Vies silencieuses (Silent lives) is closely linked to the Villa Médicis in Rome for which I conceived this project in 2003 and where I gave it its definitive form between 2004 and 2006. These "lives" were inspired above all by the pictural universes of several very different artists. Yet I believe I recognised in each of them something which spoke to me directly and echoed my preoccupations as a composer - what I might term patience, "the frequentation of the world", appearance and effacement.
Jérôme Combier
Ensemble Cairn, Guillaume Bourgogne (conductor)
