Lorenzo Bianchi Hoesch
Musician
October-December 2025
- Music
- New York
“The connection with Maqam music arises from life encounters and a particular interest in microtonality. Thanks to electronics, which is fluid by nature and organized around frequencies rather than semitones, it is truly possible to engage with musical worlds that are very different from the Western musical system.”
I compose electronic music. Immersed in experimental and research electronic music, I build my language and sound universe from the codes of electronic music in its entirety and complexity.
Naturally hostile to any form of purism, and treating theoretical and practical elements from very distant cultures on the same level, I believe that composing music is more about connecting disparate elements in the contemporary world than starting with a blank page. However, I invent my own software and create my own sounds.
The result is a language where pure, crystalline synthesis coexists with very different acoustic universes. Relationship is the key to my project.
This is why space is a fundamental parameter for me. Music full of different places, large precarious, ephemeral, and dynamic environments.
The connection with Maqam music arises from life encounters and a particular interest in microtonality. Thanks to electronics, which is fluid by nature and organized around frequencies rather than semitones, it is truly possible to engage with musical worlds that are very different from the Western musical system.
In general, this is the goal of my project. There is thus no opposition but rather collaboration and sharing between myself and the Maqam musicians with whom I will work.
Lorenzo Bianchi Hoesch is a composer and sound artist. His interests range from pure electronics to compositions for theater and dance, as well as interactive installations. Through projects such as those with Ballaké Sissoko or Amir ElSaffar, the creation of immersive sound installations like Square for Ircam – Centre Pompidou, Atolls for the Musée du Quai Branly in Paris, and Open Land for the Fondazione Haydn, as well as collaborations with choreographers, musicians, and artists, he seeks to create connections between distant elements. He has received commissions from various institutions: Ircam-Centre Pompidou, Groupe de recherche musicale (GRM), Venice Biennale, Gothenburg Opera, Musée du Quai Branly, Saarbrücken Opera, Ballet National de Marseille, RuhrTriennale, Fondation Royaumont, Fondazione Haydn, FaceFoundation, and many others, and has performed worldwide.
In partnership with
GMEM — Centre national de création musicale
Directed since 2011 by Christian Sebille, the GMEM accompanies artistic teams, notably during residencies, produces shows in musical creation, and conducts many pedagogical activities, teaching and training activities. It shares all these activities during regular presentations to the public (concerts, installations, meetings, residency outings…).
Fondation Camargo
Amir Elsaffar LLD, New York
Pioneer Works, New York