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ART ZOYD BACKGROUND OR HISTORY

All you want to know here : www.artzoyd.net
how to summarize 44 years and an Half ?

Art Zoyd in 12 dates :

1969 Foundation of the band by Rocco Fernandez
1975 Symphonie pour le jour où brûleront les cités (1er album of the group) - Gérard Hourbette & Thierry Zaboitzeff take in hand the group.
1976 Tour with Magma and Art Zoyd joined Rock in Opposition
1984 Le Mariage du Ciel et de l’Enfer, Roland Petit ballet with Art Zoyd on stage (Creation in  Scala à Milan and 12 dates in Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in  Paris)
1988 Nosferatu, First cinema-concert by Art Zoyd - more than 15 years on tour
1998 Dangerous Visions, world premiere of the  12 creations with thelOrchestre National of Lille, mixing impages, big screens, Art Zoyd and Symphnic Orchestra.
2000 Creation of the cross boarder Center for music and creation with Musiques Nouvelles ensemble from Belgium (project Flight Experiences)
2004 Armageddon, First operetta for robots in the world by Art Zoyd andt Musiques Nouvelles for  Lille 2004, European Capital for Culture
2005 The Fall of the Usher House, cine-concert at the Louvre Museum, in Paris
2007 Rivers of light with Groupe F : musical fireworks for Valenciennes 2007 and for the end of Sibiu – European Capitale for Culture
2013  Three Invalid Dreams, multimedia concert , on the video of Pierrick Sorin, Christian Chatel and Serge Meyer…
2015  44 ½, in Carmaux

Art Zoyd – L’équipe en tournée

Gérard Hourbette (artistic director and composer)

Composer and director of the group Art Zoyd. Classic studies (violin, piano, organ, percussion).

He leads a work on sound structures using new musical technologies. His route is strictly and

fundamentally bound to Art Zoyd, of which he composes and leads the main thing of projects.

Thierry Zaboitzeff (Composer, cello, voice, bass)

1971 : Thierry Zaboitzeff forms the band Art Zoyd (France), which he reforms completely in 1975 in cooperation with Gérard Hourbette.The group embarks a number of tours throughout the world, presenting ambitious musical and theatrical projects.- Composes music for the Roland Petit ballet. Ciné Concert: Nosferatu / Faust / Häxan, concerts and various performances (dance / theater...)- Releases twelve albums that are continually reissued.- Performances: La Scala, Milan, Yokohama Festival, Hong Kong Arts Festival, Adelaide Festival, Australia, Lincoln Center, New York, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, European tours ...1997 : Thierry Zaboitzeff leaves Art Zoyd and opens his own studio.Beginning at that moment, he engages in many projects either under the aegis of or in association with several directors and choreographers : Editta Braun / Beda Percht / Eric Lacascade / Stéphane Vérité / Hubert Lepka ... A veritable sculptor of sonic spaces, he integrates himself within very different universes, and he participates in projects and events that are presented throughout the various European capitals.2002 : With his new group, “Zaboitzeff & Crew,” he creates “ Missa Furiosa” for the Bruckner Festival at Posthof, Linz (A). This Latin mass for techno-pop ensemble and lyrical singers, which is situated somewhere in between techno-rock and classical on the spectrum of musical genres, is later taken on tour.2004 : Zaboitzeff & Crew creates an electronic adaptation of a collection of 13th -century religious hymns, ““Libbre Vermell” which they perform in Salzburg.2005 : Thierry Zaboitzeff is invited to compose the music for a performance in homage of Jules Verne: “Journey to the Center of the Earth,” performed live by Zaboitzeff & Crew at the Stade de France, Paris, St. Denis, in December 2005.2006 à 2009 : numerous compositions - studio and live - for theater (Die Orestie, Prometheus), dance (Coppercity, Paradies ...) and cinema, latest creation for film: “Wind of Sand, Women of Rock” by Nathalie Borgers.From 1997 to 2015 he created 16 Albums, which are situated somewhere among the genres of symphonic rock, electronic music, and acoustic music.De 1997 à 2015

Serge Bertocchi (saxophones)

An eclectic musician born in Albertville (Savoy), he founded the following ensembles : XASAX, the Thuillier-Bertocchi (tuba-saxophones) duo, the Trio Lézards Dégénérés (guitar, tubax, drums), the Baritone Trio (F. Corneloup, D. Lazro), The “40 after JC” quartet, the Amiens Sax Project saxophone ensemble, Ars Gallica quartet ; he plays with Yochk'O Seffer, Art Zoyd, Musiques Nouvelles Mons, the Radio-France Philharmonic Orchestra; he played under Myung Wung Chung, Armin Jordan, Peter Eötvös, Arie van Beek, Sylvain Cambreling, Pascal Rophé, Luca Francesconi ...

Soloist, chamber musician or improviser, he also plays and records solo, with tape or computer : in Europe, Northern América, Middle East and Asia.

Serge Bertocchi is a laureate of the Paris Conservatory (1st prize with unanimity in saxophone and chamber music), along with 6 International competitions.

He is recognised as a specialist of the baritone saxophone since the foundation of the Ars Gallica quartet in 1985, and of XASAX in 1991. More recently, he adopted (and plays regularly) extreme, rare or forgotten instruments of the saxophone familly : Tubax, soprillo, C-melody tenor, c-soprano and even the F Mezzo-soprano.He premiered around 200 new pieces by composers of all kinds, and recorded 38 CDs to this day

Romuald Cabardos (percussion, pads)

Romuald Cabardos performs as drummer with Quentin, Christophe Marquilly, Tribute-ˇ

Remember, The-ˇTime or Cécile Cognet. Timpanist of classic formation, he joins Art Zoyd as

percussionist on several projects (Ubique, Fleuves de lumière, Les portes du futur…).

Daniel Denis (percussion, pads)

The co-founder, chief composer, and leader of Belgian gothic band Univers Zero, Daniel Denis revealed a more sensitive side on two solo albums -- Sirius and the Ghosts and Les Eaux Troubles -- during a hiatus from the band in the early '90s. While the albums retained the acoustic/electric approach of Univers Zero, Denis coaxed a variety of textures from a blend of synthesized keyboards and percussion, supplemented by a wide array of instruments -- including clarinet, saxophone, cello, recorder, and bass -- played by his sidemen. Together with guitarist Roger Trigaux, Denis formed Univers Zero in 1977. While their first two albums -- 1313, released in 1977, and Heresie, released two years later -- were mostly acoustic and featured violin, viola, cello, bassoon, harmonium, spinet, bass, guitar, and percussion, their third outing, Ceux du Dehors, issued in 1980, placed greater emphasis on the use of electric instrumentation. The band pursued an even more electrified approach on Uzed in 1984 and Heatwave in 1986. Temporarily disbanding a year later, the group reunited in the late '90s, releasing a new album, The Hard Quest, in 1999. With Denis firmly at the helm, Univers Zero continued issuing albums (all on the Cuneiform label) during the following decade, including Rhythmix (2002), Implosion (2004), Live (2006), and Clivages (2010). He has regulary played with Art Zoyd, as musician between 1985 and 2000. (Le Mariage du ciel et de l'enfer, Faust, Ubique…) He has been spécial guest for the Fireworks project « Fleuves de Lumières « in 2007

Yukari Hamada-Bertocchi (Keyboards)

Born In Tokyo (Japan). Before she obtained the diploma of piano at the university of music ofFerris in Japan (1984), she was prize winner of several national contests. The same year, she is accepted unanimously at the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris Following her first prizes in pianio and chamber music in (CNSMDP) in 1987, she focused her attention on chamber musicand contemporary music. At the same time, a strong interest in electro-ˇacoustic music has led her to pursue mixed music with the group Art Zoyd.She is currently a professor of piano at the Conservatoire National de Région d’Amiens, and is an accompanist at CNSMDP.

Daniel Koskowitz (percussion, pads, guitar)

His percussionist and drummer forming, taught him the rhythmic rigour and the taste of the authentic tones. His interest turns quickly to current music’s, participating in the beginning of the 80s to different structure (« Hellebore », « Néo Museum »).Collective compositions with the group « Soixante Etages ». Solo activities since 1987, under the name of « Jagger Naut ».This way, he approaches electronics bound to percussions : composition techniques offered by the MIDI and Sampling technology. Compositions for many choreographies and short films, pratice of improvisation, with the Ensemble «Idiom 1238 » and « Idiom 623 », and the trio « Stage 34 ». In 1996, he composed 10 pieces for percussions and samples quintet under the generic title of Grovers Mill’s.Then he goes on with his work of writing without forgetting the improviser’s role.

Michael Nick (viola, violin)

Violinist, composer, visual artist. Studied violin from the age of 8 years with Peter Heil Peter Cornelius Konservatorium in Mainz . At age 12, he became a student of composition Amend Erwin who himself was a student of Paul Hindemith .At 17 he left Germany , moved to Paris to play with saxophonist , composer and Hungarian painter Yochk'o Seffer ( Progressive ) ; parallel he took lessons with Maryvonne Le Dizès ( Ensemble Intercontemporain ) .Then he collaborated with many musicians and groups such as Art Zoyd , Siegfried Kessler, David Liebman , Angelique Ionatos , Jean-Marie Machado, NOHC Didier Petit, Pablo Cueco Michel Doneda , Daunik Lazro Claude Tchamitchian , Sophie Agnel , Ramon Lopez Cesar Stroscio , Orient Express Mouving Shnorer Michael Riessler Jerome Noetinger Helen Breschand ,

Nadia Ratsimandresy (keyboards)

She studied music at the Music School of Evry (France) where she discovered in 1992, the onde Martenot (www.ondewave.com). She was immediately interested in this instrument and its repertoire. In 1998, she was accepted

at the CNSM de Paris in the onde Martenot class and in the musical acoustics Class the following year. She won in 2002 her First Prize in onde Martenot and obtained a diploma of musical acoustics. Nadia is a current member of Trio 3D (www.trio3d.fr) a chamber music group born in 2006 she cofounded with Sophie Maréchal (guitar) and Virginie Colette (soprano).

Jean-Pierre Soarez (trumpet)

From 1973 to 1985 he participated in Art Zoyd .Showing a unique timbre between free jazz and tear it creates a tense and lyrical universe at a time. He then participates in such groups or Quidam Nullstellensatz very oriented jazz / free rock

Discographie

Concerts / Shows

1983 : Le Mariage du Ciel et de l’Enfer, ballet by Roland Petit. creation in Festival of the Scala in Milan.
1988 : Nosferatu by F.W. Murnau
1993 : Faust (creation in Roma) by F.W. Murnau,
1995 : Häxan By Benjamin Christensen (world premiere in Queen Elisabeth Hall – London).
2001 : Le Chat de Schrödinger, for the Nancy National ballet – by Karole Armitage
2001 : Metropolis (new restored version), by Fritz Lang. Compositions by Gérard Hourbette, Patricia Dallio and Kasper T. Toeplitz.
2004 : Armageddon, first operetta for robots with Louis-Philippe Demers, for Lille 2004
2006 : Le Champ des Larmes, electronic oratorio with Kasper T. Toeplitz and Dominik Barbier
2007 : Eyecatcher – The Man with the movie Camera, « by Vertov, wth a visual part by Cécile Babiole
2007 : Rivers of light, with Groupe F
2008 : The fall of the Usher House by Jean Epstein, in the Louvre Museum
2009 : Kaïro spoken opera from Kiyoshi Kurosawa
2010 : Black particles
2011 : À demi endormi déjà (concert for young audience), con a text by Célia Houdart and drawings by François Olislaeger
2011 : Les Portes du futur, with Groupe F
2011- 2013 : Three invalid dreams multimedia concert with videos and snenographies by Serge Meyer, Christian Châtel and Pierrick Sorin, based on the Philip K. Dick universe
2014 : Vampyr, creation in festival of Besançon and festival of Thessalonique (Gr).