New CD under the label SUB ROSA

‘Thirty three miniatures composed for the twelve plays which have made them come to life invite the listener to imagine their own film. An exquisite finesse, at times Ravelian, a more driven sound, low notes that create a sense of unease, high notes that swish gently back and forth, solos, ensembles where the keyboards are dominant, with the voice emerging here and there. All are different, yet weaved with the same free and imaginitive thread. There is from now on a Collard-Neven “tone” which captivates from beginning to end!’

Michèle Friche

Le Soir, January 6th 2010

The first album by the new quartet composed of Jean-Philippe Collard-Neven, Jean-Louis Rassinfosse, Fabrice Alleman and Xavier Desandre-Navarre has been recorded in Germany in January 2010. The album will come out at the end of the summer under the label FUGA LIBERA. Concerts are planned as soon as summer 2010 as well as for the Autumn.

In February and March 2010, Jean-Philippe Collard-Neven and Yves Hanosset will be hosting the project House Music in Schaerbeek’s Autrique House within Anim’Action projects developed by the French Communal Commission (CoCof). The underlying idea is to share with children of 8 to 10 years of age, musical experiences connected with composing, improvising and an awareness of the world of sound in which they live. The project also aims at encouraging them to channel their emotions, all that words cannot express, through music.

In 2010 a Vinyl dedicated to one of Luc Ferrari’s last works, Didascalies II for two pianos and viola, will come out under the label Sub Rosa in a version picked up by the Swiss radio during a concert at Chaud-de-Fonds in October 2008. With Vincent Royer at the viola, Claude Berset and Jean-Phippe Collard-Neven at the piano.