Paul Clift (b. 1978 in Melbourne) is a composer of instrumental and mixed music. Since 2016, he is based in Basel, Switzerland. His music often attempts to make concrete associations with a variety of concepts such as modernist literature, collective memory and historical musical traditions, notably through the integration of archival recordings in his works. His compositional outlook is marked by formative studies with Franck Bedrossian, George Benjamin, Jean-Luc Hervé, Fred Lerdahl, Philippe Leroux, Fabien Lévy and Tristan Murail. 

His music has been programmed at festivals including ISCM World Music Days (Tallinn), Agora and Festival Ensemble(s) (both in Paris), Weimarer Frühjahrstage für zeitgenössische Musik, Darmstädter Ferienkurse, ReMusik (St. Petersburg), MATA (New York), Rainy Days (Luxembourg), Musikfestival Bern, SMC Lausanne, Koper Biennale (Slovenia), Close Encounters (Georgia), Ultima (Oslo), Unerhörte Musik (Berlin), Klangraum (Stuttgart), AFEKT (Berlin/Tallinn), Sounding Now (Singapore), Music and Art: Sound Correspondences (Spain), SMC (Athens) and the World Exposition in Milan, among others, and has been performed by ensembles such as Klangforum Wien, Ensemble l'Itinéraire, JACK and Mivos Quartets, L’Instant Donné, Contrechamps, ICE, Ensemble l'Imaginaire, Proton, Neofonía, Novel Ensemble Modern, Adapter, Vortex, Argento, TAG, Trio Sæitenwind, Sentieri Selvaggi and Vertixe Sonora. In 2019, his large-scale scenic work “Portal Fantasies,” composed in collaboration with cultural historian Barbara Piatti, was premiered at the Zeiträume Biennale für neue Musik und Architektur in Basel. 

Paul Clift obtained a Doctorate of Musical Arts from Columbia University, New York, a Masters of Music at King's College, London, and participated in the two years of the IRCAM Cursus, culminating in the premiere of “With my limbs in the dark” for chamber ensemble, electronics and augmented dancer, composed in collaboration with choreographer Alban Richard. He also attended masterclasses including Royaumont Voix Nouvelles, Centre Acanthes, Domaine Forget, IMPULS, June in Buffalo, MATRIX, Internationale Sommerakademie der MDW and the Darmstadt Ferienkursen. 

Paul Clift is the Artistic Director of Ensemble Recherche. His scores are published by Schweizer Musikedition and are also available online at www.babelscores.com.

www.franciscoalvarado.net

I work with sound. 

The desire to blur the boundaries between genres and find the delicate balance between familiarity and strangeness is at the heart of my recent works. In addition to orchestral and chamber music, I frequently integrate electronics into my compositions, often within music-theatre projects and films. 

I studied composition at the Universidad Católica de Chile, and later continue my studies with Stefano Gervasoni at the Paris Conservatory. Between 2013 and 2015, I participated in the Cursus 1 & 2 programs at IRCAM in Paris.

I address topics and questions of our time in collaborative projects with other contemporary artists. Notable collaborators include Maëlle Dequiedt, Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, Florentin Ginot, Alex W. Inker, and Rémy Reber, among many others.

I have received distinctions such as the Musica Festival Academy’s prize and the CDMC prize at the INJUVE academy in Madrid. My compositions have been commissioned by prominent institutions like the Donaueschinger Musiktage, the MUSICA festival, IRCAM, the Festival Messiaen, the Royaumont Foundation, Radio France, the CNSMDP, ensemble C Barré and United Instruments of Lucilin, among others. 

I held an artist-in-residence position at the Camargo Foundation in Cassis in 2017, at United Instruments of Lucilin, the ExperimentalStudio of the SWR, and the GMEM and between 2019 and 2021 and composer in residency at the Festival d'Autan 2025. Since 2024, I have been pursuing a PhD in stage composition within the SACRe program in Paris.

Born 1987 in Italy, Emanuele Palumbo lives in Paris. His first musical experiences came from playing in rock groups. He studied composition with Gabriele Manca in Milan, Gérard Pesson in Paris, and then computer music at IRCAM (cursus 1 & 2). Palumbo’s music has been performed by Ensemble Multilatérale, Ensemble Talea, Ensemble Alterance, Divertimento Ensemble, MDI Ensemble, Ensemble Interface, and solist like Mariangela Vacatello, Maria Grazia Bellocchio, Christophe Mathias, Josephine Besançon, Domenico Melchiorre.
He attended masterclasses by Hèctor Parra, Francesco Filidei, Franck Bedrossian, Pierluigi Billone, Stefano Gervasoni, Alessandro Solbiati and Frédéric Durieux.
His music has been broadcasted on Radio France.

malaussena.julien@gmail.com

https://www.julienmalaussena.com

https://enmossed.bandcamp.com/album/articulated-sound-energy

Official Website: www.caspardegelmini.de
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Next Concerts with Works by Caspar de Gelmini:

7 September 2014, Berlin, Randfestspiele Zepernick, 5.00 pm: Caspar de Gelmini: Orbit for percussion and electronics (premiere). Aleksandra Dzwonkowska
www.randspiele.de/

20 November 2014, Quedlinburg, Theater. 7:30 pm: Caspar de Gelmini: Players Paradise for Percussion and Brass Ensemble, Orchestra of the Halberstadt Theater www.impulsfestival.de/

17 December 2014, Leipzig, UT Connewitz, Leipzig Noir (premiere) http://www.fzml.de/

3. Februar 2015, SWR 2: Caspar de Gelmini: Leipzig Noir 1914 für 2 Sprecher, Ensemble und Elektronik für das Konzert- und Hörspielprojekt LEIPZIGNOIR 2014. Mitschnitt der Uraufführung vom 17. Dezember 2014. Solistenensemble des Forum Zeitgenössische Musik Leipzig u.L.v. Gerhardt Müller-Goldboom
http://www.swr.de/swr2/programm/sendungen/hoerspiele/swr2-ars-acustica-leipzignoir-1914/-/id=660014/nid=660014/did=14792178/1i4yv8j/index.html

6 March 2015, MDR Figaro, 00:05 am: Caspar de Gelmini: Leipzig Noir 1914 für 2 Sprecher, Ensemble und Elektronik für das Konzert- und Hörspielprojekt LEIPZIGNOIR 2014. Mitschnitt der Uraufführung vom 17. Dezember 2014. Solistenensemble des Forum Zeitgenössische Musik Leipzig u.L.v. Gerhardt Müller-Goldboom http://www.mdr.de/mdr-figaro/ipg/sendung503924.html

2 April 2015, Paris, Centre Pompidou, 7.00 pm: Caspar de Gelmini: Leipzig Noir 1914 (Part 2) for Flute and live electronics http://www.ircam.fr/concerts_spectacles.html?event=1424&L=1

6 July 2015, SWR2, 11pm: Caspar de Gelmini, Paysage Urbain, Ensemble Recherche, http://www.swr.de/swr2/programm/sendungen/jetztmusik/swr2-jetztmusik-von-gewachsener-erfahrung-und-nachwachsender-neuer-musik/-/id=659442/did=15605990/nid=659442/sdpgid=1109777/18lxrs2/index.html

9 October 2015, Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst Stuttgart, large hall, 7.30 pm: Caspar de Gelmini: Match for percussion, piano and string orchestra (premiere). Stuttgarter Kammerorchester. Conductor: Christof M. Löser
http://stuttgarter-kammerorchester.de/konzerte/konzertkalender.html

14. Januar 2016, Stuttgart, großer Saal der Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst, 20:00 Uhr: Caspar de Gelmini: Objects and Cells für Altsaxophon solo (UA). Guillaume Delange

Benjamin O’Brien (PhD) works with sound in the fields of psychoacoustics, human movement, and linguistics. His interests in composition involve electro-acoustics & free-improvisation.

北爪 裕道

Composer

- IRCAM
- Conservatoire de Paris (CNSMDP)
- Tokyo University of the Arts (Geidai)


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