In France and Italy - his countries of birth and adoption - as well as in Asia, the Middle East and Africa, he has made numerous creations with traditional musicians, particularly for Javanese gamelan. He has notably collaborated with: Steve Lacy, Barre Philipps, François Jeanneau, Didier Malherbe, Michel Godard, Andy Emler, Daunik Lazro, Didier Petit as well as Terry Riley, Sapto Raharjo, Jean Schwarz, Luc Ferrari, François Rossé, Christian Sebille, Jean-Yves Bosseur etc. As a curious creator, he articulates projects with innovative forms and collaborates with various and often unexpected circles: musicians, dancers, actors of course, but also poets, visual artists and scientists. He is responsible for the musical realization of projects by street arts companies, as well as various commissions from authors: those of the National Centers for Musical Creation (Nice, Marseille, Reims, Alfortville), the INA-GRM (composition of electro-acoustic pieces), as well as commissions from the State, the CDN of Nice, the CNRS, the CNES (National Center for Space Studies), and France-Inter, France-Musique, and France Culture's radio creation workshops. Poetry and narration are very naturally associated with his work of "setting in sounds" and for 20 years have multiplied projects and creations with writers and poets (Nimrod, Daniel Biga, Jean-Luc Raharimanana, Koffi Kwahulé, Édith Azam).


Alex Grillo
Percussionist

His career is a crossing of musical genres: jazz, learned music, traditional or innovative, written or improvised. 

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