At its 2024 edition, four composers and four scientists took part in the project, resulting in the creation of four musical works inspired by the origins of planets and the molecules of life.

Jean-Marie Gagez
“Poussières d’étoiles” (Stardust) — A space voyage for viola da gamba
Inspired by the theme: “At the far reaches of the Solar System lie comets and asteroids, which carry both the records of its formation and the building blocks of life,” proposed by Alice Aléon, Institut d’Astrophysique Spatiale, Université Paris-Saclay, France.

Alice Chance
“Old Ground” — for viola da gamba and theorbo
Inspired by the theme: “The first planetary rocks, over 4 billion years old,” proposed by Mathieu Roskosz, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, France.

Amir Bitran
“Vanishing Reflections” — for traverso, tenor viol, and theorbo
Inspired by the theme: “Chirality of the first molecules of life,” proposed by David Lacoste, ESPCI (École Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de Paris).

Emmanuel Hieaux
“Renaître à la source des blessures” (Rebirth at the Source of Wounds) — for traverso, baroque violin, viola da gamba, and theorbo
Inspired by the theme: “Breakage and repair of DNA: a dynamic choreography between the double helix, liquid phase, and rigid filament,” proposed by Judith Miné-Hattab, Laboratoire de Biologie Computationnelle et Quantitative, IBPS, Sorbonne Université.

The works will be performed by:
Caroline Delume – theorbo
Martin Bauer, Laurine Righyhi – viols da gamba
Océane Dhotel – traverso
Diane Omer – baroque violin