Janus is the Roman deity of beginnings and endings, of choices, gates and transitions. He has two faces, one looking into the past and the other into the future. Mirroring this, for several years now the CMBV as a heritage institution has been working with the IRCAM research institute (Institut de Recherche et de Coordination Acoustique/Musique) under the auspices of the Ministry of  Culture. It has commissioned four new compositions from four European composers for its choir school. One premiere by Spanish composer Ariadna Tarrés Alsina will be performed in June 2023 at IRCAM’s ManiFeste festival. Two other premieres are scheduled for 2024, by Lithuanian composer Justina Repečkaitė and Serbian composer Jug Marković. One last will be performed in 2025 with French composer Adrien Trybucki. Juxtaposing these modern compositions, our revolutionary partnership presents several 17^th and 18^th century French baroque pieces serve as a kind of mirror with history.
An encounter in the present, juxtaposing past and future!