Elisa Trocmé

Elisa Andréa Trocmé (born August 21, 1955 in Pennsylvania ) is a French improvisation musician ( bass clarinet , clarinet ) who is also active as an organizer and author.

Live and act

Trocmé studied history and art history at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris; in addition, she had lessons (including at workshops) with Steve Lacy , Bernard Vitet , Tamia , Michel Fano , George Benjamin , Robert Aitken , Georges Aperghis , Toru Takemitsu and Barre Phillips . From the 1970s she also worked as an instrument maker (with Bernard Vitet), worked in various artistic and music education programs in Paris (including the Center Georges Pompidou , Musée d'art moderne and the Grand Palais ) and New York City. As a musician, she has collaborated with several film, dance and art projects. a. with Patricia Bardon (1984), Julie West (1985) and Pierre Sauvage ( The Weapons of the Spirits , 1987). She has also contributed to Clarinette Magazine, L'Évenement du jeudi, Melody Maker and L'Humanité . In later years she played with the Amor Fati Trio ( Frédéric Cavallin , Guillaume Petit , Laurent Avizou ). Trocmé lives near Toulouse and organizes the series Le Cycle des Sons et des Mots in the Porte de la Fontaine venue in Toulouse .

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} The International Who's Who in Popular Music 2002 , edited by Andy Gregory. Europa Publications Taylor & Francis, 2002, p. 512
2. ↑ Amor Fati Trio at Discogs (English)
3. ↑ Porte de la Fontaine website