Bertrand Chamayou: “Creating new music must be at the heart of the approach”

By Tristan Labouret, 24 February 2020

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“I’m getting to forty years old. So there we are, something has clicked.”

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Tristan Labouret

Musicologue diplômé du CNSMD de Paris, Tristan Labouret collabore avec de nombreux artistes et institutions musicales (Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo, Orchestre national d'Île-de-France, Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier, festivals de musique de chambre de Deauville, Just Classik Festival…), menant des activités de médiation à destination de tous les publics. Ex-altiste toujours passionné par les répertoires chambristes et symphoniques, il occupe depuis 2018 le poste de rédacteur en chef de la partie francophone de Bachtrack.

“Creating new music must be at the heart of the approach”: interview with Bertrand Chamayou