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Photo : Alain Daniélou présentant à Berlin en 1978, le S52 prototype du Semantic construit par André Kudelski et Claude Cellier.
© Dominique Nabokov.

It is with an enthusiastic goose quill that I am writing to you on this Summer Solstice 2006...

Music,
The culmination of a project that began in 1936 - 70 years ago ! -, on which I have been working for the past 14 years, is in itself something to bring joyful satisfaction to our little Centre. Indeed, I have just returned from Geneva, where I received the result of the commission given to the composer Igor Wakhévitch : a work for the Semantic created by Christian Braut and Michel Geiss according to the theories on microintervals established by Alain Daniélou, an instrument that has been mentioned many times in these newsletters and is also described on our site.
The composer worked with the sole existing prototype and his task was not an easy one. The outcome is a magnificent work, full of matter, varied and inspired, giving us an idea of the Semantic’s astonishing potential. We hope to put some extracts on the site very soon. I renew my thanks and admiration to Igor Wakhévitch for this new work, entitled “Anata-Anahata”.
This composition is a good omen for the events and publications envisaged next year to celebrate the centenary of Alain Daniélou’s birth.
While the Semantic is on its way to new adventures at the AEH, the Atelier d’Exploration Harmonique du Thoronet, directed by M. Jacques Dudon, the Italian composer Luigi Esposito has just announced the completion of 38 variations for the Semantic. We hope to be able to give you further details about this work in one of the next newsletters.

Events,
The exhibition “Lumières de l’Inde”, having remained for several months during the winter at the Maison de l’Inde on Place Saint Sulpice in Paris, has now moved to Belgium.