A FEW WORDS OF INTRODUCTION
“We are shaped by what we love.”
(Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
In my music, you will be able to identify here and there some sources of inspiration and influences, more or less revised and corrected, not only coming from the sphere of the so-called “classical” music (of course I’m not going to deny where I come from!) with great models like Ravel, Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Chostakovich, Bartok, Debussy, Dutilleux … but also frequent intrusions to other musical horizons (contemporary music, film music, jazz, funk, pop music, world music, …). In short, a great variety of different universes united under the same skies! In my opinion, classical music and popular music ate not irreconcilable worlds. Music first!
In terms of musical composition, I would say that I write modestly what I want to hear, quite simply (but it is not that simple!) I try to preserve my freedom of thought, without putting myself barriers of an ideological nature or hiding behind great academic principles! We can not be 100% completely independent. Any musical language comes from somewhere, then it evolves along a trajectory that follows the discoveries, the research and the decisions of the composer.
Ethymologically speaking, composing comes from the Latin componere which means “placing, putting together”, and as such, the choices of the composer are the only thing that matters when writing a note or a chord on a white sheet. Unless we live on a desert island, we can not remain indifferent to everything around us or remain completely untouched by our musical experiences, in a more or less conscious way. There are great principles in the music writing process that can be applied by everyone (we study writing, analysis, orchestration …) but nobody can tell about creating.
I like to remember a thought by Mr. Croche, alias Claude Debussy, a little phrase that sounds like a joke, but for me, it says a lot:
“Do not listen to anyone’s advice, except the sound of the wind that passes and tells us the story of the world.”
MY COMPOSITIONS AND ARRANGEMENTS CLASSIFIED BY MUSICAL GENRE
Symphonic music
Concerto for trombone and orchestra
I. Allegro energico
II. Lento misterioso
III. Allegro feroce
Chamber music
Reflections, for trumpet in C and piano
Fast and furious, for tenor trombone and piano
Fantasy, for trombone trio
The Garden of Eden, for soprano saxophone (or clarinet in B b) and piano
Solo instrument
Dame souris trotte… debout les paresseux !, for solo piano
Vocal music
Le Petit Prince et la rose, for children’s choir and piano
La Chanson du renard, for children’s choir, clarinet in Bb and piano
Arrangements (various styles)
ALBENIZ Isaac : Sevilla (for saxophone soprano or clarinet in B b and piano)
CHABRIER Emmanuel : Scherzo-Valse (for wind orchestra)
SANTAMARIA Mongo : Afro blue (for tenor trombone and piano)
Film music
Amour propre (short film directed by Benjamin Brémont)
Remember… 9/11 (in honor of the victims of the attacks in New York on September 11th, 2001)
1. The 9/11 tragedy
2. The Twin Towers (1973-2001)
3. No day shall erase you from the memory of time
4. The waterfalls of peace
Reorchestration of extracts from films (trailer from Troy, extracts from Anne of Green Gables, Akeelah and the Bee)
