INT-ACT Festival (Thailand)
Jonas REGNIER I FLOU, FLASH, LUCIDE (2023) for fl, cl, trb, e. guitar, per, keyboard, vln and cello
IntAct 2023: Making Things
22nd - 24th DEC 2023 at Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC)
Jonas Regnier
Jonas Regnier (b.1995) is a French composer and researcher currently based in Montreal. Their research and artistic interests focus on music cognition and psychology, and more specifically the ways to direct listeners’ attention with timbre, space and musical discourse. They are exploring instrumental, electroacoustic, and mixed music composition with equal interest. Their music has been performed in France, Belgium, Canada, Thailand, South Korea and the US and is published by BabelScores in digital and printed formats.
They integrated the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music Media and Technology and the ACTOR Project (Analysis, Creation and Teaching of Orchestration) research labs in 2019, which allowed them to work on numerous interdisciplinary research-creation projects with performers, music technologists and neuroscientists.
Jonas Regnier obtained an Organ performance diploma, an instrumental and electroacoustic composition diploma at the Conservatoire of Music of Toulouse (France) in 2018. At the same time, they obtained their Bachelor of Arts degree in Musicology at the Sorbonne University (Paris). In 2021, they received a Master of Music in Composition at McGill University. They are now pursuing a PhD in Composition at McGill University under the supervision of Philippe Leroux, Robert Hasegawa and Stephen McAdams.
FLOU, FLASH, LUCIDE (2023) for flute, clarinet, trombone, electric guitar, percussion, keyboard, violin and cello
With this piece, I intended to make a metaphor between photography and music, by drawing an analogy between light as used in photography, and space in music. Both can be used to create tension, emphasis on small details, a sense of separation or even to provide additional depth to the main materials. I was inspired from photography and light techniques, which allowed me to develop orchestration techniques that would directly influence our perception of space. Just like in photography, some musical materials in the piece can be clearly identified while others may be perceived as blurry and harder to grasp.
Performed by Taceti Ensemble
Patumwan Piensub - Flute
Christhatai Paksamai - Clarinet
Siravith Kongbandalsuk - Trombone
Noppakorn Auesirinucroch - E. Guitar
Kerksakul Jaree - Keyboard
Kantapong Rakbankerd - Percussion
Saksilpa Srisukson - Violin
Kantika Comenaphatt - Cello
Pisol Manatchinapisit - Conductor