DUMONT Aurélien
Né en 1980
His music is conceived as a cartography of musical objects in resonance with other arts and philosophy, in particular with the concepts of François Jullien.
He has won several international competitions and prizes, including those awarded by the Académie des Beaux-Arts, the Fondation Simone et Cino Del Duca, SACEM, SACD, San Fedele in Milan and the Takefu International Music Festival in Japan. In 2023, he won the vote of middle-school students in the 24th Grand Prix Lycéen des Compositeurs.
Compositions
Solos
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Other Pages
for piano
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Tanukibayashi 狸囃子
for flute head in C with animation
Duos
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Glacis
for microtonal accordion & organ
Trios
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Altri Fiocchi
for bass flute, alto saxophone & piano
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Terzi Fiocchi
for alto flute, clarinet, violin & electronics
Quatuors
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7 vallées
for flute, clarinet, percussion, harp & electronics
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Brèches
String Quartet No. 2 - paintings by Vincent Dulom
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Fiocchi di Silenzio
for alto flute, bass clarinet, violin & cello
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Gruau d’agrumes
for flute & string trio (conductor and separate parts)
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Gruau d’agrumes
for flute & string trio
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Neige de Jakuchu – 若冲の雪
string quartet n° 1 (conductor)
Instrumental ensembles
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Baïnes
for ensemble with or without silent videos by Jennifer Douzenel
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Fables asséchées
for ensemble & electronic
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Flaques de miettes
for instrumental ensemble
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Il libro di oggetti alterati
The book of altered objects triptych
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Phantom Farandole
for instrumental ensemble
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The Steel Point Rasps & Rasps the Silence
for clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, viola, cello, double bass & stereo support
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WhatsPop (psychedelic-lyrical fresco)
for soprano, guest, amplified ensemble & electronics
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Yomi no kuni kara (黄泉の国から)
for set (driver and equipment)
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Zero Syd Barrett and Two Girls Playing Saxophone
for two female saxophonists, electric guitar, accordion, percussion, double bass and electronics
Musique Symphonique
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Amorces – Éclipse
for orchestra
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Flots en fioles en flot
for viola & large ensemble (PO and material)
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Slide listening
for piano & orchestra
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Écoumène
concerto for piano & orchestra nº 1 (PO and material)
Musique Vocale
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Contrées
for male voice, organetto & 2 toys pan flute soprano
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Surgissant à nouveau de la terre
for 17 mixed voices
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Tempus fugit, toucher d’ombre
for 40 mixed voices (driver and equipment)
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Tempus fugit, toucher d’ombre
for 40 mixed voices
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Thétris
for voice, percussion & piano
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Âpre Bryone
for soprano, instrumental ensemble & electronics
Lyrical music
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Himitsu no neya – 秘密の閨 –
MoNôpéra for Nô singer, flute, clarinet, trombone, percussion, violin, cello and electronics (PO and hardware)
Musique de Scène
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Black Village
for narrator & instrumental ensemble
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Un Regret de bouillabaisse
petit théâtre cuisinier, for cello, chef (or actor) & electronics
Educational Works
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Centimes
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Rêves vertébrés
5 small educational parts with or without electronics (conductor and separate parts)
Biography
Aurélien Dumont (b. 1980) holds a doctorate in musical composition from the SACRe program of the École Normale Supérieure de Paris, the Université Paris Sciences et Lettres and the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris. He also studied at IRCAM (courses 1 and 2 in composition and computer music) and was a resident at France’s Academy in Rome – Villa Médicis – in 2017/2018. He has been Professor of Contemporary Instrumental and Vocal Composition at the CNSMD de Lyon since September 2024.
His music is conceived as a cartography of musical objects in resonance with other arts and philosophy, in particular with the concepts of François Jullien. It is based on the opening up of gaps between heterogeneous elements and on the elaboration of connections between distant realities: the close ties he cultivates with Japan and pop-culture are expressed in his works. Live performance is central to his work, and he sets to music the words of Antoine Volodine, Annie Ernaux and poet Dominique Quélen, with whom he has forged a long-term collaboration.
Aurélien Dumont’s research focuses on the notion of otherness and its various forms of expression in the field of music, and is the subject of several articles published by PUF, Editions de l’Observatoire, Actes Sud and others. His scores appear in the catalog of Éditions Musicales Artchipel.
He has won several international competitions and prizes, including those awarded by the Académie des Beaux-Arts, the Fondation Simone et Cino Del Duca, SACEM, SACD, San Fedele in Milan and the Takefu International Music Festival in Japan. In 2023, he won the schoolchildren’s vote for the 24th Grand Prix Lycéen des Compositeurs.
His three monographic albums, While (2015, NoMadMusic), Stillness (2018, Odradek – Grand Prix International du Disque de l’Académie Charles Cros) and Tide (2020, NoMadMusic) have been unanimously acclaimed by music critics.
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Events

04
Jun
2025
Aurélien Dumont
world premiere Lo(i)re (for large orchestra) June 4 at the Cité des Congrès, Nantes – 8pm June 5 at the Centre des congrès, Angers – 8pm Sascha Goetzel – conductor […]

24
Feb
2025
Aurélien Dumont
Japanese creation Close Up! (for violin & electronics) Shiodome Hall, TokyoAyane Kawamura – violinKo Sahara – électronics Read more

09
Feb
2025
Aurélien Dumont
world premiere Twin Conapts (for instrumental ensemble) Festival Présences Maison de la Musique et de la Radio,Studio 104, Paris – 4pm Ensemble Linea Jean-Philippe Wurtz – conductor Read more

07
Feb
2025
Aurélien Dumont
Un Regret de bouillabaisse (for cello, chef (or actor) & electronics) L’Atelier à spectacle, Dreux-Vernouillet – 7:30pm Noémi Boutin – celloEmmanuel Perrodin – chef Marguerite Bordat & BenjaminGroetzinger – director Read more

06
Feb
2025
Aurélien Dumont
Un Regret de bouillabaisse (for cello, chef (or actor) & electronics) L’Atelier à spectacle, Dreux-Vernouillet – 7:30pm Noémi Boutin – celloEmmanuel Perrodin – chefMarguerite Bordat & BenjaminGroetzinger – director Read more