BESINGRAND Jean-Patrick

Jean-Patrick Besingrand (b. 1985) is a composer and musicologist. His music plays on tone colors and explores different conceptions of temporality and silence.
He has received recognition from various competitions from around the globe. Since 2013, Jean-Patrick has participated in several festivals including Musica Festival, Voix Nouvelles Royaumont, Shanghai New Music Week Festival, Thailand International Composition Festival, Tokyo Media Interaction, St. Petersburg International New Music Festival, and Red Note, among others.
His music has been performed by ensembles such as the Orchestre National Bordeaux-Aquitaine, Court-Circuit, Dal Niente, Linéa, Mivos Quartet, JACK Quartet, Molinari
Quartet, Platypus, Mise-En, Quince, Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble. Jean-Patrick’s music has also been performed by many soloists, notably Pierre Dutrieu, Yumi Suehiro, Geoffrey Deibel, Carla Rees, Mamiko Someda, Thomas Piercy, and Reison Kuroda.

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Originally from Bordeaux, Jean-Patrick Besingrand (b. 1985) is a French composer and musicologist based in Washington DC and New York. From his formative years as a keyboardist and guitarist in rock and heavy metal bands, Jean-Patrick has kept a particular interest for noise and distortion. In his music, he seeks to combine these timbral interests with an extended conception of silence and
other absences in order to create contrasting and evolving sonic landscapes.
As a composer he received several awards and recognition in France and abroad such as the International Composition Competition organized by SaxOpen and Musica (Strasbourg, France, 2015, First Prize), New Music Generation (Kazakhstan, 2020, 2nd Prize), Sun- River Prize (Chengdu, China, 2017), International Composition Competition Città di Udine (Italy, 2016 and 2023, First Prize absolute), and Robert Starer Composition Award (New York, USA, 2016) among others.
His music has been performed by ensembles such as the Orchestre National Bordeaux-Aquitaine, Court-Circuit, Dal Niente, Linéa, Les Percussions de Strasbourg, Klangforum Wien, Mivos Quartet, JACK Quartet, Molinari Quartet, Platypus, Barcelona Modern Ensemble, Quince, Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble, Meitar Ensemble, Suono Giallo, and Mise-En. Jean-Patrick’s music has also been performed by many soloists, notably Pierre Dutrieu, Yumi Suehiro, Aurélienne Brauner, Geoffrey Deibel, Carla Rees, Mamiko Someda, Thomas Piercy, Remi Miura, and Reison Kuroda.
His music was featured at festivals such as Festival Musica (France), Voix Nouvelles Royaumont (France), Shanghai New Music Week (China), St. Petersburg International New Music Festival (Russia), OutHear New Music Week (Greece), Barcelona Modern Festival (Spain), IlSuono Contemporary Music Week (Italy), Mixtúr (Spain), CEME (Israel), Thailand International Composition Festival (Thailand), Tokyo Media Interaction (Japan), and Red Note (USA), among others.
Jean-Patrick holds a PhD in composition from The Graduate Center, CUNY where he studied under
Professor Jason Eckardt, a Master of Arts in Musicology from the University of Bordeaux, and diplomas in Analysis, Harmony, Counterpoint, Fugue, Composition, and Soundpainting from the Bordeaux Conservatory where he notably studied composition under Jean-Louis Agobet. He also holds an Advanced Certificate in Composition from Carnegie Mellon University where he studied under Leonardo Balada. Since 2018, he has served as co-artistic director and co-founder of the composers’ collective Tesselat.
His music is published by Artchipel and on BabelScores.

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21

Sep

2024

Jean-Patrick Besingrand

French premiere of Les Eaux font Silence (for flute, bass clarinet, accordion & viola) Théâtre L’Échangeur, Bagnolet – 6pm Ensemble Linea Keiko Murakami – flute & traverso Ayumi Mori – […]

05

Jul

2024

Jean-Patrick Besingrand

Konohana (for clarinet & instrumental ensemble) Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, Tokyo – 7PM Tokyo Sinfonietta Yasuaki Itakura – conductor En savoir plus

10

May

2024

Jean-Patrick Besingrand

premiere Les eaux font silence (for flute, bass clarinet, accordion & viola) on May 8, 2024 in Baltimore, Maryland, USAby Ensemble LineaJean-Philippe Wurtz, conductor. reprise May 14 at TBD, Chicago, […]

21

Mar

2024

Jean-Patrick Besingrand

En roulant les images des cieux, Anna Elder (voice), Mellon Institute, Pittsburgh, (PA), USA

07

Dec

2023

BESINGRAND Jean-PAtrick

World premiere of … sans feuilles à disperser (for shô) at Tokyo-Opera city by Remi Miura