Ensemble IF

Ensemble IF

Acoustic world music and video scenography

13 April, 6.30pm

@ Co-Bank Towers

As a part of Francophonie Month, dedicated to celebrate the French language, Alliance Francaise de Trivandrum in association with the Embassy of France in India organizes an acoustic world music and video scenography by Ensemble IF, 7 April at 6.30pm @ Co-Bank Towers.

IF (Imaginary Folklores) Ensemble represents the coming together of  an acoustic world music trio and a visual artist. The group creates a blend of warm, engaging music and captivating visual imagery. IF is the fruit of today’s globalised world, with imprints and influences from India, Finland, France, Argentina and Canada. The group derives its inspiration from this very cultural diversity creating music which is not only steeped in the traditions of classical and jazz music but which also integrates the latest in digital arts. The group composes, improvises and plays its own music, images and scenography.

Created in Brussels in 2010, IF Ensemble is currently in the process of recording its first album.

The music concert would be combined with a scenographic structure made up of moving fabric on which would be projected a mix of video images and a play of light. The show provides a captivating amalgamation of music, images, light and great improvisermusician exchange. This show, a blend of digital arts and scenic forms, is a reflection of the contemporary creative scene of Europe.

The group consists of four talented artists: Finnish Otso Lähdeoja (guitar, compositions), the electronic music specialist of the band; Florian Guibert (Flute), whose inspiration comes from many places like Australia, South America and India , with musical style ranging from playing classical music to brazilian and jazz to original compositions, electronic and improvised music; Mauro Sarachian(violoncello), who have diversified his artistic expression from classical music to contemporary experimental music to tango, folk and music for films and Alexandre Berthier (scenography, projections), whose specialty in visual art has taken him to every part of the world in collaboration with artist Karl-Otto von Oertzen under the name of Marswalkers.