Continuing her site-specific musical explorations, contemporary pianist and composer Gwen Rouger invites us aboard a livestock trailer transformed into a concert hall for one spectator only, for an artistic encounter centred on cows. This immersive performance for concrete sounds and solo piano — both conventional and prepared — takes the form of a fascinating twenty-five-minute musical journey, a genuine aesthetic and sensory experience that unsettles our relationship to non-human living beings.
Continuing her site-specific musical explorations, contemporary pianist and composer Gwen Rouger invites us aboard a livestock trailer transformed into a concert hall for one spectator only, for an artistic encounter centred on cows. This immersive performance for concrete sounds and solo piano — both conventional and prepared — takes the form of a fascinating twenty-five-minute musical journey, a genuine aesthetic and sensory experience that unsettles our relationship to non-human living beings.
BIOGRAPHY
> GWEN ROUGER (FR)
Since her training in Paris with Argentine composer and pianist Carlos Roqué Alsina, and her Master’s degree in contemporary music performance from the Royal College of Music in London (2014), Gwen Rouger has been creating musical performances centred on encounter and human relationships. She leads Compagnie Entre for her solo performances in public space (Caravane, Tente de chantier, Bétaillère, Digestion). She is also co-director and pianist of the French ensemble Soundinitiative and the Swiss ensemble We Spoke. As a soloist and chamber musician, she has performed with the ensembles Plus-Minus in London and Ictus in Brussels. Her performances have been invited to numerous festivals in France and internationally — Denmark, Belgium, Poland, Luxembourg, Norway, Switzerland, Australia and Singapore. Associate composer at the Théâtre de Vanves for the 2025–2027 double season, she has also been artist in residence at the Cité des Arts in Paris (2016), Akademie Schloss Solitude in Stuttgart (2017) and Château de La Roche-Guyon (2024).
DISTRIBUTION
Gwen Rouger (concept, musical composition and performance), Compagnie ENTRE (production), Maison de la Musique Contemporaine (production/distribution support)
PRODUCTION
Residency Support
Château de La Roche Guyon (95) – 2023-2024 creative residency for Gwen Rouger, with the support of the Ministry of Culture – Regional Directorate of Cultural Affairs of Île-de-France.
Musical Commissions
Théâtre de l’Archipel, national stage of Perpignan, for the Aujourd’hui Musiques 2024 Festival.
