Virginie Aster

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Compositions and publications

Music score Sous influence de Virginie Aster

Music score
Sous Influences
for solo violin
by Virginie Aster 
Editions Gérard Billaudot
Music score Instants photographiques

Music score
Instants Photographiques
For viola
by Virginie Aster 
Editions Gérard Billaudot
DVD Mouvements, dance, concert and vidéo - Virginie Aster

DVD
Mouvements, concert, dance and video
Directed by V. Aster 
Editions L’Harmattan
first performance of Instants photographiques by Virginie Aster

In concert
Instants Photographiques
For viola
by Virginie Aster 
Instants photographiques by Virginie Aster

In concert
Instants Photographiques
For viola
by Virginie Aster 
Concert show Eve Noire

Concert show
Eve Noire
For violin and African drums
by Virginie Aster 

www.eve-noire.com

Solo instruments

Sous Influences for violin, in three movements - 10'30

Editions Gérard Billaudot, series directed by Guy Comentale. Foreword by Alexander Markov

DVD published by L’Harmattan: Mouvements, concert, dance and vidéo

2022, Paris, Vatelot-Rampal Competition, required piece
2018-2022, required piece in different Conservatories
2013, Barcelona (Spain), Museu Europeu d’Art modern (Espagne), interpreted by Virginie Robilliard
2011, Hendaye, Théâtre Les Variétés, interpreted by Aurélia Lambert. With Laetitia Cheverry and Véronique Munoz Aniorte (dance)
2010, Paris (8th district) City Hall, interpreted by Virginie Robilliard
2010, Paris (14th district) Music Conservatory, interpreted by Jean-Luc Richardoz
2009, Paris (6th district), Théâtre du Lucernaire, interpreted by Frédéric André. With Véronique Bertoncini and Delphine Jungman (dance)

Instants Photographiques for viola, in 15 movements - 11'
Editions Gérard Billaudot, series directed by Frédéric Lainé
Recommended as an examination piece by the Confédération Musicale de France
2021, examination piece given for the diploma of musical studies at the Conservatory of Versailles
2021, recommended as an examination piece by the Confédération Musicale de France
2019, mandatory set piece for the Concours National des très jeunes Altistes, level 3, and for numerous Music School examinations
2017, Paris (1st district) Music Conservatory, Forum for New Pedagogical Repertoires, by Sarah Curtit and Annaëlle Laurès
2017, Paris, Amphithéâtre des Grands Voisins, by Sarah Curtit, in the company of physicist Etienne Klein
2010, Paris (8th district) City Hall, by Anne-Aurore Anstett
2009, Festival Cordes et Pics, first outline in one movement interpreted by Maud Gastinel and Jeanne Camus

Les Mystères d'Eleusis for violin, in seven movements - 7'54
2019, ParisParis (20th district) Music Conservatory, first performance interpreted by Judith Grobla

Les Enfants du Dragon, a musical tale for violin and reciter - 20'
Text: Sofia Martin

2014, Paris (11th district), UME Collective (Un monde éclectique)
2013, Puteaux City Hall, first performance interpreted by V. Aster (violin) et S. Martin (reciter) as a tribute to children adopted in Vietnam and in partnership with the Association Les Enfants des Rizières

Au fil de l'eau for violin, in one movement - 5'

2010, Longjumeau, Les Heures Musicales de Nativelle, first performance interpreted by Fiona Monbet

Short pieces for piano - 30'

2009, Paris, Ecole Normale de Musique, first performance interpreted by Yuna Jang

Un violon pour une caméra, improvisation in two sequences - 10'

2008, INA (Institut national de l’audiovisuel) documentary on the relationship between a violinist and his or her instrument presented and interpreted by V. Aster (violin) and Pierre Guillaud Lux (production and editing)

Instrumental duos

Eve Noire for violin, African drums and video, an instrumental opera - 1h10
2019, Aarhus, Denemark, interpreted by Ian van Rensburg (violin), Marius Paschke (drums)
2019, Morcote Classic Festival, Switzerland, interpreted by Ian van Rensburg (violin), Marius Paschke (drums)
2014, Paris, Concerts de l’Hôtel Cail, interpreted by Fiona Monbet (violin), Thomas Guéi (drums)
2013, Festival International Cordes et Pics (73), interpreted by Virginie Robilliard (violin), Thomas Guéi (drums)
2012, RFI, the En Sol Majeur broadcast, avec Ganiou Soglo, Minister of Culture of the Republic of Benin
2012, Paris, Maison de la Radio, recording interpreted by René Bosc et Philippe Dao

Dedicated website: www.eve-noire.com

Suite Géométrique for two violins, 1 solo performance and 8 duos - 16'
2019, Paris (20th district) Music Conservatory, interpreted by Judith Grobla, Stéphanie Courouble and their pupils
2012, Arcueil, Chapelle Résidence Internationale d’Etudiants, interpreted by Anna Barbara et Chloé Cachet
2012, Paris, Galerie de l’Angle, first performance interpreted by V. Aster et Anna Barbara

Turbulence(s) for violin and piano - 10'
Composition prize awarded by the Festival Mondial de l’Image Sous-Marine
2010, Festival International Cordes et Pics (73), first performance interpreted Stéphanie Moraly (violin), Guillaume Sigier (piano)

Ensembles

Substance for flute and string trio - 10’
2012, Fontenay-sous-Bois, Espace Gérard Philippe, first performance interpreted by the Helios Ensemble

Vocal works

Lingshan or Soul Mountain, a chamber opera for soprano, mezzo soprano, reciter, string quartet
and Chinese drums.
- 40'

Based on the eponymous novel by Gao Xingjian, winner of the 2000 Nobel Prize in Literature, and with support by the author

2010, Paris (8th district) Town Hall, first performance interpreted by Sayuri Araida (soprano), Marianne Séleskovitch (mezzo soprano), Fiona Monbet and Léo Ullmann (violins), Anne Derex (viola) and Gauthier Broutin (violoncello)

Partance for soprano and string quartet - 20'

2010, Longjumeau, Les Heures Musicales de Nativelle, interpreted by Sayuri Araida (soprano), Fiona Monbet and Léo Ullmann (violins), Anne Derex (viola) and Ken Wassim Ubukata (violoncello)

Ground for soprano and strings quartet - 7'

2010, Clamart, Saint-Pierre Saint-Paul Church, first performance interpreted by Marianne Séleskovitch (mezzo soprano), Fiona Monbet and Jean-Luc Richardoz (violins), Anne Derex (viola) and Jean-René Lhotte (violoncello)