Road Movies

Following Road Movies by John Adams, a major figure in American minimalist music, the remarkable Jeanne Bleuse continues her wandering quest. This contemporary chamber work for violin and piano immerses us in the cinematic imagination of American road movies, shifting between trance-like languor and frenzied speed.

To accompany her on this new adventure, Jeanne Bleuse invites her trusted companions: violinist Julian Boutin, Cirque Trottola member Bastien Pelenc, and jazz musician Sylvaine Hélary. To capture the timbre of an ideal film score, an electronic piano — the rare KAWAI EP 608 from the 1980s — joins the acoustic piano and violin, enriching the sound palette of this decidedly rock-inspired work. This is a paean to the open road: the restless desire to set out, the thrill of freedom, the terror of exile, the unknown, the wild expanse, or the monotony of the landscape — a haunting, insistent poetic journey.

Piano: Jeanne Bleuse
Violin: Julian Boutin

Production Compagnie La Vagabonde 
Coproduction Théâtre de Cornouaille – Scène nationale de Quimper, ici l’onde – CNCM 
Project in collaboration with ici l’onde – CNCM, as part of the Souffle Festival

John Adams
Road Movies

Bastien Pelenc
Mare Nostrum (création 2025)

Sylvaine Hélary
Radio’s Move (création 2025)