Claude Wanders | ar

Jean-Claude Vannier is a French musician, composer and arranger. He was born during a bomb scare in Courbevoie, Hauts-de-Seine in 1943. He was particularly well known as an associate of Serge Gainsbourg and for arranging scores for film in the 1960s, though he later became a solo recording artist in his own right. His musical style was influenced by jazz, baroque, klezmer, Asian and rock forms. He was originally a record producer but was kept from working with more "commercially important" clients and forced to produce for Arabic clients. This was, according to Vannier, an opportunity to explore further the...

When the industrial Trio of 0dark:30 disbanded, member N. Copernicus focused his writing into a new solo instrumental electronic project known as One Eye Wanders. Using remnants of lost dialogue in place of performed vocals, the few first solo experiments have evolved into a fully realized entity and approach. The first collection of songs (Glimpse/Recoil) is available by request. One Eye Wanders performs live as a one man show. Weaving sounds and percussion behind a cage of equipment and tattered artifacts, One Eye Wanders embraces theatrical elements of Japanese kabuki and noh theater unearthed with the mechanisms of a disintegrating...

Soloist, researcher and pedagogue, Claude Delangle, one of the greatest contemporary saxophonists, stands out as the master of the French saxophone. Privileged interpreter for classic works, he enriches the repertoire and encourages creation by collaborating with the most renowned composers, including L. Berio, P. Boulez, Toru Takemitsu, A. Piazzolla, and promoting the youngest. Since 1986, he is invited saxophonist in the Ensemble Intercontemporain, he also appears as soloist with the most prestigious orchestras (London BBC, Radio France, Radio of Finland, WDR Köln, Berlin Philharmonic, Kioi Tokyo) and works with D. Robertson, P. Eötvös, K. Nagano, E.P. Salonen, Miung Wung Chung,...