Jean-Baptiste Barrière (composer, 1958)

Jean-Baptiste Barrière (born January 2, 1958 in Paris ) is a French composer .

Life

In addition to music, Jean-Baptiste Barrière studied art history, philosophy and mathematical logic in Paris. Since 1981 he has worked as a researcher and composer at IRCAM on the projects Chants (synthesis of vocals and computers) and Formes (computer-controlled synthesis and composition).

From 1984 to 1987 he headed the department for music research, from 1989 the education department and from 1993 to 1997 the production department of the IRCAM. He also worked here with musicians such as Gérard Grisey , Jonathan Harvey and Sir Harrison Birtwistle . Between 1987 and 1989 he taught at the Paris Conservatory and at the University of California San Diego. From 1997 to 1998 he taught computer music composition at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki. Since then he has been working as a freelance composer.

In addition to independent works, Barrière composed the music for multimedia projects by Pierre Friloux and Françoise thoughts , Catherine Ikam and Louis Fléri , Peter Greenaway , Maurice Benayoun , François Schuitten and others.

Works

• Chréode , piece for computer, 1983 ( Prix ​​de la Musique Numérique at the Concours International de Musique Electro-acoustique in Bourges)
• Collisions , multimedia show, with Kaija Saariaho under the direction of Pierre Friloux and Françoise thoughts, 1984
• Le messager , music for the virtual reality piece by Catherine Ikam and Louis Fléri, 1995
• Alex , music for the virtual reality piece by Catherine Ikam and Louis Fléri, 1996
• Flying over water , soundtrack for Peter Greenaway's exhibition in Barcelona, ​​1997
• 100 Objects to Represent the World , Pro-Opera by Peter Greenaway, Salzburg 1997
• Autoportrait in motion , interactive sound and image installation, 1998
• Vitual Reality pieces by Maurice Benayoun:
  • Worldskin , 1997 ( Prix ​​Ars Electronica at Art Interactif 1998)
  • Paris-New Delhi Tunnel , Paris, New Delhi 1998
  • Crossing Talks , Tokyo 1999
  • Art Impact , Paris 2000
  • Labylogue with Jean-Pierre Balpe , Brussels, Dakkar, Lyon, 2000
  • SoSoSo , Karlsruhe 2002
  • Cosmopolis , China, 2006
• Planet of Visions , musical equipment for the French pavilion by François Schuitten at the Expo 2000 in Hanover, 2000
• Reality checks
  • Auto portrait in motion . 1998
  • Cellitude , for cello
  • Time Dusts for percussion, 2001
• L'homme transformé , musical equipment for the exhibition by Jöel de Rosnay , Paris 2001
• Parcours multimédia de l'Abbaye de Fontevraud , musical equipment, 2001
• Chasing wind, the well of vanities , visual and musical installation, 2002
• Les Fantômes du temps , multimedia show with the choreographer Jean-Claude Gallotta for eleven dancers, one percussionist and live images and sounds, Grenoble 2002
• Violance , multimedia show for violin, children's voice, life images and sounds based on Maurice Maeterlinck , Marseille 2003
• L'amour de loin , visual part of the concert version of Kaija Saariaho's work, Berlin 2006
• Deux Songes de Maeterlinck d'après Bruegel , multimedia show based on Maeterlinck, Marseilles 2007

Web links

• Jean-Baptiste Barrière's website