

DUO IMMINENT
BIO
Created in 2023 by Hortense Airault and Ana Parejo Belando, Duo Imminent is a project of improvisation and collaborative compositions combining cello, saxophone, voice and electronics. The two artists share an interest in exploring sound, physicality and artistic creation.
Duo Imminent has been invited to perform at the 2024 and 2025 Archipel Festival (Geneva), at Kulturesk Festival and Playtime Festival (Bern) and for Électrons Libres at the HEM in Geneva. They participated in the improvisation workshop at Mixtur Festival 2024.
The musicians work in close collaboration with David Poissonnier (sound diffusion and electronic presence of the group) and benefits from the advice of L.Naón, J. Hyde, G. Nouno, S. Steen-Andersen, A. Koerfer-Bürger and M.B. Charrier.
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It is a musical and performative project that merges collaborative composition and free improvisation for cello, saxophone, voice, and electronics. Inspired by the philosophical notion of contingency — which asserts that reality is not determined by preexisting factors but instead encompasses a degree of indeterminacy and chance — the project also includes a visual dimension through video, lighting, and embodied performance.
The performance , lasting 45-50 minutes, is structured into three distinct parts. Two individual pieces composed by Ana Parejo and Hortense Airault, specially created for the duo, frame a central piece composed together : ← CONTINGENCES →. These three pieces, are interconnected by a shared exploration of sound, the body, and immediacy.
- Festival POTE, ← CONTINGENCES →09 nov. 2025, 11:00 – 12:00Petit Kursaal, 2 Pl. du Théâtre, 25000 Besançon, France
- Festival Playtime - ← CONTINGENCES →29 mai 2025, 18:00 – 22:00Bern, Ostermundigenstrasse 103, 3006 Bern, Suisse
- Kulturesk - Festival der Künste19 avr. 2025, 16:00 – 20:00Bern, Bollwerk 39, 3012 Bern, Suisse
- Festival Archipel - Minuscule07 avr. 2025, 17:00 – 17:30Genève, Rue de Carouge 52, 1205 Genève, Suisse
- Festival Playtime - Circumstances08 janv. 2025, 18:00 – 22:00Bern, Ostermundigenstrasse 103, 3006 Bern, Suisse
- Festival Archipel - Hommage à Kaija Saariaho14 avr. 2024, 16:30 – 17:30Genève, Rue de Carouge 52, 1205 Genève, Suisse