Inachevée

Have you ever imagined a world without a leader, a society freed from the servitudes of verticality, where everyone becomes an actor and author of his or her own life? David Grimal has decided to apply this political utopia to the micro-society of the orchestra. For the past ten years, he has been conducting an experiment as original as it is fascinating within his ensemble Les Dissonances: exploring the symphonic repertoire without a conductor. In a constant dialogue with the musicians, he has invented another way of living music, a collective awareness of interpretation.

Bringing his method to the Opéra national de Lorraine for the first time, with the help of the Orchestra he revisits the musical landscapes of Schubert's Unfinished Symphony (1822) and Mendelssohn's Hebrides overture (1831), a reminiscence of Fingal's cave in Scotland. Internationally renowned violinist David Grimal also performs Mendelssohn's Concerto No. 2, which in its time pushed back the limits of classical form.