SebVé
SebVé (Sébastien Vaillancourt) is an electroacoustic composer and performer who explores sound as an object by experimenting with programming, live-electronic instruments, sensors and improvisational techniques. He collaborates with other musicians as a composer, audio designer and teaches at the Hanns Eisler Conservatory in Berlin.
SebVé
SebVé (Sébastien Vaillancourt) is an electroacoustic composer and performer who experiments with programming, live-electronic instruments, sensors and improvisational techniques. He collaborates with other musicians as a composer, audio designer and teaches at the Hanns Eisler Conservatory in Berlin.
Reductionist with his sound elements, Sébastien exhibits drawn-out, heavy compositions. Whether he plays on a keyboard or through computational means, his work is expansive in its frequency spectrum. He experiments with a variety of composing methods, performative techniques and teaching methods. He composes and performs using electronic instruments and sensors, programming, improvisation and multi-channel setups. His most notable performances are within the festivals KONTAKTE 17 (2017), EM4 (2018), and Klangwerkstatt (2021) where he played Terry Riley’s Persian Surgery Dervishes.
Sébastien first studied composition at the Université de Montréal and obtained his Masters in Electroacoustic Music in Berlin, studying under Professor Wolfgang Heiniger. He has collaborated with composers like Thomas Kessler, Wolfgang Heiniger, Martin Schüttler and man others. He has taken part in prominent festivals in Europe such as the Donaueschinger Musiktage, the Münchner Biennale, Klangwerkstatt Berlin, Decibels Festival in Riga, Latvia, to name just a few. He has also produced two albums; Maximum Intra (2018) and simplicité (2019). He is currently working on a next one coming within the next year.
Outside of performing and composing, SebVé has held teaching positions at the Abbey Road Institute Berlin as well as the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler. Since 2021. He is also in the process of writing a book laying out the theory and practical implications of control interfaces in musical performance.
SebVé
SebVé (Sébastien Vaillancourt) is an electroacoustic composer and performer who experiments with programming, live-electronic instruments, sensors and improvisational techniques. He collaborates with other musicians as a composer, audio designer and teaches at the Hanns Eisler Conservatory in Berlin.
SebVé
SebVé (Sébastien Vaillancourt) is an electroacoustic composer and performer who experiments with programming, live-electronic instruments, sensors and improvisational techniques. He collaborates with other musicians as a composer, audio designer and teaches at the Hanns Eisler Conservatory in Berlin.