BIOGRAPHY
Fascinated as a child by far away landscapes and cultures, I left for Africa in 1992 and criss-crossed the continent for over a year. First immersions into peasant communities, first field music recordings, first documentary photos and videos...
In 1998 I founded Altamira, an international cultural project which took me into musical and human adventures in the Himalayas, in the Philippines, in Madagascar but also in my town Saint-Denis. With the people from these various places, I undertake art projects based on their music heritage, connecting with music these radically different worlds.
Exploring the planet with a musician's ear, I observe closely the social know-how of the villagers whose life I share. With their artistic universe deeply connected to their natural environment and to their social life, they can provide us with promising ways of understanding human development.
Project manager, public speaker, musician-composer, image maker : these collective projects led me to acquire various skills. And even more, a vision of man and the world.
- My music works have been acclaimed by major french cultural magazines such as Télérama, Les Inrockuptibles, Mondomix, and were awarded by the prestigious Charles Cros Academy.
- Ten years of work with the City of Saint-Denis, managing sociocultural projects with the inhabitants, led to a ministerial award in 2010.
- I gave talks at the Quai Branly Museum, at the National Museum for Asian Arts Guimet (Paris, France), at the University of the Philippines (Manila, Philippines), the Espace Senghor (Bruxelles, Belgium), etc...
:: World
Africa [south]
Africa [center]
Africa [west]
Madagascar
Philippines
Tibet
Saint-Denis