In 2008, while still a student, Maxime founded the orchestra Le Balcon (named after the work by Jean Genet), along with composers Pedro Garcia-Velasquez, Juan-Pablo Carreño and Mathieu Costecalde, the pianist Alphonse Cemin and sound engineer Florent Derex. The speciality of this multifaceted orchestra, playing all types of repertoire, is the complete integration of music with advanced technical sound systems. Maxime Pascal thus developed his personal vision of musical spectacle: that it should be a striking and radical experience for the spectators. This led him to work with personalities such as Pierre Boulez, George Benjamin and Michaël Levinas. September 2016 saw the release of their debut album, a loose adaptation of Berlioz’ Symphonie Fantastique (Le Balcon/Alpha) which they worked on with Arthur Lavandier.
Maxime Pascal -eng-2017
