Artists

Georges Aperghis (b. 1945) has worked for over 30 years on the invention of musical theater that he defines as “an invasion of the theatrical temple by the abstract power of musical organization”. ...

Over the past several years, Roland Auzet (b. 1964) has developed a professional career through the creation and management of creative projects for a multidisciplinary stage as director and compos...

Natasha Barrett (b. 1972) grew up in a music-loving family of non-musicans, in an environment that included both pop and classical music. When studying at the City Universtiy in London with Denis S...

After his initial studies in harmony, counterpoint, ananlysis, orchestration, and composition (notably studying with Allain Gussin), Franck Bedrossian (b. 1971) studied under Gérard Grisey and Marc...

Composer, gesture “musicalisator”, producer of films on dance, creator of choreographic multimedia installations, Thierry De Mey’s (b. 1965) work is guided by an exceptional fascination for movemen...

Founded by Pierre Boulez in 1976, the Ensemble intercontemporain is dedicated to the music of the 20th century and today. The Ensemble’s 31 soloists are led by conductor and composer Matthias Pints...

The ULYSSES Ensemble, created by the ULYSSES Network, an ephemeral chamber ensemble, will tour the five* major European summer contemporary music events. Thirty young European artists ages 18 to 30...

Stefano Gervasoni’s (b. 1962) production is marked by a delicate expression, evolving in a rich and refined sonic universe. The transparence of his writing is veiled by barely perceptible processes...

Heiner Goebbels (b. 1952) composed radio plays (based on texts by Heiner Müller), works for ensemble and full orchestra (La Jalousie, Surrogate Cities to cite just two), directs his musical theater...

A trained engineer, Robert Henke (b. 1969) is fascinated by the beauty of technical objects and devoted himself to the conception, construction, and performance of sound, form, and structure-genera...

Japan’s leading electronic composer and visual artist Ryoji Ikeda (born in 1966) lives and works in Paris and Kyoto. He focuses on the essential characteristics of sound itself and that of visuals ...

It is in 1987 that Irène Jacob (b. 1966) made her screen debut in Louis Malle’s Au revoir les enfants. Notable in her role as a piano teacher by the filmmaker Krzysztof Kieslowski, he offered her t...

Daniel Jeanneteau (b. 1963) studied at the Arts Décoratifs de Strasbourg and then at the school at the TNS. In 1989, he met Claude Régy with whom he designed sets for 15 years, as well as those of ...

A brilliant and meticulous master of short works, constantly seeking a personal style that purifies and crystallizes a moment, György Kurtág (b. 1926) holds a special place in the musical scene. Co...

Helmut Lachenmann (b. 1935) first studied piano with Jürgen Uhde, theory and composition with Johann Nepomuk David in Stuttgart. He continued in Venice, studying under Luigi Nono, an artist who wou...

Frédéric Le Bel (b. 1985) studied jazz at the Centre d’Informations Musicales de Paris in 2004. In 2007, he dedicated himself entirely to composition and studied at the University of Montreal with ...

Donatienne Michel-Dansac studied violin and piano. She holds a diploma from the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris and performs works from the repertoire, ranging from...

Fernando Munizaga (b. 1986) studied the guitar and composition at the Catholic University of Chili. After receiving his Bachelor’s degree in guitar, he continued studying composition at the U...

Marko Nikodijevic (b. 1980) studied composition in Belgrade with Zoran Erić and Srdjan Hofman from 1995 to 2003. At the same time, took classes in physics and mathematics completing his training in...

Their pioneering approach to digital art frequently combines three signature elements: non-photorealistic 3D rendering; the incorporation of body movement by motion-capture and other means; and the...

Taking over the legacy of the first philharmonic orchestra to be created in the 1930s by French radio based on a radio orchestra founded in 1928 by André Messager, the Orchestre Philharmoniq...

Upon completion of his studies in composition, piano, and choir direction at the Barcelona Conservatory, Hèctor Parra (b. 1976) followed the Cursus program at IRCAM, courses at Royaumont, at the Ce...

Before founding the periodical Entretemps in 1986, Gérard Pesson (b.1958) studied at Sorbonne and the CNSMD de Paris. In 2004, he published his journal Cran d’arrêt du beau temps. His opera Pastora...

The distinctiveness of Jean-François Peyret (b. 1945) can be found in his work with literary, philosophical, or scientific texts while imagining a “theater of the scientific era” (Brecht). On stage...

Angelin Preljocaj (b. 1952) began studying classical ballet before turning to contemporary dance, which he studied with K. Waehner. In 1980, he went to New York to work with E. Rommett and M. Cunni...

French-Argentinian composer Sebastian Rivas (b. 1975) was first oriented towards jazz and rock before studying composition and conducting in Buenos Aires. He continued his studies in France with Se...

Pianist and composer, Didier Rotella (b. 1982) studied piano with André Gorog, Françoise Thinat, Anne Quéffelec, Georges Pludermacher and Géry Moutier and composition with Edith Canat de Chizy, Yan...

Rebecca Saunders (b. 1967) studied composition at the Universtiy of Edinburgh with N. Osborne, and then with W. Rihm in Germany. One of her primary compositional preoccupations is the study of the ...