Yves Balmer

The Cahier de métamorphoses was conceived as a school of listening: listening to the resonances of the instrument, but also listening to one s own capacity to act on the sound. Thanks to a wide range...

By working on an abstract 'piano material ', the Piano Material cycle focuses on the experience of listening to sound, resonance and the infinitely varied, subtle and refined sound potential of the pi...

Placed under the guardianship of a title by the poet Philippe Jaccottet (1925-2021) - Fragments soulevés par le vent - the three movements of this work are permeated by instability and almost continuo...

The seven movements of this work explore and exploit different aspects of the alto saxophone's protean virtuosity and expressiveness. Taken together, they illustrate the richness and potential of this...