When one day I was reading Baudelaire's poem Albatross of the poetry collection Flowers of Evil. While reading it you could see an ocean with a bridge in the horizon.   The poem's first stanzas reads: 

[…] ”Often, to amuse themselves, the men of the crew 
Catch those great birds of the seas, the albatrosses, 
lazy companions of the voyage, who follow 
The ship that slips through bitter gulfs.” […]

Geoffrey Wagner, Selected Poems of Charles Baudelaire (NY: Grove Press, 1974)  
The horn solo have the role of "lead singer without words" and the orchestra "choir" and Obligato-horn players that in part shows up backstage, sit in the orchestra, and then walking out  towards the end of the piece. 



Uruppf. 20160630

Einar Öhman;
Malmö SO;
Marc Soustrot.

Recorded live from the world premiere April 30 2016.

Pont de la mer; morceau de concert

Benjamin Staern (b. 1978) started his musical experience with studies in cello, piano and percussion in his youth. Studies in musicology at Lund University and subsequently studied composition at the Malmö Academy of Music during 1998-2005 with Rolf Martinsson, Hans Gefors and Luca Francesconi, and made an early breakthrough, while still a student at the Malmö Academy of Music, with the symphonic work The Threat of War (1999). 

From this point on, Staern has developed a deeply personal style with an output including orchestral and chamber works, solo pieces and electroacoustic music. An interesting aspect of his work as a composer is his unusual ability to associate tones and timbres with different colours and tints. This is a variant of a phenomenon called synaesthesia which is fundamental in his perception and the creation of his music, and which is reflected in his sound world as well as in many of his work titles (Yellow Skies, Colour Wandering etc.) 

Today Staern receives commissions on a regular basis. Looking into the near future, he is commissioned to write a major work for Malmö Symphony Orchestra and song cycle for alto Anna Larsson and Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra. From September 2010 he is composer-in-residence with New European Ensemble for them he composed works from this collaboration such as Tranströmersånger (selected poems from the Sad Gondola - collection by Nobel-prize author and poet Tomas Tranströmer) and Bells and Waves (Chamber Symphony), winner of the SMFF Award 2011 in the category ”most important work in chamber music/smaller ensemble”.

Works by Benjamin Staern is today performed not only by all the major Swedish orchestras but also internationally by orchestras such as the MDR Sinfonieorchester, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Staern has collaborated with ensembles including New European Ensemble, Sonanza Chamber Ensemble, Ensemble Aspekte and Stockholm Chamber Brass. Soloists include Håkan Hardenberger, Anna Larsson, Johannes Möller, Karin Dornbusch, Carina Vinke, Gitta-Maria Sjöberg, Philippe Cassard and conductors Michael Christie, Daniel Raiskin, Christian Karlsen, Mats Rondin, Mika Eichenholz and Stefan Solyom.

Pianist, Composer and Music Producer
Music for Film and TV
Clients include Kardashians

All music copyrighted CEA Productions

Biker, hiker, poet, skier, sound artist, photographer, FORMER horse rider, retired crime investigator

Electronic music/video producer and composer. 
Dark Ambient Cinematic atmospheres from Sardinia.

From the acid and dusty factories of the electronic underground, through the devastated and pure immaculated nature of Sardinia, an explosion of anger and melancholy darkness transforms electronics into a cinematic orchestra.
mebitek, the manufactured eXPerience

Releases:

- 2008: Tactical Synopsis 02 (Gomorrotek)
- 2008: Tactical Synopsis 03 (Equals)
- 2009: Tactical Synopsis 04 (Mad brux'hat)
- 2009: Rekhold Records 01 (Trumas)
- 2010: Tactical Synopsis 05 (Big long nose)
- 2010: Rehkold Records 02 (Until the end - moche version)
- 2011: Rehkold Records 03 (Raining on da dancefloor)
- 2013: Rehkold Records 05 (Stelios Contos)
- 2013: Manufactured Experience (EP, Nootempo)
- 2014: Sardegna Pride 2014 Promo single - Claudia Aru Vergogna/Bregungia (Single, Nootempo)
- 2016: BLOOM RMX BATTLE EXTENDED EP (Nootempo)
- 2016: Ca no serbit sa boxi (Single, Atomic Zoo Recordings)
- 2016: An Eternal Wail's Journey EP (EP, Xenomorph Records)
- 2016: The Sensegration Box Art Installation - 12.11.2016 - Mogoro - Sardinia
- 2017: Hell's Disco Compilation (4 tracks for LiftMusic UK)
- 2017: The Unconscious (Cinematic Movement)[Single]
- 2017: Art Has No Diplomacy (CD Album, nootempo)
- 2017: The Unconscious (Cinematic Movement) (GOTHIC MUSIC ORGY VOL.4 http://www.darktunes.com)
- 2017: Melancholy feat Cycle of Crone (This is Darkness Vol1 Compilation http://www.thisisdarkness.com)
- 2017: The End Of Everything (Funeral Movement)- video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yag89eW69Cg&index=1&list=PLb7x9QPsYaWNUBXap0gCo6gnoI-6vzpry
- 2017: Lost in Tombs feat Humanfobia (https://fanburst.com/cian-orbe-netlabel/02-humanfobia-mebitek-lost-in-the-tombs)
- 2018: Romantic Deepness feat Nicola Melis (Ambient Online -https://ambientonline.bandcamp.com/album/ambient-online-themed-compilation-01-the-moon)
- 2019: Wells Of Souls feat. Matrioshka Brain (https://soundcloud.com/matrioshkabrain/wells-of-souls-mebitek-matrioshka-brain)
- 2019: A Dark Modular Tale EP (https://mebitek.bandcamp.com/album/a-dark-modular-tale-ep)
- 2019 : ResistrOn Art Installation - 28.09.2019 - Mogoro, Sardinia
- 2019 : The Mourning Path - video - single - (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTpJ1dkhuUc)
- 2020: Quarantine Triology - video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ye4vZDgW36k&list=PLb7x9QPsYaWM6y2n4BoVZqW5a0apcu_cq) (IT)
- 2020: Where Orchids Goes To Die Album (CD) (IT/ARG) https://whereorchidsgoestodie.bandcamp.com/
- 2020: A Story of Silcence - short film (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eurO-tGph8k) (IT) - Vincitore Rome Art Week 2020
- 2021: Ostalgie (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUaFBNgBhZg)
- 2022: Sraka - (CD Album,)  https://mebitek.bandcamp.com/album/sraka

I am a flute teacher, concertist flutist, composer and software engineer.
I have taken back the study of piano since May 2018. I am a member of the Sacem in Paris and of the Swiss association Archebole located in Lausanne.
My flute teachers were :
Jacques Lévêque
Maurice Beugnon
Alain Marion
Michel Debost
Pierre Lambert
Robert Hériché and
Shigenori Kudo 
My composition's teacher was :
Lucian Metianu
I'm on Facebook since 2017 : https://www.facebook.com/franck.douvin
You can follow me on my website : https://www.franckdouvin.com and on the composers's  plateform : https://www.soundcloud.com/franckdouvin
If you want to support my compositions and recordings posted on my YouTube channel : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq-H2y_Kg_7ftLiY4n3qxSw or simply support my activity as a musician, you can donate to me via Paypal : 
https://www.PayPal.me/franckdouvin
Thanks, Franck

In my music, I try to inspire me different forms that are in the nature, where microcosm and macrocosm intertwine closely.
It is really pleasant to be able to share our musics through our passions and ideas...
I currently have 67 Opus and all scores are available. 
Thank you for listening, comments and reposts !

Je suis professeur de flûte traversière, flûtiste concertiste, compositeur et ingénieur software.
J'ai repris l'étude du piano depuis Mai 2018. Je suis Membre de la Sacem à Paris et de l'association Suisse Archébole dont le siège est à Lausanne.
Mes professeurs de flûte traversière furent :
Jacques Lévêque
Maurice Beugnon
Alain Marion
Michel Debost
Pierre Lambert
Robert Hériché et
Shigenori Kudo 
Mon maître de composition était :
Lucian Metianu
Je suis sur Facebook depuis 2017 : https://www.facebook.com/franck.douvin
Vous pouvez me suivre sur mon site internet : https://www.franckdouvin.com
ainsi que sur la plateforme compositeurs : https://www.soundcloud.com/franckdouvin
Dans ma musique, j’essaie de m’inspirer des différentes formes qui se trouvent dans la nature, là où microcosme et macrocosme se mêlent étroitement.
C’est vraiment agréable de pouvoir partager nos musiques, nos passions et idées...
J’ai actuellement  à mon actif 67 Opus et toutes mes partitions sont disponibles.
Merci pour votre écoute, commentaires et reposts !

Si vous souhaitez soutenir mes compositions et enregistrements postés sur ma chaîne YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq-H2y_Kg_7ftLiY4n3qxSw ou tout simplement soutenir mon activité de musicien, vous pouvez vous me faire un don via Paypal  :
https://www.PayPal.me/franckdouvin
Merci, Franck

Pont de la mer; morceau de concert

Benjamin Staern Composer