Retrospective
From 1985 to 2026
Music by Georges Bizet
Original libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy
Additional music by Didier Puntos
Libretto adaptation and original score by Catherine Verlaguet
Musical adaptation by Gilles Dumoulin
Musical direction by Gilles Dumoulin and Didier Puntos
Directed by Olivier Letellier
Featuring four singers, two actors, five percussionists, piano, and a mixed choir.
Works by Alexander Scriabin and Martin Moulin
Texts by Malcolm de Chazal
Martin Moulin (composition) and Gilles Dumoulin (transcription)
Actress and keyboardist (melodica): Louise Léger
Duo featuring harpsichord (Anne-Catherine Vinay) and marimba (Gilles Dumoulin)
Works by Hector Berlioz, Moritz Eggert, Danny Elfman, Nino Rota, and Germaine Tailleferre
Transcription: Renaud Cholewa, Gilles Dumoulin
Music: Gavin Bryars (commission), Gilles Dumoulin, Graham Fitkin
Musical Direction: Gilles Dumoulin
Choreography: Samuel Faccioli and Bérengère Fournier
Production: Percussions Claviers de Lyon and Cie La Vouivre
Co-productions: La Rampe-La Ponatière, State-Subsidized Theater – Échirolles (38); Théâtre de Roanne (42); La 2Deuche – Regional Theater – Lempdes (63); Le Sémaphore – Cébazat (63)
An Epic for Children’s Choir
Music and Artistic Direction: Arnaud Marzorati.
Libretto: Pierre Senges.
Arrangements and instrumental music: Gilles Dumoulin, Renaud Cholewa
Digital sets / lighting: Anne Sadovska
With the participation of Thomas Deffarge, painter and illustrator
A co-production of Opéra Grand Avignon and Les Lunaisiens
Works by Hector Berlioz, Zad Moultaka (commissioned), Serge Prokofiev, Camille Saint-Saëns, Igor Stravinsky
Transcription: Gilles Dumoulin, Gérard Lecointe, Zad Moultaka
Premiere with the Red Note Ensemble in the United Kingdom
Commissioned from the Franco-Lebanese composer and visual artist Zad Moultaka for both ensembles. Co-produced by the Aberdeen Sound Festival, the Red Note Ensemble (Edinburgh), and Percussions Claviers de Lyon.
Musical Theater and Film Concert
Film: Albert Lamorisse
Music: Darius Milhaud
Musical Direction and Transcription: Jérémy Daillet
Directed by: Nicolas Ramond
Magic Effects Design: Abdul Alafrez
Lighting Design: Sébastien Lefèvre
Costumes: Mö De Lanfé
Bertrand Belin’s Discography
Arrangements: Gilles Dumoulin, Bertrand Belin
Set Design: Marc Lainé, Stéphan Zimmerli
Featuring Bertrand Belin on vocals and guitar, and Thibault Frisoni on keyboards and bass
Choreographed Concert
Music: Heitor Villa-Lobos, Clara Nunes, Chico Buarque, Jean-Luc Rimey-Meille…
Musical concept: Gilles Dumoulin, Lanna Zita
Transcription and arrangements: Gilles Dumoulin, Zalindê
Stage direction: Livia Arditti
Featuring Zalindê and Lanna Zita, vocals
Music: Gavin Bryars (commissioned), Graham Fitkin (commissioned), Leonard Bernstein (arr. Gérard Lecointe), Morton Feldman, Steve Reich, John Cage
Musical concept: Gilles Dumoulin and Joël Suhubiette
Conductor: Joël Suhubiette
Featuring the chamber choir Les éléments
Show adapted and directed by Laurent Fréchuret
Music: Moritz Eggert (commissioned)
Text: Ray Bradbury
Musical coordination: Gilles Dumoulin
Interactive digital design: Scenocosme
Featuring Claudine Charrère and Mychel Lecoq, actors
And the voices of François Chattot and Bob Lipman
Transatlantic Ravel Tour in the United States and Canada
With pianist Hélène Tysman
Residency and concert at the Lycée Français de New York; master classes at the State University of New York and McGill University; concerts at the Alliance Française in Toronto (Canada), Helen M. Hosmer Concert Hall at Potsdam University (USA), and Salle Bourgie in Montreal (Canada).
A production directed by Jean Lacornerie
Music by Gavin Bryars (commissioned), Ben Johnston
Texts by Jean McCormick, Michael Ondaatje
Visuals: Stéphane Zimmerli
Musical direction: Gérard Lecointe
Featuring Claron McFadden and Bertrand Belin, singers; Lyonel Schmit, violinist
Co-production: Muziek transparant (Antwerp), Operadagen (Rotterdam), Théâtre de la Croix-Rousse, Théâtre de la Renaissance, Maison de la Culture de Bourges, Concertgebouw Bruges.
Music: Claude Debussy, Denis Fargeton (commissioned), Olivier Messiaen
Musical Arrangement: Gilles Dumoulin
Transcription: Raphaël Aggery, Gérard Lecointe, Gilles Dumoulin
With David Myriam, visual artist
Music: Maurice Ravel, George Gershwin
Musical Arrangement: Gilles Dumoulin, Hélène Tysman
Transcription: Raphaël Aggery, Gilles Dumoulin
Featuring Hélène Tysman, piano
A production directed by Abdelwaheb Sefsaf
Music: Patrick Burgan (commissioned)
Texts: Marion Aubert, Rémi De Vos, Marion Guerrero, Jérôme Richer, Abdelwaheb Sefsaf
Musical direction: Gilles Dumoulin
Starring Juliette Steimer, actress
Collaboration with the Sixtrum Ensemble (Montreal)
Performance directed by Michel G. Barette
Music: Patrick Burgan (commissioned work)
Text: Gaston Miron
Musical Direction: Gérard Lecointe, Gilles Dumoulin
Video design: Sylvain Pohu and Jérémie MacKenzie
Featuring Sixtrum, a percussion sextet
Performances in France and Quebec
Music: Arnaud Petit (commission), Uzong Choe, Claude Debussy
Transcriptions: Gilles Dumoulin, Gérard Lecointe
Featuring Yuree Jang, soprano
And the voice of Didier Sandre of the Comédie Française
A production directed by Emmanuelle Prager
Music: Claude Debussy, Paul Dukas, Albert Roussel, Camille Saint-Saëns
Text: Jules Verne
Musical direction and transcription: Gérard Lecointe
Illustrations: Étienne Guiol
Starring, on screen: Olivier Borle, Renaud Golo, Baptiste Guiton
And the voice of Jérôme Quintard
Music suggestion: Gilles Dumoulin
A production directed by Jean Lacornerie
Music: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Text: Alexander Pushkin
Musical direction and transcription: Gérard Lecointe
Concept and adaptation: Jean Lacornerie
Visuals: Étienne Guiol
Supervising a percussion academy in Hong Kong
Concert with students in the percussion orchestra.
Original compositions and new arrangements.
Concert: *West Side Story* by Leonard Bernstein
Musical directed by Jean Lacornerie
Music by Jule Styne; book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green
Transcription, musical direction: Gérard Lecointe
Photography: Étienne Guiol
Featuring Sébastien Jaudon (piano), Gilles Bugeaud, Claudine Charreyre, Estelle Danière, Quentin Gibelin, Sophie Lenoir, Colin Melquiond, Julie Morel, Maud Vandenbergue, Jacques Verzier, and Franck Vincent (singers)
Collaboration with the Ensemble Variances
Music: Thierry Pécou (commission), Gabriela Ortiz (commission), Guillermo Diego
With the Ensemble Variances
Concerts at the Rouen Opera, the Saint-Étienne Opera-Theater, the Arsenal in Metz, the Lyon Auditorium, Mexico City, and the Cervantino International Festival (2012).
Staged by Jean Lacornerie
Music: Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Musical direction and arrangement: Gérard Lecointe
Featuring Sébastien Jaudon, piano; Perrine Madoeuf, Landy Andriamboavonjy, Pierre-Antoine Chaumien, and Fabrice Alibert, singers
Collaboration with the International Festival Chorus (China)
Commissioned from Chinese composer He Shaoing for a solo vocalist, five percussionists, and a mixed choir, conducted by Nicholas Smith.
Concerts at the Forbidden City Auditorium, the Croisements Festival (Shanghai), and the Musée des Confluences (Lyon, 2015).
Collaboration with the Forum Music Ensemble (Taiwan)
Commissions for French composer François Narboni and Taiwanese composer Tsung-Hsien Yang.
Concerts featuring the program at the National Theater in Taipei and the Kaohsiung Auditorium, as well as at three venues in France.
A production directed by Emmanuelle Prager
Music: Maurice Ravel
Text: Charles Perrault
Visuals: Louise Kehl
Musical direction, transcription: Gérard Lecointe
Featuring, on screen, Véronique Bettencourt, narrator
Directed and adapted by: Jean Lacornerie
Music: Jacques Offenbach
Arrangements: Gérard Lecointe
Musical Director: Bernard Tétu
Featuring the Solistes de Lyon – Bernard Tétu
Co-production: Théâtre de la Renaissance
Composed and Improvised Music
With Denis Badault, jazz pianist
Musical direction, compositions: Denis Badault
Featuring Émilie Simon on composition and vocals, Arnaud Crozatier on cello, and Cyrille Brissot on live electronics
Concerts at the Eurockéennes in Belfort, the Grand Rex (Paris), and the Salle Pleyel
Music: Jean-Luc Rimey-Meille, Doudou N’Diaye Rose
Musical Direction: Dominique Debart
Featuring the ENSEMBLE – Basse-Normandie Orchestra, Doudou N’Diaye Rose, and the Batteurs de Dakar, sabars
Musical directed by Nicolas Ramond
Music: Henri-Charles Caget, Gérard Lecointe, Jean-Luc Rimey-Meille, Jean-François Estager
Musical directed by Nicolas Ramond
Music: Emmanuel Séjourné
Music: Jean-Luc Rimey-Meille
Libretto: Isabelle Mathias
Featuring a children’s choir and a narrator
Music: Gérard Gastinel
Featuring Jean-Louis Robert, narrator
Music: Leonard Bernstein
Transcription: Gérard Lecointe
First performance by Percussions Claviers de Lyon at the Salle Molière, Lyon’s 5th arrondissement
Works by Bernstein, Cahn, Debussy, Fisher (commissioned), Mozart, and Reich