Destremau, Loïc
Born in 1992, French-Danish composer and sound artist with an interdisciplinary approach to staged sound; crossing instrumental with electronics, visuals and performance music for installations, soloists, ensembles and orchestras, exploring core musical premises, associational properties, natural phenomena and musical relations to speech. The works often comprise devices, preparations and home-made gadgets next to conventional instruments and multimedia.
Previous cooperations count among others ensemble recherche, ensemble hand werk, Athelas Sinfonietta, Oslo Sinfonietta, Uusinta, Caput, dissonArt, Warsaw Autumn, NOW! Festival, impuls festival, Gaudeamus Muziekweek, Musikprotokoll, KLANG Festival, Darmstadt Summer Courses, and Nordic Music Days.
Selected works: Faulty Waterwork, interactive installation for aquarium, objects and electronics (2015), COM unTime for ensemble and backing track (2015), Joined Joints for two conjoined trombones and intrainstrumental playback (2018), Ad pedem litterae for two performers, computer keyboards and multimedia (2018), No Musical Equivalent for ensemble and play back (2019), Twist and Turn and Twit and Twat for large ensemble and backing track (2022).