BIOGRAPHY

Demian Rudel Rey (Buenos Aires, Argentina), composer, guitarist and videomaker.

Demian Rudel Rey, native of Ciudad de Buenos Aires and currently living in Lyon, dedicates his production as a composer to instrumental, mixed, electroacoustic music as well as visual music. He is interested in timbres and the diversity of sound colors, but also in pulsation and rhythmic combinations which introduce energy and contrasts within his works. His compositions explore new extended techniques, in search of sounds which are part of corporeality and which require a total and virtuoso investment from the performer, building a bridge between visual language and sound.

For the development of his composition projects, he has received the support of Centre International Nadia et Lili Boulanger, Salabert Foundation, Commande de l’État, Beaumarchais-SACD, SACEM, Centre National de la Musique, Mozarteum Argentino, IBERMÚSICAS, FNArtes, BECAR… The electrifying energy of his work has enabled him to obtain Prix Fondation Salabert [FR], Ivan Juritz Prize [GB], Frederic Mompou International Award [SP], Sond'Ar-te [PT], Musicworks [CA], Irino Prize [JP], Matera Intermedia [IT], CICEM [MC], Destellos Foundation [AR], Musique en roue libre [FR].

Demian Rudel Rey obtains a DEM and a DNSPM in guitar and studies orchestral conducting in Argentina. After a BA in composition and a Masters in Arts combined at UNA [Argentina], he validates his Masters in instrumental composition and his Artist Diploma at the CNSMDL and his composition traineeship at KUG. Shaped by the courses and seminars of prestigious composers, he receives in particular the advice of Philippe Hurel, Franck Bedrossian, Yann Robin... who strongly marked him in his compositional thought.

His professional experiences have led him to work with ensembles such as the Court-Circuit, Proxima Centauri, EOC with Bruno Mantovani, quatuor TANA, Barcelona Modern, AuditivVokal Dresden, Ensemble Ars Nova, Reconsil, Margarethe Maierhofer-Lischka (Schallfeld Ensemble), Atelier XX-21, Ensemble l’Imaginaire, CNSMDL's orchestra, Ensemble Écoute, Emily Carr String Quartet, Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional Argentina, Quartetto Mitja, Ensamble Taller Sonoro, ensemble of the Russian Centre for Contemporary Music in Moscow... Demian has received commissions and participated in festivals such as Festival Ensemble(s) (composer in the spotlight) (Paris), B!ME GRAME (Lyon), IPEA (Shanghai), ISCM (Vancouver), Bahía[in]sonora (Argentina), Muzički biennale Zagreb (Croatia), Festival Aspects des Musiques d'Aujourd'hui (Caen)… Recently he premiered a chamber opera - "Qu'est-ce que l'amour ?" - with an ensemble he created in Lyon, a work for Françoise Kubler with Accroche, a collaboration with the OSN of Buenos Aires, JOGV and Côme Boutella. His future projects include collaborations with Proxima Centauri, Fanny Martin, Accroche Note...

Demian is the artistic and musical director of the Ensemble Orbis. He is one of those selected for the 2024 SuperPhoniques (ex-Grand Prix Lycéen des Compositeurs).