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Boulez : the power of invention ? The years 1975-1995

Symposium on 22 and 23 May 2025
Left : Pierre Boulez ©Collège de France.
Right : Pierre Boulez with, from left to right, Didier Arditti, Andrew Gerzso and Giuseppe di Giugno working with the electroacoustic device for Répons à l'Espace de projection (1980) ©Fabien Chalhoub.

To markthe centenary of Pierre Boulez's birth, a symposium has been organized by Pr Pierre-Michel Menger, Chair of Sociology of Creative Work, and Nicolas Donin, Professor of Musicology at the University of Geneva.

With the support of the Collège de France Foundation and its major sponsor LVMH.

The colloquium will be enhanced by two concerts given by the Ensemble intercontemporain, partner of the  event:

  • A workshop-concert onMay22 at 6 pm   30, following on from the various presentations on the first day of the symposium, and bringing it to a close.
  • A concert onMay23 at 8 pm , by invitation or prior registration. Registration is compulsory : attending the symposium on the 23rd does not guarantee a place.