Who am I ?

Over the past 30+ years I have been active as a composer and performer in various musical practices, forms and research. My artistic practice is at the crossroads between contemporary instrumental and electroacoustic music, progressive rock, jazz and afro-cuban music.

My compositions have been performed in Switzerland, France, Canada and the USA by ensembles such as the Nouvel Ensemble Moderne (NEM), Orchestre de l’Université de Montréal (OUM), Sixtrum, Ensemble Matka, Contemporary Orchestration Research Ensemble (CORE), Quatuor Duggan, Ensemble contemporain de la Haute Ecole de Musique de Geneve. 

I have performed in numerous venues as a singer, bassist and multi-instrumentalist such as the Sunset and Cabaret Sauvage (Paris), Chateau Rouge (Annemasse), Victoria Hall and Studio Ernest Ensermet (Geneva)… Within the Progressive Rock quartet Guacamole’s Green we revisited the music of Frank Zappa and released an album of our own compositions in 2016.  

My training took place in high institutions as well as in jazz clubs, rock concerts and street rumbas. I received a Bachelor (2011) and Master’s (2013) from the Haute Ecole de Musique de Genève in mixed music composition where I studied with Michael Jarrell, Luis Naon and Eric Daubresse. In 2016 I completed a DEPA in music composition for stage and film at the Université de Montréal and in 2023 I was awarded a Doctorate (D.Mus) in composition and sound creation on the subect of integrating “Worst Practices'“ in an artistic process to generate original and authentic compositional elements. My work has been awarded grants by the FRQSC and the Fondation Nicati-DeLuze and received the “Prix du conseil d’état de Genève” in 2013.

As a child I was a member of the “Maitrise des Hauts-de-Seine” (boys and men’s choir), performing at the Paris Opera houses and other prestigious concert halls, and touring the USA, South Africa, Sicily and Greece. I also spent several years working as a child voice dubbing actor.