TM+
TM+ Orchestral ensemble for today’s music
Since its first concert that took place in 1986 at Radio France under the baton of Laurent Cuniot, TM+ has made a name for itself as one of the first French ensembles dedicated to contemporary and classical repertoires.
With a nucleus of 20 musicians, all remarkably versatile, TM+ has been developing a rigorous in-depth approach to the performance of works composed in the 20th and 21st centuries, with frequent incursions into a more distant past. Its goal is to foster a modern-day ensemble that takes into account past-present relationships. It raises questions about the links between composer and musicians, and between the musicians themselves.
TM+ has devised an alternative project for music dissemination, in order to create a new framework for the encounter between the public and the music, with the composer in the role of mediator. TM+ has been increasing these music encounters by way of open-house commented rehearsals, concert-discussions and many cultural actions in school, hospitals, retired houses, jails… Being based in Nanterre (Paris suburbs) since 1996, TM+ conceived a very special link with the audience.
TM+ performs throughout France in top-notch venues and festivals geared to creation (Philharmonie de Paris, IRCAM, Radio France in Paris, Musica in Strasbourg, Les Musiques in Marseille …). Abroad, TM+ toured in Scandinavia (Nordic music days in Helsinki, Viitasaari Festival, Klang festival in Copenhagen), in Scotland (Sound Festival), in the Netherlands (Muziekgebouw aan’t IJ), in Germany (Konzerthaus in Berlin), in Switzerland (Festival Archipel in Geneva), in Italy (Nuova Consonanza in Roma), in Greece (Institut Français in Athens, Megaron in Thessalonique), in Brazil (Porto Alegre, Campinas, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro), in Mexico (Festival de Morelia, Sala Nezahualcoyotl de Mexico), in the United States (Institut Français in New York, Festival Hear now music in Los Angeles), in Bangladesh and India.
TM+ is supported by the French Ministry of Culture / DRAC Ile-de-France, by the City of Nanterre, by the Ile-de-France Region, the Hauts-de-Seine Department and de City of Nanterre. It also receives support from SACEM, SPEDIDAM and the Centre National de la musique. TM+ is based in the city of Nanterre and hand been in residence at Maison de la musique since 1996. It is also in residence at the Massy’s Opera and at the Sartrouville and Yvelines Theater – CDN.
Photographic credit Guillaume Chauvin