Frantz Loriot

Frantz Loriot by Philippe Pierre bw
Frantz Loriot
BiographyViolist Frantz Loriot performs solo and is active in a number of international ensembles. He has contributed to interdisciplinary projects related to dance, image, theatre and poetry, and various installations and appears on over 50 records released on international labels.
Loriot regularly performs around the globe (Europe, USA, South America, Japan, and Middle East) and has been invited to be artist in residence at the Météo - Mulhouse Music Festival, Moods in Zurich, les instants chavirés in Montreuil (a.o.). Loriot has also been invited as guest artist by different ensembles such as EMIR, trio LDP, the ensemble Musica Nova, Bambi Pang Pang, etc.
While living in New York City, he created and curated the apartment musical series «Ze Couch» in Brooklyn, and co-curated the «Avant-Post» series with Tonino Miano in Harlem. Both series were mainly dedicated to avant-garde/new music.
Loriot recently launched «Recordedness», an online writing project centered on the nature of recordings in music.
After having lived in Paris and New York City, Frantz Loriot relocated to Zurich (Switzerland) where he is pursuing a master in transdisciplinary studies at the university of the arts of Zurich.
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