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.
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Grand8
composed of
Bastien Boni
double bass
Pom Bouvier B
wild electrified violin
Olivier Bost
trombone
Sébastien Bouhana
drum, objects
Laurent Charles
soprano saxophone
Emmanuel Cremer
cello
Cati Delolme
voice
Sean Drewry
synthesizer
João Fernandes
electronics
Catherine Jauniaux
voice, objects
Vincent Lajü
cello
Soizic Lebrat
cello
Philippe Lemoine
tenor saxophone
Vincent Roussel
drums, percussions
Geneviève Sorin
accordion
Nicoló Terrasi
guitar
François Wong
baritone saxophone