Tristan Murail

I write for myself, for a few friends, and to ease the passing of time.' (José-Luis Borges)

After a short story by Jorge-Luis Borges: a man dreams, dreams of another person who gradually comes to life, becomes real, acquires consciousness. Then the dreamer notices that he is in fact only the...

Near where I live, there is a large stretch of preserved land, a natural park (Harriman State Park) belonging to the vast Appalachian range where small forest covered mountains are spangled with artif...

(Take the various meanings of 'legend' and 'urban' and try out all of the combinations)Légendes urbaines arose from a specific commission by the Ensemble intercontemporain for a 'theme' concert integr...

Garrigue is one of the pieces of a cycle of chamber music that I am progressively building.The title of the cycle is Portulan (after medieval navigation maps). The total line up is 8 musicians: fl cl...

An attempt at combined virtuosity - instruments / electronics.The electronic sounds extend the acoustic sounds beyond the limits of instrumental virtuosity, and echo the instrumental sounds in space.T...

On the coast, the Normandy coast, westerly winds prevail. They bring clouds and rain, but also promises and dreams of a distant continent, where everything begins anew, where everything will be better...

Or the invitation to a journey...In adventure novels, I have always preferred that moment where the heroes plan their journey, assemble the necessary equipment, consult maps and compasses (cf. Jules V...

A breeze blew almost warm - above the water, with frail bending Gramineae sheltering insects. A germinating burst pushes apart the surrounding stones - a little water seeps out, moistening the roots....

Portulan cycle for eight musicians.

This piece was written for a project initiated by the Internationales Forum Chor Musik, which consisted of commissioning choral works by various European composers on the theme of 'pilgrimage to Compo...

guitar.

The Ondes Martinot was not highly respected at the time Mach 2,5 was composed. It was generally regarded dubiously or with condescension, as if it were only appropriate for somewhat 'old fashioned' mu...

Ondes Martenot und andere Instrumente

The Holocaust Memorial in Berlin: resolute, alignments of cement blocks, all similar, all different, forming an immense quadrilateral, offering thousands of perspectives. My piece merely tries to evok...

Résurgence,(ou La Sorgue à Fontaine de Vaucluse),For ages, the Fontaine (that is to say the spring) de Vaucluse (vallis clausa: the closed valley), was a place of legends and mysteries. A massive bubb...