Media

Selected video, audio, scores, publications and recordings.

Video

Film · Documentation

Reverberated Impacts

Audio

Selected recordings and studio documents.

Martin Loridan · Selected Works

Scores

Notation moves between precision, gesture, proportional time and open form.

Hólos

Layered proportional and traditional notation

Ātma(n)

Hybrid notation for breath, resonance and instrumental gesture

Vestige du temps

Extended notation across acoustic and amplified textures

Un Eco di Soffio

Gesture, resonance and guided interaction

Solar Winds

Extended notation for acoustic and amplified gestures

Research in Motion

Prototypes, rehearsals and working processes behind the music.

Performing the Spaces

Activation of architectural resonant bodies

Extended Pedal

Prototype and performer interaction

SPACE

MECHANISM

AMPLIFICATION

Active Amplification

External transducer testing

Publications

Selected research, writing and filmed conversations.

Doctoral Thesis

Souffle

Air and breath as a composition material

University of Leeds · 2022

A compositional investigation of air, breath, friction, resonance and instrumental energy.

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Article / Artistic Research

Repenser le corps du piano et sa vibration

Pédale étendue pour un nouveau jeu intra-piano

A/R

Research into an external pedal extension enabling direct control of resonance during intra-piano performance.

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Filmed Talks & Conversations

Research presented through demonstrations, conversations and collaborative practice.

Conference–Concert

Extended Pedal: Rethinking Intra-Piano Performance

Ars Musica Festival · Experimental Piano Day — Musical Instruments Museum, Brussels · November 2022

A detailed presentation of the Extended Pedal mechanism, its development and its compositional applications, with live demonstrations by three pianists.

French · 58 min

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Research Presentation

Collaborative Composition for a Black Box

Polyphonic Performance Spaces Symposium — Royal Conservatoire Brussels

A presentation of Tracer le souffle, developed within the second research axis of the Souffle doctoral project, exploring collaborative composition, accordion, resonance and performance space.

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Artist Conversation

Meet the Composer: Martin Loridan

Souffle research and the creation of Deux souffles enlacés in Tunis

A conversation about the encounter between contemporary composition and traditional sound practices, developed with nay player and researcher Hichem Badrani, inventor of the hybrid naylute.

The discussion examines the creation of a new work for nay and naylute, bringing Badrani’s instrumental research into dialogue with contemporary and traditional sonic worlds.

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Discography