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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Neige de Jakuchu – 若冲の雪
string quartet n° 1 (conductor)
Quintets
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Katanoise
for bass flute, bass clarinet, percussion, harp & double bass to accompany the judo kata Goshin Jutsu
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Ludion
for santûrs & string quartet
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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Twin Conapts
for ensemble instrumental
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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
Symphonic music
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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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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.
News
Aurélien Dumont
We are delighted to announce the appointment of composer Aurélien Dumont as Professor of Instrumental and Vocal Composition at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Lyon. […]
Aurélien Dumont
Editions Musicales Artchipel are delighted to announce that Aurélien Dumont has won the Grand Prix Lycéen des Compositeurs in the Prix des collégiens category for his work Zero Syd Barrett […]
Aurélien Dumont
Editions Musicales Artchipel are delighted to announce that Aurélien Dumont is the winner of the SACD New Talent Music Prize. A portrait was published on Anaclase Portrait
(French) Aurélien Dumont – Lauréat du Prix de confirmation en Composition musicale de la Fondation Simone et Cino Del Duca
Les Editions Musicales Artchipel ont l’honneur de vous annoncer que Aurélien Dumont est lauréat du Prix de Confirmation en composition musicale de la Fondation Simone et Cino Del Duca – Institut de France. […]
(French) Aurélien Dumont
Création mondiale de Altri Fiocchi pour flûte basse, saxophone alto & piano le 23 juin 2019 à 11h au Faubourg 12 12, rue du Faubourg de Pierre, 67000 Strasbourg par l’Ensemble L’imaginaire. […]
(French) Aurélien Dumont
Création mondiale Rêves Vertébrés, 5 petites pièces pédagogiques avec ou sans électronique. Commande de la ville d’Ivry, l’Adiam 94 et la Muse en Circuit. le dimanche 5 mai 2019 à L’Auditorium Antonin Artaud. […]
(French) Reprise de Baïnes – Aurélien Dumont – 05 octobre
Vendredi 5 octobre 2018 à 21h30 – Villa Méditerranée – Promenade Robert Lafont (Esplanade du J4) – 13002 Marseille Dans le cadre du Festival Viva Villa reprise de Baïnes pour ensemble par […]
(French) Reprise de Contrées-Aurélien Dumont
Samedi 24 juin à Bilzen Belgique (Cuvelier, Landcommanderij Alden Biesen, Kasteelstraat 6, 3740 Bilzen) Dans le cadre du festival Albanova Contrées d’Aurélien Dumont (texte de Dominique Quelen). Marc Mauillon, bariton […]
(French) REPRISE DE NEIGE DE JAKUCHU – AURELIEN DUMONT
Mercredi 25 avril à 19h Médiathèque 152 avenue Danielle Casanova 94205 Ivry-sur-Seine M7 Mairie d’Ivry / RER C Ivry-sur-Seine Entrée libre dans la limite des places disponibles. Reprise de Neige de Jakuchu d’Aurélien Dumont par […]
(French) A l’OCCASION DE LA SORTIE DU DISQUE D’AURELIEN DUMONT – STILLNESS – SELECTION ET BELLE CRITIQUE DANS LE JOURNAL LE MONDE
Aurélien Dumont- STILLNESS http://www.lemonde.fr/musiques/article/2018/03/30/selection-albums-michel-lambert-aurelien-dumont-enrico-pieranunzi_5278712_1654986.html -Start the Dance ! (pour flûtes et trio à cordes) -Berceuse et des poussières (pour clarinette, clarinette basse, piano, trio à corde et enregistrements) -7 vallées […]
Events
21
May
2026
WhatsPop
[REVIVAL] WhatsPop – Aurélien Dumont for soprano, guest, amplified ensemble & electronics texte by Aurélien Dumont . Terrain Blanc, Quimper – 8PM Juliette Allen – soprano Ensemble Cairn Guillaume Bourgogne […]
12
May
2026
Steps for Beasts that Never Were
[REVIVAL] Steps for Beasts that Never Were – Aurélien Dumont for instrumental ensemble (concert version) . Opéra de Saint-Étienne, Théâtre Copeau – 8PM Ensemble Orchestral Contemporain Bruno Mantovani – conductor […]
16
Apr
2026
Steps for Beasts that Never Were
[WORLD PREMIERE] Steps for Beasts that Never Were for instrumental ensemble (ballet version) . Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Salle Garnier 7:30pm, except for 19/04, 3PM Ballets de Monte-Carlo Jeroen Verbruggen – […]
02
Mar
2026
Aurélien Dumont
[revival] WhatsPop for soprano, guest, amplified ensemble & electronics text by Aurélien Dumont . DOX, Prague – 7:30pm Pavla Radostová – soprano Peter Vrábel – conductor Berg Orchestra info & […]
07
Feb
2026
Aurélien Dumont
[WORLD PREMIERE] Yokai Matsuri! for butô dance & ensemble . Musée Guimet, Paris – 19h30 Yoko Higashi – dance & choreography Frédéric Tentelier – staging Mieko Miyazaki – koto Ensemble […]









































































