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Le vertige inconnu

Gilles Gobeil

Le vertige inconnu has been performed in Aarhus, Belfast, Berlin, Birmingham, Bourges, Brussels, Calgary, Cascais, Cologne, Drummondville, Edinburgh, Essen, Glasgow, Helsinki, Huddersfield, Karlsruhe, Leicester, Lyon, Mons, Montpellier, Montréal, São Paulo, Valdivia and Winnipeg…

“… here, on the roof of the world, I feel a shadow of uneasiness… It’s not at all the height, nor the kind of suction exerted by the abrupt depths and its emptiness which troubles me. It’s an altogether different emptiness which affects an altogether different sense… the essence of solitude…”

Paul Valéry, Le solitaire

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Le vertige inconnu [The Mysterious Vertigo] was realized in 1993 at the studios of the Groupe de musique expérimentale de Bourges (GMEB, France). It premiered in June 1993 at the 23rd Bourges International Electroacoustic Music Festival (France). Le vertige inconnu received the 1994 Stockholm Electronic Arts Award (Sweden) and was selected for the 1994 World Music Days (Stockholm, Sweden) and the 1994 International Computer Music Conference (ICMC ’94) in Danmark. The piece was commissioned by the GMEB, with support from the Canada Council for the Arts (CCA). Le vertige inconnu was awarded the prize of international competition Stockholm Electronic Arts Award (Sweden, 1994) and an Award of Distinction at the Prix Ars Electronica (Linz, Austria, 1995).

Premiere

  • June 1993, Synthèse 1993: Concert, Bourges (Cher, France)

Awards

Details

Le vertige inconnu (1993-94), 8:23
stereo fixed medium

Calendar

Broadcasts

Date Work Programme
September 27, 1999 Gilles Gobeil, Le vertige inconnu (1993-94), 8:23 Foldover / WOBC 91.5 FM (USA)
June 15, 2007 Gilles Gobeil, Le vertige inconnu (1993-94), 8:23 Délire actuel / CFLX 95.5 FM (Canada)
September 1, 2010 Gilles Gobeil, Le vertige inconnu (1993-94), 8:23 Radio Horizon 93.9 FM (South Africa)
April 27, 2020 Gilles Gobeil, Le vertige inconnu (1993-94), 8:23 Les territoires du son / Radio Saint Ferréol (France)
February 24, 2024 Gilles Gobeil, Le vertige inconnu (1993-94), 8:23 Sonic Abstractions — City Dream Machine / Stegi Radio (Greece)