MARJOLAINE REYMOND

Marjolaine Reymond, a passionate composer and explorer of human emotions, has written eight poems and invented a tale dotted with alexandrines and prose akin to surrealism, which she sets to music for 9 musicians.
With simplicity and naturalness, she explores the intense emotions aroused by an encounter with a wanderer.

"In a faraway kingdom, dressed all in rags, a man travelled the world with his dog.
He asked everyone for gold coins and a silver collar, the guarantee of a bond and of love, for without it he could not love...
So much madness expressing wisdom, so much cruelty claiming to be love, fury giving way to pain and reborn like a victorious phœnix".

Like a symphonic poem, the string quartet's harmonic edifice, close to Fauré, Poulenc, Satie, Debussy, Dutilleux and Stravinsky, supports Impressionist melodies and blends with the pulsating metrics of contemporary music.

Artistic background: Trained at the Conservatoire, Marjolaine Reymond stands out for her ability to blend contemporary writing, jazz and chamber music. Her compositions have been performed at a number of festivals and concert halls in Europe, and she regularly collaborates with ensembles of musicians passionate about exploring sound and narrative. Her work is characterised by a sensibility that is both poetic and dramatic, where each project becomes a universe in its own right.