Biographies

A French composer and performer born in Angers.

Pierre-André Athané studied the piano at the Conservatory of Angers. Passionately fond of improvisation and composition, he completed his training in harmony and counterpoint, orchestration, jazz arrangement as well as singing and the stage.

A composer of musical comedies for children, of music for images, the cinema and audiovisual art, the composer of more than 300 ‘musical library’ works, Athané has worked in the worlds of animation, of video games, the stage and dance. He is also the lyricist and composer of songs, notably for the singer Marie Baraton, whom he accompanies in concerts on the guitar.

A Swedish composer born July 6, 1971 in Stockholm (Sweden).

Jesper Nordin studied at the Royal Music Conservatory of Stockholm with Pär Lindgren and Bent Sorensen, at Ircam in Paris with Philippe Leroux, at the University of Stanford and at the CCRMA (Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics) with Brian Ferneyhough. He also followed the masterclasses, notably of Jonathan Harvey, Denis Smalley, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Magnus Lindberg, Luca Francesconi and Sven-David Sandström.

A French composer born September 17, 1976.

Lionel Bord studied the bassoon with Pascal Gallois at the Paris Conservatory as well as with Sergio Azzolini at the Musikhochschule of Basel. A bassoonist with Rouen Opera and later the Orchestre de Paris, the holder of a CA teaching degree, he taught at the Saint-Maur-des-Fossés Conservatory and then at the Paris Conservatory.

In parallel with his instrumental activity, Bord studied composition at the Paris Conservatory, notably following the classes of Frédéric Durieux and Alain Mabit (analysis), Luis Naon, Yann Geslin and Tom Mays (new technologies applied to composition) and Marc-André Dalbavie (orchestration).

A German composer born December 30, 1969 in Hemer (Germany).

Enno Poppe studied conducting and composition at the Hochschule der Künste Berlin, notably with Friedrich Goldmann and Gösta Neuwirth. He also studied sound synthesis and algorithmic composition at the Technical University of Berlin and at the Arts and Media Centre (ZKM) in Karlsruhe.

As a conductor he has appeared with the ensembles Klangforum Wien, Musikfabrik and Resonanz. Since 1998 he has been musical director of the ensemble Mosaïk.

A Venezualan composer born December 9, 1976 in San Felix (Venezuela).

A French composer, improviser, performer, sound engineer and sound director born June 25, 1964.

Thrust into the world of music and sound after listening to the music of Pink Floyd, Thierry Balasse taught himself drumming before following a course for sound technicians at ENSATT, the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts et Techniques du Théâtre. Thereafter becoming interested in the relationships between text, spoken voice and music, he became involved in sound engineering for the theatre.

An Italian composer born June 26, 1975 in Udine (Italy).

A pianist by training, Stefano Bulfon studied in parallel Greek literature and composition. He took advanced studies with Sylvano Bussotti and Ivan Fedele at the Strasburg Conservatory. He took part in courses at the Centre Acanthes and Royaumont, where he met some eminent composers, notably Jonathan Harvey and Brian Ferneyhough. He also followed the composition and computer music course of Ircam.

A French composer born August 3, 1960 in Lyons.

Coralie Fayolle followed musicology classes at the Paris-Sorbonne and continued her training at the Paris Conservatory. She won a first place for her music aggregation then presented a thesis on operas for children.