Julien Guillamat

julien guillamat

Julien discovers music composition in 2005 at the University of Birmingham (England), where he is currently completing a Doctorate (PhD) in composition with Professor Jonty Harrison.
As an active member of the Birmingham ElectroAcoustic Sound Theatre (BEAST), he travels and spatialises his own and others composers' work around the U.K. and Europe.

In 2009 he went to Musiques & Recherches to take summer classes in sound spatialisation with Annette Vande Gorne in Brussels and computer programming for live music (Max/MSP) with Benjamin Thigpen in Ohain (Belgium). His interest in sound projection systems and the interpretation of acousmatic music on these systems is growing and is being investigated as part of his PhD. He obtained, in 2010, a first prize of the 6th Acousmatic Music Spatialisation Competition L'Espace Du Son.

His music is usually based on field recordings and follows the French tradition of musique concrète and acousmatic music, the instrumental world still plays an important role in his work. He's recently been finalist of the International Composition Competition METAMORPHOSES in Brussels.
He actively collaborates with film artists (François Soulié), theater companies (The REP), poets and choreographers (Rosie Kay, Shang Chi Sun).