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Compositions

Miniatures around a theme 

for guitar 6'

1st prize of the 2nd international composition competition for guitar "THE TIME OF THE GUITAR".

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Antropomorphism 

for guitar 4'44''

1st prize of the 7th IGFT composition competition at the Thessaloniki International Guitar Festival 

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Anthropomorphism is a piece inspired by a children's book entitled Teeth Hunters. It was written by Won-Hee Jo who comes from Korea. This album is about poaching and deals with the emotional subject of animal cruelty. It's an almost wordless picturebook with powerful, intense illustrations who tells an inverted story.

Metropolis of George Grosz

for piano 3'50''

A piece inspired by the painting Metropolis of George Grosz. He painted it marked by his wartime experience. He offers us an apocalyptic vision, emphasizing the alienation of man as he plunges headlong into self-destruction.

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Polysemy

for violon 6'50''

Polysemy is a two-movement violin piece inspired by Inuit songs.

Yéti

for guitar 6'

1st Prize of Nordhorn Composition Competition 

The compositon Yéti was inspired by a children's book entitled yéti. It was written by Taï-Marc le Thanh and illustrated by Rebecca Dautremer. This album is an invitation to dream and travel.

Empire of light 

string orchestra 5'

Empire of Lights is a composition inspired by the painting series of the Belgian surrealist painter René Magritte.

Elective Affinities

for piano 4'40''

Honorable mention on the ICCTCP 2020 

A second piece inspired by a painting of Rene Magritte.

"A work with substantial connotations! The score is clear and balanced. A work that stands out for its overall quality, its reflection and above all the careful framing." (An art artistry's committee)

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Scream

string quartet 4'55''

A composition inspired by The Scream, an expressionist work by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch. The work symbolizes modern man carried away by an existential crisis of anguish.

No tutu

for guitar 7'

A composition inspired by the improvisations of Isadora Duncan, a famous American dancer known for her free and spontaneous dance.

Olive oil

for guitar 5'

1st Prize of Tbilisi International Classical Guitar Composition Competition

This piece dedicated to my grandparents was composed from childhood memories associated to the smell of olive oil (olfactory memory).

Water walk

for piano 2'55''

First Grand Prize for piano solo at the Rodrigo Landa-Romero International Composition Competition

A piece composed and dedicated to Lia Beuchat for a contemporary dance solo.

Jeux de Hasard 

for guitar and contemporary dance 4'30''

A piece composed for my duet guitar-dance Cordes à Corps. 7 groups of 17 notes order by chance. Rhythm, nuance, melody, harmony are composed by the chance order 17 points in space, defines where to go but taking the rhythm of the composed music it creates impossibility where the creativity needs to find solutions to generate a dance sequence.

Triangle 

for guitar 5'40''

This piece is based on the children's book Triangle by Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen. The text is primordial and defines the musical rhythm.

Recollection

for guitar 3'52''

A piece composed from the smell of mango connected to memories of long and exhausting car journeys (olfactory memory). This composition is original by the use of a half-capo.

Un train sur l'eau

for three guitars - for children 

A trio for beginners inspired by Hayao Miyazaki's universe.  A Japanese animated film director and producer, co-founder of Studio Ghibli.

Reminiscence of the red star

for piano 5'10''

Award in the 2nd Otar Taktakishvili International Competition.

This piece was composed after a trip to Tbilisi and seeing a performance of Rezo Gabriadze's puppet piece Stalingrad. A Georgian artist who founded a successful puppet theatre.

Ocean

for guitar 4'30''

A piece composed from the smell of salty air connected to memories of childhood in Portugal on the seaside  (olfactory memory)

In D

for guitar and dance 

An unlimited duration piece dedicated to Terry Riley. The piece inspired by Terry Riley's system of his famour piece In C.

Interested by a composition?

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