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WHERE WERE YOU CREON? This heartbreaking cry of Antigone, addressed to King Creon shortly before ending his life walled up in a cave, still resonates today. Where was he? Where was the Authority when Antigone's younger brothers killed each other? Why not have tried to defuse the conflict, promote prevention over repression, and even reconciliation?

With composer Stéphane Orlando, the Ataneres ensemble plunges us into this golden era of cinema. “Chaplin's Beginnings” features three short films from the beginning of Charlie Chaplin's career: The Vagabond, Kid Auto Races at Venice, and The Immigrant. For this production, Stéphane Orlando has composed a captivating original score, performed live to accompany the films, he directs himself.

For this masterpiece of Japanese silent cinema, Stéphane Orlando has composed a score inspired by traditional Japanese music and the early 20th-century film repertoire. It is a surprising encounter between the koto and shamisen on the one hand, and violins and clarinets on the other, linked by a variety of electronic treatments within a cinematic universe that reflects traditional values.

The String Theory Alpha Project is the first in a series of programs composed by Stéphane Orlando for a jazz trio and a classical string quartet. For this first opus, it's the Stéphane Mercier Trio and the Edinburgh Quartets who join forces in precise and sophisticated arrangements, but also in moments of jubilant improvisation... the best of both worlds!

Otto Spiegel, a renowned performance artist, is on the edge of losing his bearings when fate offers him a unique opportunity to read the details of his life from conception to age 7. What follows is a dizzying dive into the process that shapes a man's individuality. With this unsettling tale, Marc-Antoine Mathieu uses rationality to question our deepest beliefs.