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Since 1986, together with the TM+<\/a>\u00a0Ensemble, Laurent Cuniot has been leading a project which goal is to renew the links between creation and repertoire. He puts into place new concert forms, works on interlacing different art disciplines together with stage directors, choreographs and plastic artists, figures out new artistic propositions and cultural actions that move towards audiences of all origins and all generations.<\/p>\n In parallel with this project, which is the guideline of his social and political artistic commitment, Laurent Cuniot regularly conducts contemporary ensembles and symphonic orchestras. He works with ensembles such as Court-Circuit (F), the Ensemble Orchestral Contemporain (F), Recherche Ensemble (G), Alter-ego (IT) or Sond\u2019Arte electric ensemble (PORT).<\/p>\n From 1993 to 2003 he is invited by the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio-France, with which he created works by Marco Stroppa, Oscar Stranoy, Misato Mochizuki, Fran\u00e7ois Paris, Ramon Lazkano\u2026 and recorded To One In Paradise<\/em> by Suzanne Giraud for the MFA Radio-France label.<\/p>\n He interpreted works from the romantic repertoire with the Ensemble Instrumental de Grenoble and pianist Fran\u00e7ois-Ren\u00e9 Duch\u00e2ble, or with the Orchestre National de Lille with Dimitri Vassilkis at the piano. Yet, his favorite repertoire is the 20th<\/sup> century\u2019s classics (Schoenberg, Berg, Varese, Stravinsky, Janacek \u2026) as well as contemporary works, which he interpreted with orchestras such as Radio Belgrade Orchestra, Durban\u2019s KZN Philharmonic Orchestra, Radio Tirana Orchestra or the Orchestre Symphonique de Mulhouse.<\/p>\n His true passion for the performing arts prompted him to create several contemporary operas such as Philippe Mion\u2019s Leone<\/em>, Les Sacrifi\u00e9es<\/em> (The Sacrificed) by Thierry P\u00e9cou, Les Quatre Jumelles<\/em> ( Four Twins) by R\u00e9gis Campo and his own 2010 composition Des P\u00e9tales dans la bouche<\/em> (Petals in the mouth).<\/p>\n From 2011 to 2015 he was both conductor and actor, in the role of the Devil, in the unique staging by Jean-Christophe Sa\u00efs of Stravinsky\u2019s Histoire du soldat<\/em>. The show met enthusiastic and exceptional approval from critics and audiences alike.<\/p>\n During the 2015-2016 season Laurent Cuniot conducted stage director\u2019s Louise Moaty The Cunning Little Vixen<\/em> ARCAL production, as well as Counterphrases<\/em>, a show conceived by Thierry de Mey which integrates films of choreograph Anne-Teresa de Keersmaeker\u2019s works and Kora player Ballak\u00e9 Sissoko\u2019s live music in opposition to compositions by R.de Raaf, J.Harvey, L.Francesconi, T.de Mey, S.Reich and F.Romitelli.<\/p>\n Next season, besides the Parisian revival of The Cunning Little Vixen<\/em> production at the Ath\u00e9n\u00e9e Theater, he shall conduct the French premiere of the mythical Votre Faust<\/em> by Henri Pousseur and Michel Butor, the first and unique participatory opera.<\/p>\n He took up again the opera The Cunning Little Vixen<\/em> at the Ath\u00e9n\u00e9e Theater in Paris during the 2016\/2017 season, and conducted the French creation of the legendary opera Votre Faust<\/em> by Henry Pousseur and Michel Butor staged by Al\u00e9nior Dauchez, a first and only participatory opera.<\/p>\n After the creation of The Other (In)Side<\/em> by Benjamin de la Fuente and the multimedia concert Bal pass\u00e9 by Januibe Tejera and Claudio Cavallari during the season 2018\/2019, he conducted La Vall\u00e9e de l\u2019Etonnement<\/em> in the fall of 2021 by Alexandros Markeas and staged by Sylvain Maurice.<\/p>\n During the 2022\/2023 season Laurent Cuniot notably proposed an Augmented Concert 3.0 based on Maurice Ravel\u2019s\u00a0Three Poems by Stephane Mallarm\u00e9<\/em>\u00a0and Jonathan Harvey\u2019s\u00a0Song Offerings<\/em>\u00a0in collaboration with stage director Liza Guez, Madeleine Fournier choreograph, Clio Simon videographer and Christophe Schaeffer lighting engineer.<\/p>\n In 2024 he created the Monodrama Und<\/em> by Daniel D\u2019Adamo with stage director Julie Delille, and also created his own Chant de la Terre<\/em> (The Song of the Earth) which was <\/em>awarded the critics’ prize.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n For his last season as the TM+ musical director, in 2025 Laurent Cuniot conducted the mirror program D\u2019une s\u00e9r\u00e9nade l\u2019autre<\/em><\/a><\/span>, a mise en abyme<\/em> of Schoenberg\u2019s Serenade Opus 24 inserted into his own work S\u00e9r\u00e9nade amorphose<\/em><\/a><\/span> in dialogue with videographer Christophe Schaeffer\u2019s creation about a Nicolas de Sta\u00ebl painting: Le concert.<\/p>\n