Jean
Francois Cavro is a sound artist and his raw material is the city:
a living city. Over the years he has developed musical works belonging
to dialy life. Since the middle of the last century, industrialization
and mechanization have imposed on the cities a new sound mapping.
Cities accept their new sound identity and shape them according
to their own code. Every major city of the world has a distinctive
urban flow: car traffic, air conditioners anonymous conversations,
street musician, vendors: London does not sound the same as Paris
and Bueons Aires does not sound like New Delhi. As a composer, the
musical work of Jean Francois Carvo explores the links between instruments,
live electronics, concrete sounds and urban soundscapes. His main
concern is to create a virtual consistent city by means of sound
(natural sounds, instruments of the orchestra, electronic or concrete
sounds, instant recordings sound portraits) Each instant of Jean
Francois Cavro’ music is self-sufficient. Music is everything
where we live and his whole work attempts to answer the question
“today where do we live and what do we have to listed to?”.
This simple question reveals to us all the interest of a musical
and sound composition created in an urban context. His music was
awarded and performed in various contemporary music competitions
and festivals. Jean Francois Cavro graduated in composition, electronic
and computer music from the Conservatoire National de regions (under
the direction of Denis Dufour) and from the Conservatorie National
Superieur de musique in Lyon. He also studied XXth century musiclology
at IRCAM (Institute of research and Coordination Accoustic san Music)
in Paris.
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