Franck Bedrossian (*1974) – "Innersonic" for accordion and electric guitar · live @Walcheturm

Recorded live at soyuz21 concert «De l'excès du son», ‪@Kunstraum_Walcheturm‬ on June 4, 2014
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"Innersonic" for accordion and electric guitar (2012) by Franck Bedrossian
Performed by Fanny Vicens (accordion) and Mats Scheidegger (electric guitar).

Lighting design – Markus Brunn
Video – Antonin Wittwer

Franck Bedrossian | composition

The music of Franck Bedrossian, beyond its immediate physical impact, deploys dramatic intensity with force and refinement. The inventiveness of his sound and the expressive density of his writing sculpt a musical form that is rich with ambiguities and acoustic illusions.
His music has been performed at numerous festivals, including Manca (France), Musica Nova (Finland), Festival Internacional Cervantino (Mexico), RTÉ Living Music Festival (Ireland), Présences (France), Musica (France), Borealis Festival (Norway), Ars Musica (Belgium), Wittener Tage für Neue Musik (Germany), Nuova Consonanza, Suona Francese (Italy), Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo, Festival international d’art lyrique d’Aix-en-Provence (France), Fabbrica Europa (Italy), Wien Modern (Austria), Archipel (Switzerland), Donaueschinger Musiktage, MaerzMusik, Sommer in Stuttgart, Darmstadt Ferienkurse für Neue Musik, NOW!, ECLAT, Ultraschall (Germany), ReMusik (Russia), Venice Biennale (Italy), and ManiFeste (France).
In 2001, he received a fellowship from the Fondation Meyer and from the Fondation Bleustein-Blanchet pour la Vocation; in 2004 he was awarded the SACEM’s Prix Hervé Dugardin. The Institut de France (Académie des Beaux-Arts) awarded him the Pierre Cardin Award for Music Composition in 2005. He also won the SACEM young composers award in 2007. In 2012, he was awarded the SWR prize for orchestral work at the Donaueschinger Musiktage for his composition Itself. He completed a residency at the Villa Médicis from 2006-2008, and was named Chevalier de L’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2011. He taught composition at the University of California, Berkeley from 2008-2019, and in 2020 began teaching at the Kunstuniversität Graz.
His work is published by Éditions Billaudot, Verlag Neue Musik, and Maison ONA.

Fanny Vicens | accordion

Pianist and accordionist, Fanny Vicens has a career that combines her dual profile, from classical recitals to creative music worldwide. A sought-after soloist, she performs on prestigious stages with renowned orchestras, including the creation of Bernd R. Deutsch's concerto Phænomena in 2019 at the Musikverein in Vienna, with the Austrian Radio Orchestra conducted by Jakub Hrůša.
Her engagements as a soloist and chamber musician have led her to perform on stages such as the Arsenal in Metz, the Philharmonies in Paris, Odessa, and Cologne, Konzerthaus Vienna, Haus der Berliner Festspiele, KKL Lucerne, Auditorium Pollini in Padova, IRCAM, with orchestras such as the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra, the Kammerorchester Pforzheim, the Nouvel Ensemble Contemporain, the orchestras of Besançon, Cannes, Metz, Perpignan, the Orchestre de Bretagne, conducted by Jacques Mercier, Olari Elts, Dina Gilbert, David Reiland, Susanna Mälkki, Johannes Kalitzke, Pascal Rophé...
Passionate about research and education, Fanny Vicens was appointed accordion professor at HEMU in Lausanne in September 2021.

Mats Scheidegger | e-guitar

Since the 1980s, Mats Scheidegger has been primarily concerned with the interpretation of contemporary guitar music.
His intensive concert activity as a soloist has taken him to festivals such as the Lincoln Center Festival in New York, Festival D'automne à Paris, ENO London, Lucerne Festival, Wien Modern, and RuhrTriennale.
He maintains a sustainable collaboration with composers such as Helmut Lachenmann, Brian Ferneyhough, Franck Bedrossian, Nadir Vassena, Beat Furrer, and Tiziano Manca. Many premieres and first performances, including works by Luciano Berio, Brian Ferneyhough, Sam Hayden, Hans Ulrich Lehmann, and Nadir Vassena, as well as numerous CD recordings (NMC, Harmonia Mundi, Grammont), attest to his artistic work.
In recent years, he has also dedicated himself to the electric guitar and live electronics in numerous concerts. From 1999 to 2011, he was the artistic director of the "Tage Für Neue Musik Zürich" festival and designs concepts for the Soyuz21 and Cattrall Zürich ensembles.
He teaches guitar and chamber music at the Lucerne School of Music.