Jean-Francois Charles

Every Tuesday! Do not miss the Nautilis concerts at the Beaj Kafé , a new coffee shop in Brest. Nautilis is a jazz collective of great musicians including Christophe Rocher (clarinets), Vincent Raude (electronics), Nicolas Poniard (drums), Nicolas Peoc’h (saxes), Frédéric Bargeon Briet (bass), Philippe Champion (trumpet), and Christofer Bjurström (piano). Tonight, accordionist Céline Rivoal is performing a beautiful recital of new music for accordion. I am accompanying her with live electronics for two short pieces (including Testo ). See you there!

I just wrote a couple of notes for the Electrocution 2016 festival: we are performing the première on April 2nd. Passage (2015-2016) for percussion & live electronics Duration: 7 minutes Passage evokes the transition from one state of life to another. The passage may open new horizons, such as when the larva abandons his exuviae to take its dragonfly flight ; it may also hold a detoxification function, as when the crab gets rid of heavy metals while molting. In this composition, new sonic horizons are revealed not only by spatialization & sound processing, but mostly by acoustic research on new instruments made from recycled materials. The pizza pan completed its transformation into an anaquaphone , the coffee cans turned into a cimbalom. Many thanks to artist Henri-Pierre Deroux and multi-instrumentalist Van Hien Bui for the design and loan of novel instruments. Percussion part Here is the first page of the extended percussionist's part, with more space than the orig...

The score for Karlheinz Stockhausen 's Mikrophonie I is beautiful, but not usable for a concert. My own Mikrophonie score is a gift from Stockhausen; I had to cut & paste copies to arrange a performance score with possible page turns: Next rehearsal this afternoon ( first one took place last summer ).

This morning's version of the percussion part for Passage , a composition for percussion & live electronics: To be premièred in 2016!

I'm proud to participate for the first time in the Hour of Code event. This year, I'm hosting one Hour of Code for 2 groups of 15 kids - I'm meeting with the second group tomorrow. After talking with their primary school teacher, I decided to go with the "Frozen" hour of code: the kids have been playing with geometrical figures, drawing stars and patterns, so this is a good tutorial for them to go over. Also, in a way, it brings together art & science. In case you haven't tried it yourself, do not hesitate: go to code.org , and do code for an hour: everyone can learn!

Many thanks to Éric Guérin, pianist, bassist, and computer scientist: we premiered Rotonde 2015 last week. I composed this piece for the inauguration concert of the Section Musique Études ' new piano. In this composition for piano & live electronics, I used a Korg Electribe & live software synthesis. This great night of music featured classical, romantic, jazz music, and more. Congrats to the organizers of the piano subscription: Jean Bacot, Emmanuel Roux, and Arnaud Sandel - who is the head of the program, a Professor in Mechanics, and an excellent percussionist!

Tomorrow, I have the great pleasure to accompany accordionist Céline Rivoal's recital with live electronics. Picture by Rosalie Tsai, Testo by Davide Ianni, Electrocution 2015 Music Festival The program includes: Brèves by Jacques Rebotier Testo for accordion & live electronics, by Davide Ianni Winter Seeds by Klaus Hüber Schattensprüngen by Heiner Frauendorf and the classic Like a Water Buffalo by Yuji Takahashi Improvised miniatures Here is a screenshot of my live electronics environment for an improvisation with Céline tomorrow: Details: