Benjamin HAMON
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Benjamin HAMON has studied the piano, composition, musicology, harmony, and instrumental counterpoint at Paris’s CNSM, Paris’s ENM, and at the IRCAM. He is also schooled in dramaturgy, and in this field has participated in a range of theatrical productions. Interested in film, he has begun to work with cinematic techniques.
Since 1998, Hamon has been essentially devoted to the development of lyrical works. Currently, he is principally working on the composition (program, orchestral music, and electro-acoustic) of three operas that constitute a trilogy.
Le Terrain Vague, the first part of the trilogy, addresses the phenomenon of cooperation. It renders the integration of different forms of expression:
- Electro-acoustic music derived from urban sound clips, then spatialised, and combined with orchestral and vocal music.
- Theatrical staging of a realistic, contemporary story, associated with certain video clips.
Le Terrain Vague was created on June 11, 2004 at Santa Cruz’s Rio Theatre (California) in French with the original stage direction of the author. It was created in French in June 2005 at the Rond-Point Theatre.
Initiated by Benjamin Hamon, and revolving around this opera, the Pocket Lyrique company was created in June 2002.
Artist residencies and grants obtained:
- April 1999, writing residency in the Workshops of Pont-Aven in Finistère.
- 2000-2001 season, training residency at the ARCAL (national company of lyrical and musical theatre). Hamon did hands-on work for a range of lyrical productions from their creation to performance.
- January 2003, Laureate of SACD’s Beaumarchais Association, a writing grant (program and composition) for the opera Le Terrain Vague.
- May-June 2003, writing residency at the National Centre of Performance Writings in Villeneuve-lès-Avignon.
CONTACT
Benjamin Hamon, artistic director:
benjamin.hamon@pocket-lyrique.com - 00 33 (0)6 16 12 59 87
Tél./Fax : 00 33 (0)1 42 45 46 53
Production & administration : 11 rue Rémy de Gourmont 75019 PARIS
head office : 101 rue du Général Leclerc 60250 MOUY (France)
