Thierry Zaboitzeff () is a French
multi-instrumentalist
A multi-instrumentalist is a musician who plays two or more musical instruments at a professional level of proficiency.
Also known as doubling, the practice allows greater ensemble flexibility and more efficient employment of musicians, where ...
and
composer
A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music.
Etymology and Defi ...
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Biography
Zaboitzeff was born near Maubeuge, northern France in 1953.
He was co-artistic director with of the band
Art Zoyd
Art Zoyd is a French band formed in 1969, mixing free jazz, progressive rock and avant-garde electronica. Gérard Hourbette was the band's director and composer until his death in May 2018. Another key member of the band was Thierry Zaboitzeff, w ...
from 1975 to 1997. In 1997, he left Art Zoyd in order to realize his own projects and began performing solo. In 1999, he established the band
Zaboitzeff & Crew. After its breakup, he went on to lead the band Aria Primitva beginning in 2018.
Several of Zaboitzeff's compositions from 1984 were incorporated by
Mavros Sedeño into the 2014 French
art game
An art game (or arthouse game) is a work of interactive new media digital software art as well as a member of the "art game" subgenre of the serious video game. The term "art game" was first used academically in 2002 and it has come to be un ...
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See also
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Kasper T. Toeplitz
Kasper T. Toeplitz is a French composer and musician of Polish origin, born in 1960. He lives in Paris.
Biography
He has worked with academic research organizations, such as GMEM, GRM, IRCAM, and Radio-France, as well as with experimental ...
References
1953 births
Living people
French musicians
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