The music of Franck Bedrossian, beyond its immediate physical impact, deploys dramatic intensity with force and refinement. The inventiveness of his sound and the expressive density of his writing sculpt a musical form that is rich with ambiguities and acoustic illusions.

After studying composing, orchestration, and analysis at the CNR de Paris, Bedrossian studied composition with Allain Gaussin before entering the CNSMDP, where he studied with Gérard Grisey and then with Marco Stroppa. In 2001-2002, he participated in Cursus (the IRCAM’s composition and computer music course), studying with Philippe Leroux, Tristan Murail, and Philippe Manoury. In parallel, he completed his training with Helmut Lachenmann at the Centre Acanthes in 1999, and at the Internationale Ensemble Modern Akademie in 2004.

His music has been performed at numerous festivals, including Manca (France), Musica Nova (Finland), Festival Internacional Cervantino (Mexico), RTÉ Living Music Festival (Ireland), Présences (France), Musica (France), Borealis Festival (Norway), Ars Musica (Belgium), Wittener Tage für Neue Musik (Germany), Nuova Consonanza, Suona Francese (Italy), Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo, Festival international d’art lyrique d’Aix-en-Provence (France), Fabbrica Europa (Italy), Wien Modern (Austria), Archipel (Switzerland), Donaueschinger Musiktage, MaerzMusik, Sommer in Stuttgart, Darmstadt Ferienkurse für Neue Musik, NOW!, ECLAT, Ultraschall (Germany), ReMusik (Russia), Venice Biennale (Italy), and ManiFeste (France).

In 2001, he received a fellowship from the Fondation Meyer and from the Fondation Bleustein-Blanchet pour la Vocation; in 2004 he was awarded the SACEM’s Prix Hervé Dugardin. The Institut de France (Académie des Beaux-Arts) awarded him the Pierre Cardin Award for Music Composition in 2005. He also won the SACEM young composers award in 2007. In 2012, he was awarded the SWR prize for orchestral work at the Donaueschinger Musiktage for his composition Itself. He completed a residency at the Villa Médicis from 2006-2008, and was named Chevalier de L’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2011. He taught composition at the University of California, Berkeley from 2008-2019, and in 2020 began teaching at the Kunstuniversität Graz.

His work is published by Éditions Billaudot, Verlag Neue Musik, and Maison ONA.