CURTAIN !
From chaos to silence
Scheduled at: Théâtre du Châtelet, Ruhrtriennale Festival
What lies behind the curtain? Daydreaming, play, obsession, pain… intimacy.
More than a century after the creation of Parade at the Théâtre du Châtelet, which brought together the greatest talents of the artistic avant-garde of the early 20th century, the Apaches revisit this seminal work in the same creative and playful spirit.
With humor, poetry, and a touch of irreverence, Rideau! brings the free and visionary worlds of Erik Satie and John Cage into dialogue . Like them, the musicians and composers of Les Apaches repurpose everything: everyday objects, words and colors, the deepest feelings… Everything becomes a musical playground.
From this sonic and visual chaos, a form of minimalism gradually emerges, another way of listening, seeing, and perhaps being in the world. Bodies spread out, artworks are stripped back, colors fade. Everyone is invited to listen differently, perhaps even to listen to themselves.
In a world saturated with sounds, images and demands, Rideau! is a story of metamorphosis, of returning to the essential.
What lies behind the curtain? A mystery, unique to each individual, that the music is about to reveal…
"Cage and Satie lead to contemplation, to meditation" - Neue Musikzeitung (Ruhrtriennale Festival)
"An intelligently conceived evening, with great atmospheric power, halfway between musical avant-garde and performative experimentation" - Ruhrgesprach (Ruhrtriennale Festival)
PROGRAM
Part One: "The Chaos"
Erik Satie / Philippe Hattat / Othman Louati Vexations / Prelude
Erik Satie / Anthony Girard Parade
Othman Louati Parade after Water walk by John Cage
Erik Satie / Philippe Hattat Vexations / Interlude No. 1
John Cage / Philippe Hattat Living Room Music
Erik Satie Furniture Music No. 2
Erik Satie / Philippe Hattat Vexations / Interlude No. 2
John Cage Atlas Eclipticalis
Erik Satie / Philippe Hattat Prelude to the Heroic Gate of Heaven
Part Two: "The Silence"
Erik Satie / Othman Louati Gymnopédie N°1 and N°3
Erik Satie / Philippe Hattat Vexations / Interlude No. 3
John Cage / Othman Louati In a Landscape
Erik Satie / Philippe Hattat Vexations / Interlude No. 4
Erik Satie / Othman Louati Gnossienne No. 3
Othman Louati Postlude
John Cage 4'33
DISTRIBUTION
The Apaches! (15 musicians)
Musical direction, Julien Masmondet
Music, Erik Satie and John Cage, Othman Louati and Philippe Hattat (Commissions 2026)
Piano, Philippe Hattat
Saxophone and objects, Rémi Fox
Set in motion, Sarah Silverblatt-Buser
Directed by Gordon and Sarah Silverblatt-Buser
Lighting design by Arthur Cemin
Sound system, Thibaut Lescure
Topper, Victoria Duhamel
Stage manager: Maël Vogel De Laurens
Arrangements and orchestrations by Anthony Girard, Othman Louati and Philippe Hattat
