Cymbals play the lead role in this show, combining music and visual performance. On stage, ten percussionists perform John Cage’s But What About the Noise of Crumpling Paper (1985) and 100 cymbals by Ryoji Ikeda (2019). As a key figure in electronic art, composer and visual artist Ryoji Ikeda is known for mixing physical phenomena with mathematical concepts. As for the Percussions de Strasbourg, they have been one of the leading groups in contemporary music since their creation in 1962

• cast

  John Cage / Ryoji Ikeda But what about the noise of crumpling paper (1985 / 2021) 15’
  Ryoji Ikeda 100 cymbals (2019) 35’

  100 cymbals (2019) was commissioned by LA Philharmonic, Los Angeles

  Les Percussions de Strasbourg : Alexandre Esperet, Léa Koster, Emil Kuyumcuyan, Olivia Martin, Minh-Tâm Nguyen, François Papirer, Lou Renaud-Bailly, Thibaut Weber, Hsin-Hsuan Wu, Yi-Ping Yang

  Coproduction : Les Percussions de Strasbourg / Festival Musica / KunstFestSpiele Herrenhausen
  Avec le soutien de Yamaha et Turkish cymbals