ESMA seals an unprecedented partnership with the Bordeaux Conservatoire

“From Sound to Image”: an unprecedented artistic collaboration

At the heart of this partnership, the Conservatoire is inaugurating the “From Sound to Image” section, designed to bring together students from the Écoles Créatives and students from the Conservatoire to work on joint projects.

The aim? To create original works in which the richness of sound and the power of vision respond to and reinforce each other.

Three seasons of shared creations

The partnership will run for three seasons. Each year, the students will combine their skills to explore the many facets of the link between music and image.

In concrete terms, the short and very short films made by ESMA students (2nd and 3rd year) and CinéCréatis students (1st to 3rd year) will be the subject of an original sound and music creation, devised by Conservatoire students in the sound creation and new technologies class.

Over and above the technical aspects, the experiment is intended above all to be educational: learning to dialogue, understanding each other’s constraints and building a joint work together are the major challenges of this partnership.

Meetings, exchanges, and mutual learning

To fuel this dynamic, meetings and exchanges will be organized on a regular basis.

These will allow students to familiarize themselves with each school’s working methods and broaden their skill sets. Conservatory students will learn about the narrative and visual challenges specific to cinema and animation.

For students at the Creative Schools, it will be an opportunity to immerse themselves in the demanding world of musical composition and sound design. This ongoing dialogue will enrich everyone’s education and prepare future professionals to evolve in a world where the synergy between image and sound has become essential.

The film concert as a highlight

To highlight the creativity resulting from this collaboration, the partnership plans to hold a film concert: the films made by ESMA students will be screened on the big screen and accompanied live by an orchestra composed of Conservatory students. As for the audiovisual creations of CinéCréatis students, they will benefit from original sound and music, also designed by Conservatory students.

This will showcase each type of project while highlighting the dialogue between image and sound!

This unique experience, both artistic and educational, will allow the public to discover the fruit of several months of collaborative work between students from various disciplines and to appreciate the harmonious encounter between two complementary worlds.

A sustainable dynamic to support creativity

For ESMA and CinéCréatis, this partnership is part of a constant desire to offer students a rich and professional framework for experimentation. By joining forces with the Conservatoire, the Écoles Créatives are opening up their training to other artistic disciplines, encouraging creative synergies and providing students with benchmarks and opportunities on which to build their career paths and professional futures.

The partnership will continue beyond the three years initially planned. The Écoles Créatives and the Conservatoire share the ambition of building a lasting dynamic that will enrich the training of students and contribute to the cultural influence of Bordeaux.

In a context where interdisciplinarity is becoming a key to success, this collaboration illustrates the capacity of local institutions to innovate together.