Born to play

About Me

My first musical memory dates back to the age of eight. That’s when I started classical music classes with a private, passionate and caring teacher who accompanied me for eleven years. Thanks to her, I acquired a solid foundation, learned the rigor of musical work and developed a true artistic sensitivity. Each piece studied was an open door to a universe that I discovered with curiosity and respect.

In parallel with this classic learning, I felt very early on the need to create my own sounds. I spent hours composing and recording my ideas on an old tape magneto. It was for me a spontaneous way of exploring music, of giving shape to emotions that I did not yet know how to name. These first experiments gradually led me to a more personal approach, where composition and sound research occupied a central place.

Classical music has always had an important place in my family environment. My father, a great amateur, transmitted this passion to me by regularly taking me with him when he recorded concerts. I observed with fascination the installation of the microphones, the concentration of the technicians, the attention paid to each sound nuance. These moments deeply marked my relationship with listening, silence, and sound capture. This is where my interest in sound recording arose, which over time became a natural extension of my musical journey.

My musical sensitivity has been built between several worlds that are constantly in dialogue. On the one hand, classical music, the foundation of my training and source of a rigor that I still embrace today. Composers such as Debussy, Ravel or Arvo Pärt have deeply marked my perception of sound space, silence, pure emotion.

At the same time, I have always been attracted by the warm textures of vintage synthesizers, the analog sounds of Vangelis, Jean-Michel Jarre or Giorgio Moroder, capable of telling a story without a word. Added to this is my love for the irresistible groove of the disco funk of the 70s and 80s: groups like Earth, Wind & Fire, Chic or Prince, whose sense of rhythm and production still fascinates me today.

The soul, powerful and embodied voices, like those of Donny Hathaway, Erykah Badu or D’Angelo, inspire me a more organic and sensitive approach to music. I like mixtures, contrasts, meeting areas between genres: creating bridges between aesthetics, making a cello line coexist with a funky bass or an analog pad. For me, musical richness is born in these unexpected intersections.

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