A Unique Classical Music Concert!
A musical performance by a passionate DJ who broadcasts excerpts of classical music in public spaces using powerful speakers, conducting them with the infectious energy of an orchestra conductor!
A MUSICAL JOURNEY
The Invisible Concert is a sonic and environmental experience where classical music breaks free from its traditional settings. Whether in a street, a square, a cathedral, a park, or by the sea, these spaces are transformed into vast “open listening salons.” Classical music floods these environments, altering the perception of space and time, creating a collective emotion filled with rediscoveries, contrasts, mystery, and exhilaration.
A MILITANT ACT
Jérôme Porsperger, an engaged artivist, turns The Invisible Concert into a poetic sonic and visual gesture—an act of cultural activism aiming to democratize an art often seen as elitist. By decontextualizing classical music, he embeds it in contemporary or natural environments. In doing so, classical music enters into dialogue with its surroundings, revealing new emotional and cinematic dimensions.
“Classical music must resonate where it has never resonated before.”
A SONIC MOSAIC
Each performance is a unique creation, drawing from five centuries of musical history. From Gregorian chants to contemporary compositions, Jérôme Porsperger crafts a seamless blend of diverse excerpts, varying in duration and emotion—violence and softness, strangeness and clarity, nostalgia and exhilaration. This sonic patchwork invites full immersion and a fresh perspective on classical music.
Each performance, lasting anywhere from one to six hours, reinvents the relationship with classical music and the conventions of listening.
THE GESTURE OF A CONDUCTOR
Embodying the dynamic and expressive gestures of an orchestra conductor, Jérôme Porsperger establishes a direct connection with the audience. Far from the formalism of traditional concerts, he injects a liberating energy, revealing the profound and universal humanity of this music.
TRANSFORMING SPACES AND SOULS
The title The Invisible Concert reflects the very essence of this project: Jérôme Porsperger avoids the traditional stage, instead integrating and merging with the space that hosts him.
Classical music, resonating with its environment, transforms space and time. Locations—whether urban or natural—begin to tell new stories.
The choice of venue plays a central role: a bustling street, a park, an elevated metro station, a supermarket parking lot, a forest, or a seashore all provide unique backdrops for each performance. These settings become arenas for dialogue between music and environment. Outside the confines of traditional concert halls, these spaces allow classical music to flourish, interact with its surroundings, and reach unexpected audiences. Each place tells a new story, entering a new dimension filled with sensation and freedom.
“The landscape becomes music, and the music reveals the landscape.”
“Music within Life, Life set to music.”
By stepping outside traditional frameworks, classical music takes on infinite meanings, reshaping both space and time. Places adopt a new rhythm, a new emotion, unfolding into an entirely new narrative. This transformation lends a cinematic quality to the experience, where the audience, free from usual constraints, becomes an active participant.
Free to move, individuals can position themselves organically, come and go as they please, fostering a sense of freedom. Music then connects souls, offering spiritual healing and becoming a true source of liberation for those who listen.
QUESTIONING OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH ART
The Invisible Concert challenges our relationship with art, which is too often confined to museums or concert halls, reducing it to ephemeral consumption. By integrating into everyday spaces, this initiative restores music’s universal and timeless power while transforming the ordinary into an aesthetic and emotional experience.
Accessible to all, The Invisible Concert creates gatherings where generations and cultures mix, breaking down social barriers. In a time marked by intellectual oppression and division, it embodies a message of universal Beauty and sharing.
The Future?
Many places and events have yet to resonate with classical music: churches, gardens, prisons, protests, markets, neighborhood festivals, cemeteries, forests, fields, nature reserves, sunlit or snow-covered gardens, frozen lakes, rooftops, balconies, wastelands, abandoned factories, deserted houses—day and night—train stations, rivers, boats adrift in the ocean…