compositions

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UPCOMING PREMIERE

Défibrillation décongelée de derrière les frigos (2016) for a speaking harpist and two assistants – 9′ – for CNZ – premiere in november 2018

Pneumomediastinum continuo for 5 strings-cello – for Imke Frank – 10′ – premiere in 2018, date tba

Cadavre exquis (co-composition with Gilles Grimaître) for drumset, synthesizers and video – commissioned by HYPER DUO – 10′ – premiere in april 2019

 

List of works

SOLO

La table des matières (2018) – music theater for a table, an appartement, one percussionist-comedian, light and live electronics – 70′

Carie(s) (2016) – for 1 percussionist – 8′

Confession (2014) for a speaking percussionist, based on a poem by George Aperghis  – 2′

Avalanche (2012) for a percussionist with bass drum, crotales, cymbal and ping-pong balls – 8′

Brends 3a (2011) for solo vibraphone, based on a prelude by J. S. Bach – 8′

Electromime (2009) for junk percussion, invisible instruments and tape – 6′

 

 

CHAMBER MUSIC

Défibrillation décongelée de derrière les frigos (2016) for a speaking harpist and two assistants – 9′

Rocade de pions sur piste tournante (2015) for a saxophonist, a percussionnist, an accordeonist and a harpist, playing on their own as well as the other instruments. Comissioned by the 4tet TooHotToHoot? – 10′

 

Indigne de nous (2017), for acoustic keyboard and drumset, (2 players) written for the HYPER DUO – 8′

 

Caldeira (2016), for 4 players on tubular bells, commissioned by the Festival Rümlingen, premiere on the 19.08.16 in the Castle of Homburg – 15′

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Compromis rythmique no 7 (2016) « The green hands »  for 3 vibraphones and 3 marimbas, composed for J-D Mégroz – 19′

Carie(s) (2016) – ensemble version – for 3 or 4 percussionists, written for We Spoke – 8′

Pergolesi 2.0 – through the looking-glass (2015) conceptual composition based on the Stabat Mater by Pergolesi, for soprano, alto, string 4tet and percussion. (including Compromis Rythmique no 6 for string 4tet and percussion) Commissoned by the foundation Jean Tanner and Les Jardins Musicaux – 60′

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Compromis Rythmique no 6 (2015) for string 4tet and percussion (one player with bass drum, cymbals, woodblocks and polystyrene) – 18′

Compromis rythmique no 5 (2015) for percussion ensemble, commissionned by the CPLC – 7′

Zigzag de langue et big-bang de baguettes (2014) for 2 soprano, flute and percussion, based on texts from the book « Zig Bang » by George Aperghis, composed for the project « Invocations » – 18′

Compromis rythmique no 4 (2014) « Black Block Red Neck at NIFFF » for Guggen Musik Band – 5′

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Compromis rythmique no 3 (2014) for piano (or rhodes), hackbrett and vibraphone – 60′

Compromis rythmique no 2 (2014) « Red and white patterns » for 8 percussionists on crotales – 8′

Compromis rythmique no 2 B  (2014)  « Dead and wood patterns » – for 3 players on one marimba – 8′

Compromis rythmique no 1 (2012) for 2 marimbas and vibraphone – 7′

Brends 3a+ (2011) for piano and vibraphone, based on a prelude by J. S. Bach – 8′

Accent en rose, 1956 (2010) for piano and percussion – 7′. Excerpts:

 

Calc’air (2009) for 2 percussions, guitar, thérémine and soprano (co-composition with Sébastien Aegerter) – 20′

 

A une passante (2009/11) for soprano and piano (or marimba) – 5′

 

CHOIR

Seeds (2014) for 8-voices, commissioned by the project « Inmates Voices 2015 » – 6′

The unknown (2014) for double choir, on a text by american prisoner Ronald Clark, commissioned by the project « Inmates Voices 2014 » – 6′

 

SOUND INSTALLATION

Télécloche – commissioned by the Festival Rümlingen, created on the 19.08.16 in the Castle of Homburg

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