Miroir de l'Humanité

2026
for string orchestra (pedagogical piece)

Duration: 5 minutes
Commissioned by the Adastra Quartet

About

Miroir de l’Humanité is an educational piece for string orchestra created in collaboration with young musicians from the Strasbourg Music Schools Network. It was conceived around two central themes: expressiveness—with a focus on the interplay of tension and release between the sections—and the robotic (or automated) dimension of musical language. The piece thus brings these two worlds together, employing a few extended playing techniques (col legno bowing, fingerboard playing, etc.) that form a natural bridge to contemporary music and its experimental dimension.”


– Clara Olivares, May 2026

Detailed instrumentation

  • violins /
  • violas /
  • cellos /
  • double basses

Highlights

  • May 30, 2026
    Strasbourg (FR) Salle de la Bourse

    Adastra Quartet and students from the Strasbourg music school network

    Premiere