Roland Auzet: Percussion and Live Electronics: Composition and Performance

Title:

Percussion and Live Electronics: Composition and Performance

Artist(s) and People Involved:

Performers:



• Roland Auzet

Symposium:

• ISEA2000: 10th International Symposium on Electronic Art
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Venue(s):

• IRCAM – Centre Georges Pompidou , Paris , France

Artist Statement:

Roland Auzet’s approach to percussion reflects the movement of contemporary music, while nonetheless drawing its inspiration from the African and Middle-Eastern traditions of storyteller-percussionnists. For several decades, the expansion of the performance techniques has renewed gesture; the voice, often internal, participates in this musical practice. In the traditional performance of storyteller-percussionists, musical discourse, serving the dramaturgy of the tale, is simultaneously borne by voice, percussion and gestures intrinsically tied to them. Coupling percussion with a computer device leads the composer/ performer to redefine his relationship with the instrument. Roland Auzet chose to draw on this internal voice accompanying performance: he materializes the gesture and reveals it musically through live electronics.

Category:

• Performances
• Concert - Audio
• Performance Art