Linea's US debuts were definitely successful. New York concert, performed with local ensemble Talea, got the best reviews from the medias, with among other, excellent articles in the New York Times and US musical website Musicalamerica. The musical industry was also present at this concert, and Linea has taken interesting contacts for the future.

June in Buffalo was also a great opportunity for Linea to increase its name in the USA. The french ensemble has participated to composition workshops and gave two successful concerts, which made that June in Buffalo offered already a new invitation for the 2013 edition.

This is not the only opportunity for Linea's US future. Other american perspectives are on the way for 2013, with possible performances at Harvard and MIT in Boston, and also in Houston. We'll talk back about it, as soon it becomes more concrete.

Anyway, Linea has definitely confirmed its place on both national and international levels.

This tendance is keeping up during the next season, which starts right in september at the Royaumont Abbey with a new step into Linea's artistic residence. Linea takes part to an original tribute to Xenakis, who gonna be challenged by new composers who write pieces under the same princip as Xenakis wrote his Eonta. Linea gonna also work with Paris vocal ensemble "Les Cris de Paris" ("Shouts of Paris"), for a new project called Babel, premiered during the 2011 residence.

In october Linea gets back to his hometown Strasbourg for a performance at famous Musica Festival, related with the work in Royaumont, as the programme will feature new works by composers who recently attended to composition session at the Abbey.

Last but not least, 2011 is ending up with two hot shows in both Zurich (CH) and Huddersfield (UK) where Linea gonna perform the mighty "Chronos Aion" by british mastermind Brian Ferneyhough. 

And 2012 will be full of nice rendez-vous...We'll talk soon about it.

Linea is now going to make a break, and we'll be back at end august.

We wish you a sunny and restful summer.