In 2016, a handful of musicians, a meeting, a sharing around improvisation, a desire and a pleasure to play together.
Grand8 was born. Grand8 came out of an emergency, to improvise, together, in a large ensemble, without a conductor.
Grand8 first worked, built its music, crossed its spaces, built its common, initiated its history.
Grand8 has grown to 17 musicians.

The ensemble is in residence at the GMEM all year round. 



Mentions
Location
Large8
Improvisation ensemble
Residence
Thu. january 11, 2024 | 12h00 GMEM (Friche la Belle de Mai)
Thu. February 1, 2024 | 12h00 GMEM (Friche la Belle de Mai)
Thu. March 14, 2024 | 12h00 GMEM (Friche la Belle de Mai)
Thu. April 4, 2024 | 12h00 GMEM (Friche la Belle de Mai)
Thu. June 6, 2024 | 12h00 GMEM (Friche la Belle de Mai)
Thu. July 4, 2024 | 12h00 GMEM (Friche la Belle de Mai)
Thu. september 19, 2024 | 12h00 GMEM (Friche la Belle de Mai)
Thu. october 3, 2024 | 12h00 GMEM (Friche la Belle de Mai)
Tue. November 12, 2024 | 12h00 GMEM (Friche la Belle de Mai)
Thu. December 5, 2024 | 12h00 GMEM (Friche la Belle de Mai)
Distribution

Grand8
composed of
Bastien Boni
double bass
Olivier Bost
trombone
SébastienBouhana
drum, objects
Laurent Charles
alto saxophone
Emmanuel Cremer
cello
Sean Drewry
synthesizer, sampler
João Fernandes
electronics
Catherine Jauniaux
voice, objects
Vincent Laju
cello
Soizic Lebrat
cello
Philippe Lemoine
tenor saxophone
Geneviève Sorin
accordion, voice
KatherineSowerby
percussion
Nicoló Terrasi
guitar
François Wong
baritone saxophone

Useful links
Grand8 Grand8, Bandcamp page