
Olivier Pasquet
Compositeur de musique électronique et réalisateur en informatique musicale né le 22 juin 1974 à Meaux.
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Olivier Pasquet est compositeur de musique électronique, producteur et artiste visuel. Son travail pluridisciplinaire explore la synesthésie, la composition paramétrique, l’architecture non-standard, la géométrie et le design algorithmique. Ses travaux se matérialisent principalement sous la forme d’installations plastiques et d’œuvres de musique purement électronique jouées, parfois dansées, présentées aussi bien dans des salles de concert que dans des galeries, des musées ou des clubs.
Après s’être initié en autodidacte à l’écriture, puis à l’informatique musicale, Olivier Pasquet entreprend des études de composition de 1996 à 1999 à l’Anglia Polytechnic University de Cambridge (Angleterre) auprès de Richard Hoadley, Trevor Wishart et Iannis Xenakis. Il se perfectionne ensuite dans divers studios d’enregistrement. Après à un bref passage à l’Ina-GRM, il se dirige essentiellement vers la musique contemporaine et les arts numériques. Il est titulaire d’un doctorat en composition musicale, obtenu à l’Université de Huddersfield et mène des recherches en architecture non-standard.
Olivier Pasquet collabore avec l’Ircam pendant 18 ans en tant que réalisateur en informatique musicale aux côtés d’artistes d’horizons divers, tels que Florian Hecker, Georges Aperghis, Pierre Boulez, Brice Pauset, William Forsythe ou Rand Steiger, parmi tant d’autres. Ces collaborations l’amènent à travailler pour la danse, l’opéra, le théâtre musical et contemporain.
En 2006, il organise avec Andreas Breitscheid l’atelier européen Max/MSP/Jitter au Forum Neues Musiktheater de Stuttgart. Entre 2006 et 2010, Olivier Pasquet enseigne l’art interactif et le design computationnel à l’École Nationale des Arts Décoratifs ainsi qu’à l’école du Théâtre National de Strasbourg entre 2007 et 2008. Il obtient plusieurs prix et résidences comme la Villa Médicis Hors les Murs en 2009, deux résidences à Tokyo Wonder Site, Arcadi, ainsi que des résidences à Santiago du Chili et à Taiwan.
Entre 2009 et 2012, il est chercheur invité aux Universités de Tokyo, Keio et de Buffalo. Il travaille aussi chez Sony Computer Science Laboratories, et il est conseiller chez Ableton.
En 2017, Olivier Pasquet obtient la bourse Creative Art Initiative de l’University at Buffalo qui lui permet de concevoir Lloyd’s Mirror, une installation générative in-situ spécifiquement créée pour des bâtiments de Frank Lloyd Wright (Martin House) et Toshiko Mori (Greatbach Pavilion). En parallèle, il travaille à la National Taiwan University of the Arts, il est professeur invité à mi-temps à la Hochschule der Künste de Berne en 2018-19, ainsi qu’à l’University at Buffalo en 2019-20. En 2021, il reçoit le prix Facebook de « Momentum of AI Creation ».
Il est actuellement chercheur associé à l’Institute for Computer Music and Sound Technology de Zürich (Suisse) impliqué dans le projet de recherche européen FluCoMa.
© Ircam-Centre Pompidou, 2022
Sources
Site du compositeur ; Site du festival Musica ; Site de l’Université de Buffalo.
- Solo (excluding voice)
- elec ircam Damned for saxophone and live electronics (1999-2004), 16 mn
- 人形トビケラ for piano, music for a documentary by Minori Matsuoka (2012), 3 mn 40 s
- HPSCHD (titre temporaire) for harpsichord duo (2020), 20 mn
- Chamber music
- elec Morphallaxis for flute, percussion, cello and live electronics (2008), 15 mn
- elec rt60 (2020)
- 四條畷の戦い (四條畷之戰) - hpschd for two harpsichords (2020)
- elec Strom for saxophone, viola and live electronics (2022)
- Vocal music and instrument(s)
- elec Les Quatre Temps Cardinaux for two voices, orchestra, vdieo and spatialized electronics (2011-2013), 55 mn
- A cappella vocal music
- elec ircam Joyeux Animaux de la Misère for voice and live electronics (2014), 1 h 10 mn
- elec Master Rock performance for three voices, performed in Cruachan Dam power station, Scotland (2015), 42 mn
- elec extreme occident-frozen for voice and electronics (2021), between 3 mn 41 s and 6 mn 12 s
- Electronic music / fixed media / mechanical musical instruments
- elec City of Flowers installation (2008), 25 mn
- elec strawberry electronic music (2008), maximum 10 mn
- elec arc I electronic music (2009), 20 mn
- elec Crossing the line sound and video installation (2009)
- elec ircam Häxan, la sorcellerie à travers les âges music for the silent film by Benjamin Christensen (Sweden, 1921) (2009), 1 h 45 mn, Inédit [program note]
- elec J-Design electronic music for the TV show J-Design (2009), 3 mn
- elec News from the Near Future electronic music for a video by Fiona Tan (2009), 9 mn
- elec Perforation I electronic music (2009), 27 mn
- elec Sound Agents installation (2009)
- elec Kaspar audiovisual installation (2010)
- elec M electronic music (2010), 12 mn
- elec Reflexion!? interactive audio visual installation (2010)
- elec Sound Exhibition sound installation (2010)
- elec stage Make No Noise electronic music for the opera Make No Noise by Tom Holloway (2011)
- elec ml electronic music for Tsui Shuang Lai dance performance (2011), 35 mn
- elec Seven interactive installation produced in collaboration with Thomas Goepfer and Robin Meier (2011)
- elec The Second Woman electronic music for the opera The Second Woman by Guilllaume Vincent (2011)
- elec La Nuit tombe electronic music for the play by Guillaume Vincent (2012), 1 h 40 mn
- elec stage Night: Light live electronic music for Alban Richard's dance performance (2012)
- elec Tu tiens sur tous les Fronts electronic music for the play directed by Roland Auzet (2012)
- elec stage Aucun Homme n'est une Île electronic music for the multimedia theater play directed by Roland Auzet (2013), 60 mn
- elec ircam Dessiner sur Papier installation in collaboration with Thorsten Streichardt (2013)
- elec Formahaut Γ installation (2013)
- elec Forma - HR 8799 installation (2014)
- elec formulation installation (2014), 30 mn
- elec Rib electronic music for the video Rib by Arlé Van Egmond (2014)
- elec stage Steve V (King Different) electronic music for musical theater performance (2014)
- elec VERFLUCHTE UNGMENGE – R136A1 electronic music for installation (2014)
- elec Formahaut ΓI video creation (2015), 6 mn
- elec ß Pictoris B electroacoustic composition, for 17 or 25 speakers (2015)
- elec Songes et Métamorphoses music for the play Songes et Métamorphoses by Guillaume Vincent (2016), 4 h 43 mn
- elec The Mystery of Picasso electronic music for a cine-concert of Henri-Georges Clouzot's film Le Mystère de Picasso (2016), 1 h 10 mn
- elec The Nothing Seeking Answers Indivisible Streams sound installation (2016)
- elec HR 8800 performance (2017), 38 mn
- elec L'Atome Music for the play L'Atome by Julien Avril (2017), 2 h
- elec Wandering Set electronic music (2017), 47 mn
- elec Lions installation for lasers, mirrors, interference and audio (2018)
- elec Lloyd's Mirror generative mulimedia installation (2018)
- elec Proxima Centauri b generative video installation for 3 small 4K screens (2018)
- elec Shoppen electronic composition for the multimedia exhibition Shoppen Kannste Selber! (2018), 55 mn
- elec We carry On generative electronic music for the video We carry On by Guillaume Dimanche (2018)
- elec 595F44FEC1E92A71D3E electroacoustic composition made from rapid radio bursts (2019)
- elec Herbig-Haro generative sound installation for 12 or 24 loudspeakers (2019), 24 mn
- elec stage Le Reste vous le connaissez par le Cinéma music for the play by David Jeanneteau, based on the book by Martin Crimp (2019), 2 h 30 mn
- elec stage One Thousand and One Nights electronic composition for the play by Guillaume Vincent (2019), 4 h 30 mn
- elec The Keys to the Kingdom Generative musical installation (2019)
- elec The Keys to the Kingdom II Generative musical installation (2019)
- elec Deutschfieber electronic music (2020), 1 h 20 mn
- elec Dual Coronagraphs (mkII) generative sound and light installation for two projectors, smoke, and eight speakers (2018-2020)
- elec hd141943 & hd191089 electronic music (2020), 20 mn
- elec K2-18B generative electroacoustic music produced from exoplanet taxonomies (2020), 10 mn about
- elec ircam Les Bacchantes electronic music for a sound fiction based on the text by Céline Minard (2020), 20 mn
- elec Mollspeak electroacoustic music for installation (2020)
- elec The Keys to the Kingdom III Generative musical installation (2020)
- elec stage das giftige chamäleon I musical theater (2021), 40 mn
- elec They dream in my Bones VR installation (2021)
- elec epic 201757695.02 electronic music (2022), 20 mn
- elec hd 189733 b electronic music (2022), 24 mn 12 s
- elec principles of the theory of wealth vers. II installation (2022)
- elec principles of the theory of wealth – deep blue <> alphago <> muzero performative installation (2022)
- elec rt60 extended electronic music and lights (2022), 1 h 30 mn
- elec The Keys to the Kingdom IV Generative musical installation (2022)
- Unspecified instrumentation
- elec Kaspar S electronic music (2010), 8 mn
- L'Éveil du Printemps music for the theatre play by Guillaume Vincent (2010), 1 h 25 mn
- La Nuit des Brutes electronic music for a music theatre play (2010), 1 h 15 mn
- The Axe (2020)
- stage effondré.e.s music for theatre (2021), 1 h 30 mn
- Extraordinary Journeys (2021)
- Haiku Studies text and prints (2021)
- TOI-1842_B print (2021)
- 2022
- elec Strom for saxophone, viola and live electronics
- elec The Keys to the Kingdom IV Generative musical installation
- elec epic 201757695.02 electronic music, 20 mn
- elec hd 189733 b electronic music, 24 mn 12 s
- elec principles of the theory of wealth vers. II installation
- elec principles of the theory of wealth – deep blue <> alphago <> muzero performative installation
- elec rt60 extended electronic music and lights, 1 h 30 mn
- 2021
- Extraordinary Journeys
- Haiku Studies text and prints
- TOI-1842_B print
- elec They dream in my Bones VR installation
- elec stage das giftige chamäleon I musical theater, 40 mn
- stage effondré.e.s music for theatre, 1 h 30 mn
- elec extreme occident-frozen for voice and electronics, between 3 mn 41 s and 6 mn 12 s
- 2020
- elec Deutschfieber electronic music, 1 h 20 mn
- elec Dual Coronagraphs (mkII) generative sound and light installation for two projectors, smoke, and eight speakers
- HPSCHD (titre temporaire) for harpsichord duo, 20 mn
- elec K2-18B generative electroacoustic music produced from exoplanet taxonomies, 10 mn about
- elec ircam Les Bacchantes electronic music for a sound fiction based on the text by Céline Minard, 20 mn
- elec Mollspeak electroacoustic music for installation
- The Axe
- elec The Keys to the Kingdom III Generative musical installation
- elec hd141943 & hd191089 electronic music, 20 mn
- elec rt60
- 四條畷の戦い (四條畷之戰) - hpschd for two harpsichords
- 2019
- elec 595F44FEC1E92A71D3E electroacoustic composition made from rapid radio bursts
- elec Herbig-Haro generative sound installation for 12 or 24 loudspeakers, 24 mn
- elec stage Le Reste vous le connaissez par le Cinéma music for the play by David Jeanneteau, based on the book by Martin Crimp, 2 h 30 mn
- elec stage One Thousand and One Nights electronic composition for the play by Guillaume Vincent, 4 h 30 mn
- elec The Keys to the Kingdom Generative musical installation
- elec The Keys to the Kingdom II Generative musical installation
- 2018
- elec Lions installation for lasers, mirrors, interference and audio
- elec Lloyd's Mirror generative mulimedia installation
- elec Proxima Centauri b generative video installation for 3 small 4K screens
- elec Shoppen electronic composition for the multimedia exhibition Shoppen Kannste Selber!, 55 mn
- elec We carry On generative electronic music for the video We carry On by Guillaume Dimanche
- 2017
- elec HR 8800 performance, 38 mn
- elec L'Atome Music for the play L'Atome by Julien Avril, 2 h
- elec Wandering Set electronic music, 47 mn
- 2016
- elec Songes et Métamorphoses music for the play Songes et Métamorphoses by Guillaume Vincent, 4 h 43 mn
- elec The Mystery of Picasso electronic music for a cine-concert of Henri-Georges Clouzot's film Le Mystère de Picasso , 1 h 10 mn
- elec The Nothing Seeking Answers Indivisible Streams sound installation
- 2015
- elec Formahaut ΓI video creation, 6 mn
- elec Master Rock performance for three voices, performed in Cruachan Dam power station, Scotland, 42 mn
- elec ß Pictoris B electroacoustic composition, for 17 or 25 speakers
- 2014
- elec Forma - HR 8799 installation
- elec ircam Joyeux Animaux de la Misère for voice and live electronics, 1 h 10 mn
- elec Rib electronic music for the video Rib by Arlé Van Egmond
- elec stage Steve V (King Different) electronic music for musical theater performance
- elec VERFLUCHTE UNGMENGE – R136A1 electronic music for installation
- elec formulation installation, 30 mn
- 2013
- elec stage Aucun Homme n'est une Île electronic music for the multimedia theater play directed by Roland Auzet, 60 mn
- elec ircam Dessiner sur Papier installation in collaboration with Thorsten Streichardt
- elec Formahaut Γ installation
- elec Les Quatre Temps Cardinaux for two voices, orchestra, vdieo and spatialized electronics, 55 mn
- 2012
- elec La Nuit tombe electronic music for the play by Guillaume Vincent, 1 h 40 mn
- elec stage Night: Light live electronic music for Alban Richard's dance performance
- elec Tu tiens sur tous les Fronts electronic music for the play directed by Roland Auzet
- 人形トビケラ for piano, music for a documentary by Minori Matsuoka, 3 mn 40 s
- 2011
- elec stage Make No Noise electronic music for the opera Make No Noise by Tom Holloway
- elec Seven interactive installation produced in collaboration with Thomas Goepfer and Robin Meier
- elec The Second Woman electronic music for the opera The Second Woman by Guilllaume Vincent
- elec ml electronic music for Tsui Shuang Lai dance performance, 35 mn
- 2010
- elec Kaspar audiovisual installation
- elec Kaspar S electronic music, 8 mn
- L'Éveil du Printemps music for the theatre play by Guillaume Vincent, 1 h 25 mn
- La Nuit des Brutes electronic music for a music theatre play, 1 h 15 mn
- elec M electronic music, 12 mn
- elec Reflexion!? interactive audio visual installation
- elec Sound Exhibition sound installation
- 2009
- elec Crossing the line sound and video installation
- elec ircam Häxan, la sorcellerie à travers les âges music for the silent film by Benjamin Christensen (Sweden, 1921), 1 h 45 mn, Inédit [program note]
- elec J-Design electronic music for the TV show J-Design, 3 mn
- elec News from the Near Future electronic music for a video by Fiona Tan, 9 mn
- elec Perforation I electronic music, 27 mn
- elec Sound Agents installation
- elec arc I electronic music, 20 mn
- 2008
- elec City of Flowers installation, 25 mn
- elec Morphallaxis for flute, percussion, cello and live electronics, 15 mn
- elec strawberry electronic music, maximum 10 mn
- 2004
- elec ircam Damned for saxophone and live electronics, 16 mn
Liens internet
- Site internet du compositeur : https://www.opasquet.fr/
- Page SoundCloud du compositeur : https://soundcloud.com/pasquet
- Site de l’Université de Buffalo : https://arts-sciences.buffalo.edu/music/faculty/faculty-directory/olivier-pasquet.html
- « Olivier Pasquet : Machinations, Thinking Things et autres projets », conférence donnée à l’Ircam le 13 décembre 2021 dans le cadre du Cursus : https://medias.ircam.fr/xcaa229_olivier-pasquet
(liens vérifiés en juin 2022)
Bibliographie sélective
- Jacob HART, « Combining FluCoMa with bach », analyse musicologique de la pièce Herbig-Haro, 2021, à lire en ligne sur le site de FluCoMa Learn.
- Olivier PASQUET, « Du hörspiel au hors-jeu : situation audio-narrative des Bacchantes », in Alternatives Théâtrales, volume 146, avril 2022, p. 46.
- Olivier PASQUET, « Notes on Electronic Composition », 2015, à lire en ligne.
- Olivier PASQUET, Philippe CODOGNET, « Ambient Sound Spaces », 2010, à lire en ligne.
- Olivier PASQUET, Panayiotis KOKORAS, « Sound Scale: Perspectives on the contribution of flute sound classification to musical structure », in CIM08 Abstract Proceedings, 3-8 July 2008, à lire en ligne.
(liens vérifiés en juin 2022)