Zygomatic is a composition for voice and live electronics. It is part of the Arc-en-ciel cycle . The premiere took place on June 17th, 2005, in Le Palot, Montbéliard, France. The wonderful singer was Isabelle Jost, while I was performing the live electronics. Listen to the concert recording here (click the play button) or there: Zygomatic on last.fm (download is also possible). A personalized sonorous score During the first part of the recording, you will hear only the voice, no electronic music. This is normal! The live electronics generate in real time a personalized sonorous score. The score is sonorous : the singer hears the score (a kind of electronic music) thanks to a wireless in-ear monitor. The score is personalized : it is generated live by transformations of the first 10 seconds of the voice part. But what does it mean, to interpret a sonorous score? Here is the text I wrote in the score, in 2005: " Interpréter une partition sonore, c’est orienter son écoute dans...
