SOLO PIECES
Auspicia [sketches for “Lili”], for soprano saxophone and electronics (tape), op. 38b (5’)
Twenty Minutes Of Love, for solo percussion, op. 32 (10’)
Secret Procession, for solo alto saxophone, op. 30 (15’)
--> Premiere on July 11 2015 in Strasbourg, France, by Joonatan Rautiola.
Bagatelle sans altérité, for piano, op. 15 (3’)
--> Premiered in June 2011 by Maria-Grazia Bellocchio in San Fedele auditorium, Milan
Le Jour où la Nuit..., op. 9b, for percussion and tape (5’)
--> Premiered in June 2012 by Domenico Melchiorre in San Fedele auditorium, Milan
Le Jour ou la Nuit (excerpt).mp3
Moment d’hiver, for solo harp, op. 7a.
Premiered on April 18 2008 in Geneva, Switzerland.
...et moment d’infini, for solo harp, op. 7b (2012) (3’)
--> Premiered in March 2012 by Vera Schnider (Proton Bern)
Et-moment-d'infini (excerpt).mp3
Motum, for solo violoncello, op. 4.
Improvisation, for harpsichord
CHAMBER MUSIC
Utinam, 5 sketches for a chamber music opera after Boethius, for flute, harp, percussion, cello and mezzo-soprano (12’)
Quiproquos, 3 pedagogical pieces for saxophone and accompaniment, op. 36 (7’)
Timing, quartet for saxophone, piano, percussion, double bass, op. 35 (37’)
Lampedusa, flute and harp duet, op. 33b (9’)
Twenty Minutes Of Love, version for 2 percussion players op. 32 (10’)
--> Premiered by Anne Chabot-Bucchi at University Mc Gill, Canada, on April 2015.
Velociter, miniature for quintet, op. 31 (2’ 30’’)
--> Premiered by Ensemble Proton Bern on Dec. 7 2017 in Bern, Switzerland.
Procrastinations, sextet for flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin and cello, op. 29 (12’)
--> Premiered on October 25 2015 by Divertimento Ensemble (Expo Milano 2015).
Le Songe d’Honoria, septet for cl., trp., piano, perc., string trio, op. 27 (8’)
--> Premiered by Ensemble Aleph in Paris on May 7 2017 (8e Forum des Jeunes Compositeurs)
Le_Songe_d_Honoria (excerpt).mp3
Ob..., trio for piano, violin, cello, op. 26b (13’)
Ter..., 3 pieces for violin, viola, cello and piano, op. 26c
“E io tremava ne l’etterno rezzo...”, op. 19, for string quartet (4’)
--> Premiered in October 2012 by Quartetto Prometeo in San Fedele auditorium, Milan
Quartetto dantesco (excerpt).mp3
Sonata for saxophone and piano, op. 18 (18’)
Inconstances, duet for oboe and harpsichord, op. 16 (12’)
D’après « Dans la nuit » (ou Dans la nuit d’après ?), for quintet (cl, vln, vcl, pno, perc.), op. 10b (15’)
Premiered on May 22 2009 by ensemble Contrechamps (Genève, Switzerland).
Trio for flute, viola and harp, op. 8 (12’)
Premiered on April 18 2008 in Geneva, Switzerland.
Non nova sed nove, for saxophone quartet (2nd version), op. 6b (13’)
Premiered on January 31 2010 in Eindhoven, Netherlands, by Axone saxophone quartet
Non Nova Sed Nove (excerpt).mp3
Non nova sed nove, for saxophone quartet, op. 6a.
Premiered on February 19 2009 in Paris by the Axone saxophone quartet
Pseudomorphosis II, quintet for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano, op. 5 (11’)
Premiered in August 2007 at Domaine Forget (Québec) by the Nouvel Ensemble Moderne (L. Vaillancourt)
Pseudomorphosis II (excerpt).mp3
Pseudomorphosis I, quartet for clarinet, violoncello, vibraphone and piano, op. 3 (14’)
Premiered on January 16 2006 in Paris
Pseudomorphosis I (excerpt).mp3
Confer… , sketches for piano and two singing percussion players.
Velle non discitur, for saxophone quartet, piano and percussion, op. 2 (17’)
Premiered at the Paris Conservatory Paris on June 18 2004.
VelleNonDiscitur (excerpt).mp3
ENSEMBLES
Facettes, for saxophone ensemble, harp and percussion, op. 34b, commissioned by SaxiBa Ensemble, Helsinki (18’)
--> Premiered by SaxiBa Ensemble in Aarhus, Denmark, on April 12 2022
Facettes_Excerpt_1.mp3 | Facettes_Excerpt_2.mp3
Kumahdukset, pour ensemble (9 instruments), op. 26 (15’)
--> Commissioned by Tampere Biennale (Finland), premiered on April 10 2014 by Uusinta Chamber Ensemble
Aquaeductio, for ensemble (14 instruments), op. 25 (10’)
--> Premiered by Klangforum Wien on September 13 2013 in Milan (San Fedele project)
Déclinaison, for saxophone and ensemble (9 instruments), op. 24 (ca. 17’)
--> Premiered by Uusinta Chamber Ensemble on April 13 2013 in Helsinki, Finland
Hi paludes pro civitatibus habent, for ensemble (8 instruments), op. 22 (9’)
--> Premiered in Bern on January 28 2013 by Ensemble Proton Bern
Hi paludes pro civitatibus habent (excerpt).mp3
Le Mur et le Fleuve, for ensemble (wind and string quintet), op. 17 (10’)
--> Premiered in November 2011 in Matera, Italy.
Le Mur et le Fleuve (excerpt).mp3
Barbaricum atque immane gemunt, for 6 male voices and percussion, op. 14. (7’)
--> Royaumont abbey, “Voix Nouvelles” composition session (Les Cris de Paris, Ensemble Linea)
Barbaricum atque (excerpt).mp3
Migratio I, for ensemble (13 instruments), op. 13a. (12’)
--> Metz, Arsenal. Centre Acanthes 2010 (Orchestre National de Lorraine, dir. : Jean Derroyer)
Le Rythme des Autres, for 7 instruments and electronics, op. 12. (16’)
Premiered on May 21 2010 in Geneva, Switzerland.
LeRythmeDesAutres (excerpt).mp3
In Nocte, for reciter and 8 instruments, text by Henri Michaux, op. 1.
ORCHESTRA
Praeludium, for large orchestra [commissioned by the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra and Conservatory of Shanghai, China]
Op. 40 (circa 8’).
Facettes, for orchestra, op. 34a (17’)
Wacharme!, miniature overture for concert band, op. 28 (2’)
Five Sketches, orchestration of Jean Sibelius’ op. 114 (1929 / 2016), op. 23
Migratio II, op. 20, for string orchestra (4’)
--> Premiered in June 2012 in Porvoo, Finland, by Avanti !
Exo(r)de, for full orchestra, op. 13b (6’)
--> Premiered in July 2011 in Metz, “Centre Acanthes”, by Orchestre National de Lorraine
Dans la nuit, for small orchestra, op. 10a.
Premiered on March 15 2009 in Paris
MUSIC FOR THE STAGE
O.M. : THE CONSOLATION, philosophical drama in four acts for 4 singers and musical ensemble, after Boethius.
Galla Placidia, chamber music opera [unfinished] for 3 female voices and 5 instruments (fl., sax., perc., pno., cello), op. 21 (25’)
--> Premiered on December 4 2013 in ARCAL, Paris, by Ensemble Cairn (cond. Guillaume Bourgogne)
MUSIC WITH ELECTRONICS
Auspicia [sketches for “Lili”], for soprano saxophone and electronics (tape), op. 39 (5’)
Lampedusa, for an actress, harp and electronics, op. 33a (10’) (ongoing project)
Le Jour où la Nuit..., op. 9b, for percussion and tape (5’)
--> Premiered in June 2012 by Domenico Melchiorre in San Fedele auditorium, Milan
Le Jour ou la Nuit (excerpt).mp3
Le Rythme des Autres, for 7 instruments (trp., trb., perc., pno., vln., vla., cello) and electronics, op. 12. (16’)
Premiered on May 21 2010 in Geneva, Switzerland.
LeRythmeDesAutres (excerpt).mp3
« Car je croyais ouïr de ces bruits prophétiques… », for solo horn and real time electronics, op. 11a.
Premiered on April 8 2009 in Geneva, Switzerland
Étude pour 2 métaux et une peau, for tape, op. 9a.
Premiered on March 20 2008 in Geneva, Switzerland.
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