PIERRE BOULEZ : Images Exposed

PIERRE BOULEZ : IMAGES EXPOSED

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PIERRE BOULEZ : IMAGES EXPOSED MARION KALTER

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« Le compositeur, c’est l’œil qui imagine l’oreille » ¹

En 1984, alors que j’allais photographier une nouvelle version de Répons pour le magazine Le Monde de la Musique, je ne savais pas que j’allais suivre la carrière de Pierre Boulez pendant près de 30 ans.

Une fois la reconnaissance établie, un accord tacite m’a permis de photographier le maître sans que je ressente la gêne que l’on a d’habitude lorsqu’on insiste « trop ».

J’étais donc tout simplement là, comme un des musiciens, pratiquant mon instrument souvent trop sonore.

Comment ne pas reprendre à mon compte (en tant que photographe) cette courte phrase de P. Boulez relative au compositeur ? De la même manière, tout comme « […] les oreilles n’ont pas de paupières » ², les yeux n’émettront jamais de sons. C’est donc l’imagination qui doit être au rendez-vous du regardeur de ces photographies afin d’évoquer les moments sonores d’intense travail, d’écoute, de concentration, et de plaisir.

La couverture que j’ai choisie m’émeut particulièrement.

Cet instantané a été pris avec l’iPhone, comme un journal de bord, un jour d’été à Salzbourg en 2011. Cette image un peu floue, où P. Boulez a posé à ma demande, « sage comme une image », me renvoie à ce que ses yeux lui permettent de voir aujourd’hui. J’ai alors décidé de ne plus le photographier.

— Marion Kalter

Citation de Pierre Boulez extraite de Pierre Boulez : Leçons de musique, Christian Bourgois, 2005, p. 25. ² Citation extraite de La Haine de la musique, Pascal Quignard, Calmann-Lévy, Paris, 1996, p. 115. ¹

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‘A composer is the eye that imagines the ear’¹

In 1984, when I went to photograph a new version of Répons for the magazine Le Monde de la Musique, I could not have imagined that I’d end up following the career of Pierre Boulez for nearly 30 years.

Once we’d established mutual recognition, we worked under a tacit agreement that allowed me to photograph the master without constraint. I was just there, like one of the musicians, but felt like a noisy observer.

As a photographer, how could I not think of Boulez’s phrase about a composer being the eye that imagines the ear? For I know that, whatever I do, just as ‘[...] the ears have no eyelids’ ², the eyes will never make sounds.

It’s the imagination of the beholder of these photographs that needs to conjure up the moments of sound: moments of intense work, listening, concentration and pleasure.

The photo I’ve chosen for the cover of this book I find especially touching. It’s a snapshot taken with my iPhone, as for a personal journal, on a summer’s day in Salzburg in 2011. P. Boulez posed for me at my request, in all simplicity.The vaguely blurred image reminds me of what his eyes allow him to see these days. After that there was no need to photograph him any more.

— Marion Kalter

Quote by Pierre Boulez from Pierre Boulez: Leçons de musique, Christian Bourgois, 2005, p. 25. ² Quote from La Haine de la musique, Pascal Quignard, Calmann-Lévy, Paris, 1996, p. 115. ¹

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Pierre Boulez at the Salzburg Festival, Haus für Mozart, Salzburg, 2011.

Pierre Boulez at IRCAM¹, Paris, 1983.

Pierre Boulez at IRCAM¹, Paris, 1984.

Pierre Boulez at a desk working on Répons at IRCAM¹, Paris, 1984.

Pierre Boulez rehearsing Répons with soloists of the Ensemble Intercontemporain at IRCAM¹, Paris, 1984.

Pierre Boulez rehearsing Répons at IRCAM¹, Paris, 1984.

Pierre Boulez and soloists of the Ensemble Intercontemporain rehearsing Répons at IRCAM¹, Paris, 1984.

Pierre Boulez at a desk working on Répons with Andrew Gerzso and IRCAM computer music and audio teams at IRCAM¹, Paris, 1984.

Pierre Boulez, Andrew Gerzso and IRCAM computer music and audio teams rehearsing Répons at IRCAM¹, Paris, 1984.

Pierre Boulez at IRCAM¹, Paris, 1984.

Pierre Boulez rehearsing Répons with soloists of the Ensemble Intercontemporain at IRCAM¹, Paris, 1984.

Pierre Boulez and Karlheinz Stockhausen at IRCAM¹, Paris, 1983.

Pierre Boulez and musicians of the Ensemble Intercontemporain at the Festival de la Grange de Meslay, near Tours, 1985.

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Pierre Boulez and musicians of the Ensemble Intercontemporain during a rehearsal at the Festival de la Grange de Meslay, near Tours, 1985.

36-37, Pierre Boulez with Elliott Carter 38-39 at IRCAM¹, Paris, 1985.

40-41 Pierre Boulez giving a master class in composition at the CNSMDP ² in company of Alain Louvier, director of the Conservatory, Paris, 1987.

42-43 Pierre Boulez enjoying a drink after his master class at the CNSMDP ² with Michael Levinas, Claude Delangle, Jean-Paul Reunier and Jean-Sebastien Béreau, Paris, 1987.

44-45, Pierre Boulez rehearsing a 46-47 piece by and with Luciano Berio at Salle Avicenne at the Cité Universitaire, Paris, 1989.

48-49 Sir Harrison Birtwistle, Joanna MacGregor (pianist) and Pierre Boulez rehearsing a piece by Harrison Birtwistle at theThéatre du Châtelet, Paris, 1993.

50-51 Paul Sacher and Pierre Boulez at Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris, 1985.

53 Pierre Boulez and Claude Pompidou at a concert at IRCAM¹, Paris, 1996.

55, 56-57, Pierre Boulez in his office 58-59 at IRCAM¹, Paris, 1991.

60-61 Pierre Boulez giving a master class in conducting to Daniel Harding, Cité de la Musique, Paris, 1996.

63 Pierre Boulez conducting at Cité de la Musique, Paris, 1996.

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Pierre Boulez conducting during the Salzburg Festival, Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 1994.

Maurizio Pollini and Pierre Boulez after a concert conducted by Pierre Boulez during the Salzburg Festival, Pernerinsel Hallein, 1994.

Pierre Boulez and Philippe Manoury rehearsing a piece by Philippe Manoury at IRCAM¹, Paris, 1996.

Pierre Boulez during intermission of a rehearsal with Orchestre de Paris, Théâtre Mogador, Paris, 2002.

Marc-André Dalbavie and Pierre Boulez during a rehearsal at the Salzburg Festival, Pernerinsel, 1994.

Pierre Boulez and Charles Rosen at IRCAM¹, Paris, 2005.

Pierre Boulez giving a master class at the Manhattan School of Music, New York, 2005.

Pierre Boulez, with a student, giving a master class at the Manhattan School of Music, New York, 2005.

Students in Hawaiian disguise surprise Pierre Boulez during a break at the Manhattan School of Music, New York, 2005.

Pierre Boulez giving a master class at the Manhattan School of Music, New York, 1995.

Pierre Boulez, with a student (flutist), giving a master class at the Manhattan School of Music, New York, 1995.

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Pierre Boulez, Daniel Barenboim and a musician from the Western Divan, during the Salzburg Festival, Grosse Aula, Salzburg, 2007.

Pierre Boulez and Patrice Chéreau in a discussion at the office of Universal Music ³, Vienna, 2007.

Pierre Boulez conducting at a rehearsal at the Grande Salle of the Centre Pompidou, Paris, 2008.

Pierre Boulez at IRCAM¹, Paris, 2008.

Pierre Boulez at a rehearsal with the Vienna Philharmonic orchestra, Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 2011.

Photograph © Jean Radel: Marion Kalter taking photos backstage during the intermission of a rehearsal with Claron McFadden, Pierre Boulez and Hillary Summers, Cité de la Musique, Paris, 2009.

¹ Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique ² Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris ³ Universal Music, editor of the scores of Pierre Boulez

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Photographies / Photographs © Marion Kalter

Design graphique / Graphic design Gwenaël Fradin

Remerciements/Acknowledgment Johannes Steidl

Impression / Printing ICN, Orthez

Meg Bortin Christophe Boutin Gwenaël Fradin Julie Higonnet Peter Wolrich Jean Radel

Tirage / Edition 100

Merci à tous ceux qui apparaissent sur ces photographies.

Thanks to all those who appear in these photographs.

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