15/11/2023
I'm incredibly happy to have been awarded the Ivor Novello Award for Best Small Chamber Composition at the Ivors Classical Awards last night, for my piece Comme l'espoir/you might all disappear.
This short piece for voice and guitar was commissioned by Héloïse Werner with support from PRS Foundation back in 2021, and performed beautifully by Héloïse and Laura Snowden on Héloïse's first solo album 'Phrases'.
18/10/2023
Delighted that my piece Comme l'espoir/you might all disappear for voice and guitar, written for Héloise Werner & Laura Snowden, is nominated for an Ivor Novello Award this year in the 'Small Chamber' category.
06/10/2023
A lovely review of the Nouveaux Rivages concert (Evergreen + Laura Cahen with my arrangements), part of Musique(s) Rive Gauche festival, came out earlier this week on the French musical webzine Le Cargo!.
You can read it here (in French): https://www.lecargo.org/spip/evergreen-laura-cahen-josephine/evergreen-laura-cahen-arranges-par/article12273.html
21/09/2023
I was interviewed by Jean-Baptiste Urbain for his 'Fil de l'actu' on France Musique this morning – talking about my work and the Festival Musique(s) Rive Gauche this weekend.
You can listen back here
01/06/2023
"Écrite d’un seul trait, dans un mouvement continu qui emporte l’auditeur et le tient en haleine une heure trente durant, cette pièce orchestrée avec finesse [...] apporte la preuve que la forme lyrique a toujours sa place dans la cité."
Concert Classic
"(Une) création attachante et envoûtante"
Opera Online
"[...] les éclaircies lumineuses de la partition, s'élevant par de grandes phrases lyriques vers de vastes espaces sonores."
Ôlyrix
"Souhaitons une reprise"
Musikzen
(photo © Ash James)
28/04/2023
One week until the premiere of my first opera Three Lunar Seas.
Find out more in the video below (in French):
23/04/2023
Back in January Laura Cahen and I recorded a stripped back acoustic performance of our song 'Si rien ne bouge' at Artistic Palace studio.
Filmed by Zacharie Ellia and recorded by Kevin Bacon.
19/04/2023
A new interview (in French) of Frédéric Roels (stage director of Three Lunar Seas) and I for the French magazine Snobinart, in which we talk at length about our new opera, came out yesterday. You can read it here.
(photo © Peter Avondo)
18/04/2023
A new article (in French) about Three Lunar Seas is up on the website Olyrix. Read it here.
(image by Dori Deng)
08/04/2023
Yesterday was the release of Daughter's long-awaited third studio album Stereo Mind Game. I'm happy to have played a part in providing assistance with string and brass arrangements. You can listen to it now on all platforms.
13/03/2023
A new interview with Tristan Labouret for Bachtrack came out on Friday, talking about my multifacted music practice.
Read it here for the original French version, or here for the English translation.
(photo © Marika Kochiashvili)
28/01/2023
Yesterday was the release of Laura Cahen's new EP Des Filles, to which I was happy to contribute as composer/performer on a few tracks.
The sixth song 'Si rien ne bouge' is a duo introducing my new solo pop project, Juneson.
05/01/2023
Announcing Three Lunar Seas, a new opera. Premiere 5th May 2023 in Avignon.
More info and tickets (in French): https://www.operagrandavignon.fr/three-lunar-seas
(image by Dori Deng)
