Martin Loridan

Biography

Martin Loridan is a French composer. He graduated from the Paris Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique (CNSM) and is currently pursuing a PhD in composition at the University of Leeds (UK). His work has been performed internationally at venues and festivals such as the Barbican Center (London), BKA Unerhörte Musik (Berlin), Gasteig Philharmonie (Munich), Estovest Festival (Turin), Mise-En Festival (New York), Kalv Festival (Gothenburg) and the International Forum of New Music Manuel Enriquez (Mexico City). He has collaborated with ensembles and orchestras such as the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the Arditti Quartet, ensemble Mise-en, Soundinitiative, Klangforum Wien, Ensemble Xenia, ensemble Accroche Note, Quatuor Tana, Norrbotten NEO, Cepromusic, and international soloists such as Claude Delangle, Rohan de Saram and Claudio Pasceri.

He has been awarded prizes in several composition competitions, such as the Reinl-Foundation Composition Prize, the André Jolivet Composition Prize, and the Vareler Composition Prize. He also receives academic grants and awards such as the Stanley Burton Research Scholarship and was recently awarded the prestigious Villa Salammbô residence (Tunis) by the Institut Français. His PhD research develops the idea of “Souffle” (air, breath, and movement) as a multidirectional composition material and composition tool, working on timbre and texture and exploring relationships with resonance and vibration. His research is funded by the Leeds Doctoral Scholarship. His works are published in BabelScores editions.