Philippe Mion
A child chorister and classical guitarist, he left his scientific studies and opted for music in 1974, pursuing musical studies at the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique of Paris (Prix de composition, 1977), musicology at the Sorbonne, and everywhere else by using his ears…
The discovery of electroacoustic music was a revelation for him and he found, in the musical direction developed by the Groupe de recherches musicales (Ina-GRM, Paris), favorable terrain for the flowering of his compositional aspirations. Briefly a member of this organization, then a permanent collaborator from 1978 to 1989, he would remain attached to a particular idea of musical research and an experimental attitude inherited from musique concrète.
Besides composition, to which he has devoted himself since 1978, he has managed to develop activities involving the craft of the electroacoustic concert (director from 1980 to 1989 of the Cycle acousmatique concerts for Ina-GRM/Radio France), radio (producer for Radio-France form 1979 to 1982
He was a resident at the French Academy in Rome (Italy) from 1989 to 1991.
He has composed, for both concert presentation and ballet, acousmatic works (solo tape), mixed works (tape and voices or instruments), and works for instruments or live electronics ensembles.
