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Eryck Abecassis (born 1956) is a composer, musician and an electric guitar player. He composes and plays a wide range of music including orchestral to chamber music, electronic, theater, street theater, and cinema.
He moved to Paris in 1976 to study cinema and also worked as a photographer. In 1979 he decided to concentrate on music.
He started doing workshops on instrumental research at the
Radio France page, accessed 4 February 2010
Official website, accessed 4 February 2010
{{DEFAULTSORT:Abecassis, Eryck 1956 births Living people Musicians from Algiers Algerian Jews Algerian composers French people of Algerian-Jewish descent
Eryck Abecassis (born 1956) is a composer, musician and an electric guitar player. He composes and plays a wide range of music including orchestral to chamber music, electronic, theater, street theater, and cinema.
He moved to Paris in 1976 to study cinema and also worked as a photographer. In 1979 he decided to concentrate on music.
He started doing workshops on instrumental research at the IRCAM
IRCAM (French: ''Ircam, '', English: Institute for Research and Coordination in Acoustics/Music) is a French institute dedicated to the research of music and sound, especially in the fields of avant garde and electro-acoustical art music. It is ...
(Institute for music/acoustic research and coordination) in Paris (where he also did a computer music course).
He has been commissioned to compose music for Radio-France, Gmem, Ina-Grm, Grame, French government. His music has been played in international music festivals of "Présences", "Les Musiques-Marseille", "Musiques en scène-Lyon","Amplitude Festival Denmark","Computer Art Festival Padova" and some others.
As an electronic musician he travels in many countries including Spain, Brazil, Germany, Austria, England, Sweden, South Korea, and Italy. His style ranges between contemporary and electronic "noise music", with extensive use of the computer.
He has composed scores for film and documentaries, like Hava Aney Dey
''Hava Aney Dey'' ('' en, Let the Wind Blow'') is a 2004 Indian Hindi-language drama film written and directed by Partho Sen-Gupta. It stars Aniket Vishwasrao, Nishikant Kamat, Tannishtha Chatterjee and Rajshree Thakur in the lead roles. The fi ...
directed by Partho Sen-Gupta
Partho Sen-Gupta (also spelled Partho Sen Gupta or Partho Sengupta pronounced ''Partho Shen-Goopto'') is an independent film director and screenwriter. He is a French citizen, of Indian origin. He has a post-graduate in Film Direction from FEMI ...
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Works
Stage
*''Saved'' (incidental music, play by Edward Bond), 1984 *''Les carnets de Junko'', 5 comedians, cello, marimba, 1989 *''Rois de cœur'' (dance music, choreography by Dominique Petit), 1991 *''Bâtisseurs'' (incidental music), soprano, tenor, 1992 *''récif'' (street theatre show), 1998; *''Cosmogonia'' (spectacle), 1998; *''La cage'' (pocket opera, libretto by Christophe Tarkos), mezzo-soprano, comedian, any 6 players, 1999 (collaboration with Thierry Aué); *''Passages'' (spectacle), 2002; *''Tempête'' (street theatre show), 2003; *''Le monde à l'envers'' (street theatre show), 2005Orchestral
*''Kammerzirkus'', small orchestra (17 players), 1996Electroacoustic
*''Mondes dérangés'', 8-track tape, 2003Multimedia
*''Poupées-fantômes'', piano, percussion, computer, film, 2004References
Radio France page, accessed 4 February 2010
External links
Official website, accessed 4 February 2010
{{DEFAULTSORT:Abecassis, Eryck 1956 births Living people Musicians from Algiers Algerian Jews Algerian composers French people of Algerian-Jewish descent