this invitation to introspection rather than exalting the unleashing of primal vital energies for the purposes of ballet. (...) A dense and powerful program, therefore, but never heavy, always imbued with elegance and gravity. ”
– Matthieu Roc
THE TRAGEDY OF SALOME
(show)
“Julien Masmondet has taken up this version, barely expanding the ensemble (twenty-one instrumentalists), and his conducting is attentive to the different components of the music imagined by Schmitt. (...) But this evening offers not only a very fine interpretation of The Tragedy of Salome as Florent Schmitt originally wrote it, but also adds interesting extensions.”
– Laurent Bury
THE TRAGEDY OF SALOME
(show)
“Here it is at last, this Tragedy of Salome! Thanks to Julien Masmondet and his Apaches, the original version of Florent Schmitt’s score has been brought back to life. (...) Julien Masmondet unfolds a silent drama in seven scenes in the most evocative way, with flexibility and precision, and knows how to get the best from fully committed instrumentalists.”
– Alain Cochard
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MANGA-CAFÉ / TROUBLE IN TAHITI
« Créé en coproduction à Compiègne, ce spectacle se satisfait d’un dispositif léger, facilitant ainsi une tournée qu’on espère longue (…) Formidables talents. Dans la fosse, Julien Masmondet dirige avec la tonicité requise le jeune et brillant orchestre Les Apaches. »
– Philippe Venturini
MANGA-CAFÉ / TROUBLE IN TAHITI
"The diptych Trouble in Tahiti / Manga Café, recently created in Compiègne, proves opera's ability to speak about our times."
– Thierry Hillériteau
MANGA-CAFÉ / TROUBLE IN TAHITI
"At the helm of the Ensemble Les Apaches, composed of some fifteen instruments, Julien Masmondet is completely at ease with this music and reveals a first-rate sense of rhythm. He instills a dynamic that never lets up."
– José Pons
MANGA-CAFÉ / TROUBLE IN TAHITI
“Eléonore Pancrazi, whose voice can do anything, is supported by an extroverted acting talent. Julien Masmondet infuses the ensemble Les Apaches with an impeccable sense of rhythm. Catherine Dune’s direction, fluid and light, highlights the mental fluctuations of these pointless and uncertain couples.”
– Romaric Gergorin
MANGA-CAFÉ / TROUBLE IN TAHITI
"Under the expert baton of Julien Masmondet, leading the excellent ensemble Les Apaches, the encounter between the 1950s and the beginning of the 21st century captivated the audience, who gave them enthusiastic applause."
– Bruno Villien
THE ROOSTER MAURICE
"The prestigious conductor Julien Masmondet has decided to dedicate a musical work to the rooster native to Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron, in Charente-Maritime, who died last year. Simply titled 'Le coq Maurice' (Maurice the Rooster), this one-act opera will be performed in the village on July 14th, following rehearsals held on a farm in the Limousin region."
– Fabien Paillot
