French composer Franck Bedrossian speaks with Samuel Andreyev about his work, which is often associated with saturation music. He talks about his brief studies under Gérard Grisey, interrupted tragically by the latter's untimely death in 1998; as well as the formation of his radical aesthetic, the importance of electronics to his work, the influence of popular music, and the general situation of contemporary aesthetics today.

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BIOGRAPHY
Franck Bedrossian was born in Paris on February 3rd, 1971.
After studying harmony, counterpoint, orchestration and analysis at the National Conservatory of Paris, he studied composition with Allain Gaussin and entered the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris (class of Gerard Grisey and Marco Stroppa). In 2002-2003, he attended the Cursus in composition and computer music at IRCAM and receives education from Philippe Leroux, Brian Ferneyhough, Tristan Murail and Philippe Manoury. Meanwhile, he completed his training with Helmut Lachenmann (Acanthes 1999, International Ensemble Modern Akademie 2004).

His works have been performed in France and abroad by ensembles such as L'Itinéraire, 2E2M, Ictus, Court Circuit, Cairn, Ensemble Modern, mix, Ensemble Intercontemporain, the Orchestre National de Lyon, Contrechamps, San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, the Danel Quartet, the Diotima Quartet, as part of festivals Agora, Resonances, Manca, Musica Nova, International Festival Cervantino RTÉ Living Music Festival, Présences, L'Itinéraire de Nuit, Festival Borealis, Musica Strasbourg, Ars Musica, Nuova Consonanza, Suona Francese, Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo, the International Festival d'art-lyrique d' Aix-en-Provence, Fabbrica Europa, Wien Modern, Archipel, Donaueschinger Musiktage, MaerzMusik, Sommer in Stuttgart, Darmstadt Ferienkurse für Neue Musik.

Franck Bedrossian was a resident at the Villa Medici in April 2006 to April 2008. He taught composition at the University of California at Berkeley from September 2008 to December 2019, then at Kunstuniversität Graz starting in March 2020. His works are published by Editions Billaudot, Verlag Neue Musik, and Maison ONA.

Listen to Franck Bedrossian's music:

VAYEHI EREV VAYEHI BOKER (2017)
https://soundcloud.com/franck-bedross...

WE MET AS SPARKS
https://soundcloud.com/franck-bedross...

ITSELF
https://soundcloud.com/franck-bedross...

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