In this piece, I am observing the behavior and attitude of these instruments by bringing other qualities of them on the front. ( or giving them new qualities = new identities by changing their shape and the way they normally sound. In order to achieve that, I will partially prepare each instrument with different objects.( such as aluminum foil, foam board, chains, and etc.) so, many new timbers and sounds and qualities will come out ( lots of noise and multi phonic sounds ….).
If we imagine that they are different people and I as the composer, will give them new cloths and instruction how to adapt and live in this new society. these are going to be the means of achieving new identities or bringing out the hidden identities of each one of them.
I would also present their already well known identity, but after exploring different qualities of them, I would like to arrive to this point : both their “dark” and “bright” side ( pleasant and rather unpleasant” side) are “ beautiful” and “ desirable” because we are those who define beauty and desire, due to the moment that we live in.

Nuit de la percussion. 2, Tutti : concert de la master class de percussions de Steven Schick

Le percussionniste américain Steven Schick réunit 8 jeunes talents autour de pièces pour ensemble de percussions. Il invite également 2 jeunes compositeurs à écrire une œuvre originale à l'occasion de cette master class. Ces derniers bénéficient en outre des conseils de Philippe Leroux pour finaliser leur pièce. Ainsi le programme est partagé entre jeune création et œuvres emblématiques de grands maîtres, John Luther Adams, Steve Reich et Philippe Leroux, compositeur invité de ManiFeste-2016. Compositeurs sélectionnés : Anahita Abbasi (Iran), Onur Yildirim (Turquie). Percussionnistes sélectionnés : Vincent Caers (Belgique), Kaja Farszky (Croatie), Katelyn King (États-Unis), Lorenzo Colombo (Italie), Lara Oyedepo (France), Manon Roche (France), David Therrien-Brongo (Canada), Karen Yu (Canada).