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biography
Born in France in 1991, Samir Amarouch is a composer.
He lives and works between Paris and Rome.
After studying guitar with Jean Mathelin and Jean-Marc Zvellenreuther at the Boulogne-Billancourt Conservatory, he went on to learn composition with Jean-Luc Hervé, alongside his studies in musicology and ethnomusicology at the Sorbonne.
In 2015, he joined Stefano Gervasoni's composition class and Claude Ledoux's analysis class at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris*. He received a first prize in analysis in 2019,and the Master of Composition with the highest honors.
He has notably collaborated with the Orchestre National de France, Orchestre Philharmonique de RadioFrance, the Ensemble InterContemporain, the Ensemble Talea, the Lucern Alumni Ensemble, the Duo Xamp, the harpsichordist Orlando Bass, as well as the conductors Edo Frenkel, Julien Leroy, Brad Lubman and the Ensemble Modern.
In 2022, he founded s-a-m-pl-e (samir amarouch music player environment), bringing together musicians, choreographers and lighting designers to create new listening situations.
He was a resident at the Villa Médicis (French Academy in Rome) in 2022-2023, and has received several awards including the 2020 Ernst von Siemens Foundation Composition Prize, the Académie des Beaux-Arts Encouragement Prize in 2019, support from the Meyer Foundation in 2015 and the jury prize at the Boulogne Billancourt International Composition Competition in 2014. ■
concerts
2024, 9 nov.
Collisions, by s·a·m·pl·e, exhibitronic x into the open, Strasbourg, FR
2024, 1 jun.
Electronica-1, by ensemble Talea, dir. by James Baker, New York, USA
2024, 19 jan.
Horizons, by s·a·m·pl·e, in Librarie 7L Chanel, Paris, FR
2024, 24 mar.
Exposition I, by véronique fèvre, Printemps des Arts de Monaco, Monte-carlo, MCO
2024, 7 avr.
Exposition I, by véronique fèvre, Printemps des Arts de Monaco, Monte-carlo, MCO
2024, 26 jan.
Collisions A/B, with dance, s·a·m·pl·e x Zoé Lakhnati (chorégraphe), Ana Bob (light), Into The Open Festival, Kulhaus, Berlin, DE
2023, 15 nov.
Collisions (2023) for piano & accordion, by s·a·m·pl·e, in Librairie 7L Chanel, Paris FR
2023, 14 oct.
Trio (2023), performed by sandro compagnon x rémy reber & jean-étienne sotty, concert 434hz, La Scala, Paris, FR
2023, 10 jun.
concert monographique, exposition « una linea torta stesa », by s·a·m·pl·e, Villa Medici, Rome, IT
2023, 18 mai
Horizons (2023), by s·a·m·pl·e — observatorio della trinita dei Monti, Rome, IT
2023, 3 mar.
Analogies (2017), by i solisti · belgium wind ensemble antwerp, Martijn Dendievel (dir.), Amsterdam, NL
2023, 2 mar.
Analogies (2017), by i solisti · belgium wind ensemble antwerp, Martijn Dendievel (dir.), De Bijloke, BEL
2022, 12 fév.
Analogies (2017), by orchestre national de france, dir. par A. Bloch , Festival Présence RadioFrance, Paris FR
2022, 13 fév.
Ensauvagement (2022), orchestre philharmonique de radiofrance, dir. par B. Lubman, Festival Présence RadioFrance, Paris FR
2022, 5 juil.
improvisation x Makovski & friends, «cinq espaces improvisés», Conciergerie, Paris, FR
2022, 20 oct.
Electronica B minor crush (2020), ensemble Proxima centaury, dir. par J. Leroy, festival MAD, Gradignan, FR
2022, 17 nov.
improvisation x sandro compagnon, e-guitare x saxophone soprano, notte bianca, Villa Medicis, Rome, IT
talks
2024, 5 fév.
présentation de mes œuvres, classe de Jean Luc Hervé — CRR, Boulogne Billancourt, FR
2023, 31 mai
séminaire pour les étudians de l'école d'art NABA — Villa Medicis, Rome IT
2023, 19 jan.
analyse de mes derniers travaux, classe de Claude Ledoux — CNSMDP, Paris, FR
awards
2023
Pensionnaire 2022-2023 de la Villa Médici en composition musicale
2020
Prix de composition Ernst von Siemens MusikStiftung
2019
Prix d’encouragement de l’Académie des Beaux-Arts - Fondation Roux et Tronchet
2016
Prix de la fondation Meyer
2014
Prix du jury Boulogne Billancourt International composition competition
interview
« l'espoir samir amarouch » by Laurent Villarem on France Musique
2020
press selection