Tristan Macé

Tristan Macé was born in Paris. A mostly self-made composer, piano and bandoneon player, he studied harmony with Guy Morançon, a former disciple of Messiaen, and writing with Alain Middleton, a minimalist composer from Columbia University. Olivier Manoury gave him a few bandoneon lessons. He wrote for the theater (a Strindberg play directed by Elsa Imbert) and for the plastic arts (works by Jérôme Zonder and Corinne Cattai). His main project is still jazz composition with his ensemble Ojan Septet, improvisation with A l’Ouest (Elise Dabrowski on bass and Frantz Loriot on viola) and soundpainting with François Jeanneau and young french director Christophe Mangou (ensemble Amalgammes - www.amalgammes.free.fr), whom ensemble he also wrote for. He recently worked with Joelle Léandre and Walter Thompson’s soundpainting think tank, and has just created the music of the new solo performance by Maryline Guitton.Tristan Macé is now composing a one hour score for four singers and jazz ensemble, that will be created on december 12th at Bleu Triton Jazz Festival. The piece is called ETRANGEMENT BLEU and is inspired by Paul Auster’s New York Trilogy.Après la création d’Etrangement Bleu, qui restera comme un grand moment musical et humain (on peut écouter l’intégralité du concert sur www.etrangementbleu.com), j’éprouve le besoin de me consacrer entièrement au bandonéon. Je cherche à inventer une nouvelle technique pour l’instrument, ainsi qu’un nouveau répertoire, avec le tango comme lointaine origine, comme fantôme ou fantasme originaire...Au fait, Etrangement Bleu est à vendre : 5770 euros charges comprises, hors défraiement.