About
Independent composer/producer based in Brussels. Active in film music, audiovisual installations, contemporary classic and electronic music.
Jean Delouvroy (BE) studied at the Royal Music Conservatory in Ghent (harmony, counterpoint, analysis, project contemporary music, jazz arranging & composition, electric guitar). In 1988 he won the national jazz composing and arranging contest (BAP) and worked afterwards as arranger for the Belgian Radio Television Big Band, where also his interest in contemporary classic music was stimulated. Furthermore he makes use of electronics and creates soundscapes by recycling his own acoustic material, mainly in cooperation with other art disciplines.
He lives and works in Brussels.
Jean Delouvroy is a composer with a wide spectrum: contemporary classic music; drama, film & contemporary dance music; experimental electronics and soundscapes. He composed e.g.: Dark Room (2001) for the exhibition ‘Ici et maintenant’ (Thurn & Taxis, Brussels), the octofonic soundscape Buiten Beschouwd (2002) for an exhibition at the Flemish Opera Ghent, music for the British Museum exhibition Face to face with the Romans (2021) at Gallo-Romeins Museum Tongeren, touch.same places (2002) for the choreographer Radek Hewelt, Stringquartet Nr. 1 (2003), the piano solo works Void Man (2005), Eisberge (2006) and Icarus’ Equilibrium (2008), the audiovisual live performance Teufelsberg (2004, Audiovisiva Milan/Filmfestival Milan), the audiovisual installation for electronics and 12 projectors Der Regenbaum (2006, the 11, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam), the audiovisual installation Deus Digitalis (2009, Orpheus Institute Ghent), Deus Universalis (2020) an interpretation of Van Eyck’s masterpiece ‘Adoration of the Mystic Lamb’ premiered at Ghent Festival, music for the VR installation O.B.E. (Berlin 2021), the ’soundtracks’ for the short film Sound Miniature #1 (‘LEO AWARD’ best combination music/visuals at Braunschweig Int Film Festival 2004), the political feature thriller The Northern Paradigm (UK 2016), the documentary Exprmntl (‘MALIPIERO AWARD’ for Best Soundtrack at Asolo Art Film Festival Italy 2018), the documentary Quiet Life (GRC 2019), the feature film Vou Nadar Até Você (BRA 2019).
In 2013 the 2xCD album ‘Jean Delouvroy‘ was released including works from 2004-2013. Other albums were released on the digital platform Bandcamp, Spotify, Apple Music and more.
In 2020 he received a long-term (3 years) artist ‘development grant’ from the Flemish Community of Belgium.
Interview with ‘Unter.Ton’ MAGAZIN FÜR KLANG- UND SUBKULTUR: English version click here – German version click here
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