Pierre Bartholomée is a composer rooted in his time, inventive and keen to champion the responsibility of cultural figures (composers, performers, programmers, publishers, producers, etc.) towards music, our music, at the very heart of society. A man-orchestra, Pierre strives to bring together the multiple actors of a single project. His discography with Cypres reveals the intensity of his production as both conductor and composer.

It is now sixty years that Pierre Bartholomée has been twenty: this birthday album gives me the opportunity of thanking this transmitter of memory, this man so keen to promote the creation of a peer. We have an indispensable archive, and there is homage to be paid.