Jeux d'orchestres - 2nd String Encounter - with Xavier Gagnepain #4 and the string orchestra of French higher education institutions

9,10 et 11 janvier - Rencontres à cordes 2026 © Nicolas du Pasquier

Since 2024, the PSPBB has been behind the “Rencontres à cordes” (String Encounters), an exceptional string orchestra session bringing together students in higher education from across the country for a week.

For this second edition, under the artistic direction of Xavier Gagnepain, it will bring together students from several higher education institutions and the PSPBB. This session will feature a concert in Tourcoing in addition to two concerts in the Paris region.

This year, the concert is part of the “Jeux d'Orchestres” cycle, which offers six exceptional events highlighting the quality and diversity of the PSPBB's orchestral practices.

Adagio, Samuel Barber
Quatuor Américain, Anton Dvorak / Arrangement pour orchestre à cordes de Nurhan Arman
Créations - Trois pièces pour soprano et orchestre à cordes, Clara Olivares :

A una lagrima (2015), based on a poem by José Campo-Arana

Smoke (2018), based on a poem by Ishikawa Takuboku

Nu le monde (2014), based on a poem by Huguette Bertrand

PSPBB string orchestra, in partnership with the CNSMD in Lyon and higher education institutions (IESM in Aix-en-Provence, Pôle Aliénor in Poitiers, ESMD in Lille, PESMD in Bordeaux, Pôle Sup’93), the Cité de l'architecture and the CRD in Tourcoing

Xavier Gagnepain, conductor

The concert will also be given on Sunday, January 11, 2026, at the Conservatoire à rayonnement départemental (CRD).