24 PIAZZOLLA | ESTACIONES PORTEÑAS ∙ ACONCAGUA ∙ OBLIVION What conclusions do you draw from this human and pedagogical experience with the Lausanne Soloists, and what are the next steps? The lifespan of the ensemble is limited, since the project involves renewing the entire line-up every three years. This concept, which requires starting again from scratch with new soloists, is an immensely stimulating challenge. I know that I have three years, not a month more, to take them on a journey, to lead them somewhere, with the highest artistic expectations. I was advised to reinforce the ensemble with a few professionals, in particular concerning the key position of leader, but I refused, wishing to see the process through to its purest logical end. My work with these musicians has now reached its conclusion; however, we plan to perform this programme together one last time in a concert at HEMU to celebrate the release of this disc, a fitting way to turn the page with them. I shall then have to organise auditions to recruit the new soloists. This is what makes the adventure so beautiful, something found nowhere else, and what makes the Soloists unique. It is not an ensemble that shapes itself and matures over time: it must give its utmost within this brief three-year span. Through the repertoire the ensemble builds, there is nevertheless a form of continuity that defines its identity, despite the renewal of its musicians. We are, for example, planning to invite soloists for concertos and to undertake contemporary premieres.
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