Commissioned by the Basel Sinfonietta

 
waves.

waves on the sea,
wind waves (crests and troughs),
(jeux de vagues)
tidal waves;

sine waves,
sound waves,
(waveforms)

electromagnetic
gravitational
shock
waves;

migratory waves,
(waving flags)
pulse waves,
(heart beat)
waves of panic;

(epidemic waves)

Premiere : 16.01.2022 – Stadtcasino, Basel (CH) – Basel Sinfonietta, cond. Baldur Brönnimann

Audio

Commissioned by Camerata Ataremac

amplified, prolonged
shockwaves

frenetic constantly

sounds interfere,
rebel,
unify

resonant, radiant, gravitational
densities.

Premiere : 28 mars 2018 – Concerts de Levant, Lausanne – Gilles Grimaître (piano), Camerata Ataremac

1.1.2.0 1.0.1.0 Pno Perc 1.1.1.1.1

Commissionned by Ensemble Phoenix as part of Trabant 2017 project.

György Ligeti in memoriam

music of colors,
of excess –
polyphonic or monolithic;

a few notes from chamber concert
as thread –
subliminal,
shadow and genome;

rooms, spaces, compartment
resonant;

tomb.

Premiere : 19.11.2017 – Gare du Nord, Basel (CH) – Ensemble Phoenix

Audio

8singers(SSAATTBB) 1.0.1.0 3Sax 1.1.1.1 Pno Drums Perc 1.1.1.1.1 EBass

Commissioned by Orchestre du Grand Eustache as part of the project projet « Les sons de Babel ».

LA CHUTE (Ouverture)
CHORUS 1
RÉCITATIF 1 : Allemand
CHORUS 2
RÉCITATIF 2 : Slovène
CHORUS 3
RÉCITATIF 3 : Espagnol
RÉCITATIFS 4-5 : Finnois-Italien
CHORUS 4
INTERMEZZO
CHORUS 5
RÉCITATIF 6 : Mandarin
CHORUS 6
VIVRE (Finale)

Premiere : 19.11.2016 – Théâtre de l’Octogone, Pully (CH) – L’Orchestre du Grand Eustache, cond. Philippe Krüttli

Audio

for viola and tenor saxophone soli, alto flute, baritone saxophone, horn, trumpet, trombone, piano, percussion and string quintet

Monk 2: Plouk was selected to be premiere as part of the concert « oeuvres pour soliste et ensemble (Proxima Centauri / Linéa) » in SaxOpen – XVII World Saxophone Congress and Festival in July 2015 in Strasbourg (F).
Le projet a reçu le généreux soutien de la Fondation Nicati-de Luze.

Monk 2: Plouk is a musical reread of the collection of poems Plouk Town. This rough and grating social tragedy with its exhilarating formal rigor was written in french by the british author Ian Monk. The piece stages two feverish and inseparable soloists in a desperate fight against a brutal and oppressive instrumental ensemble. It query the room of an individual in a society which is only the shadow of its old ideals.

2.2.2.2 2.2.1.0 Timp Strings

Commissioned by l’Orchestre de Chambre de Genève

Tombeau (…sinfonia…) is a tribute to Johann Sebastian Bach and was written as a commentary on his Brandenburg Concerto nr.1. I tried to integrate several aspects of Bach’s writing into my musical language.
To begin with, we can see there some orchestration processes : constant changes of instrumentation which divide the form and alternations between tutti and soli parts. I also used the orchestral formation of the Concerto (horns, oboes, bassoon, solo violin and strings) to get a characteristic trace which can stand out against the full orchestra color.
Another main feature of Bach’s language is the canon. This process can be found in different layers in the piece, notably in its central section where it occurs in the field of orchestration and dynamics.
Furthermore, some musical gestures and ornaments which are characteristic to barock music are widespread in the entire work.
Finally, the whole harmonic and melodic material is derived from Bach’s score, especially from a few bars of the second movement. This raw material is stretched and transformed continuously. It emerges in its initial form only surreptitiously just before the end of the piece, as if the whole music would converge into this fragile souvenir.

Premiere : 06.05.2014 – Bâtiment des Forces Motrices, Genève (CH) – L’Orchestre de Chambre de Genève, cond. Arie van Beek

Audio

for flute, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, electric guitar, electric bass, harp, violin, viola, cello and contrabass

Commissioned by Ensemble Matka

Free inspired by the novel Ensaio sobre a Cegueira by José Saramago

Premiere : 23.11.2012 – Fonderie Kugler, Genève (CH) – Ensemble Matka

This piece is the second of a four-piece serie called Arabesque. The title refers to a harmonic concept that I developed : a harmony described by several voices with a slow and continuous motion which trace lines of varying thickness through the acoustic space.

Premiere : 03.06.2008 – HEMU Lausanne (CH), Utopia 1 – Kevin Juillerat (saxophone), Jean-Selim Abdelmoula (piano), Julien Mégroz, Ami Rossier and Sylvain Andrey (percussions)