Alexandre David (CA) Contemporary classical music 2018/2019

Partner program: Québec Council of Arts residency exchange

Disziplin/Genre: Contemporary classical music

Project name in HELLERAU: Animal·Machine

“Animal-Machine” is a 24 minutes long piece for spatialized orchestra and electronics.

What inspires you?
Theater, Visual Arts, Gamelan, Heavy Metal

Your first three thoughts about HELLERAU? 
An inspiring workplace
A calm environment, with yet so many interesting events
A great showcase for diversity in culture

How would you describe your way of working? 
I love sketching and planning my works. Sometimes, the sketch ends up being the score for the performers, and sometimes, I forget the sketch and the piece ends up being completely something else. I have recently being using a lot of spectral analyses from sounds coming from certain environments, so that the pitch and rhythm materials can create a relation between what the performers are producing and these environments.