Maxime Echardour

Maxime Echardour Percussion

Biography

Maxime Echardour graduated from the percussion, zarb and piano classes at the CNR de Rueil-Malmaison, where he was introduced to traditional and contemporary practices by Gaston Sylvestre. He went on to study with Jean Geoffroy at the CNSMD in Lyon, then at the Amsterdam Conservatory. A member of L'Instant Donné since 2003, he has deepened his knowledge of the contemporary repertoire with this ensemble, and has taken part in numerous premieres (Gérard Pesson, Frédéric Pattar, Stefano Gervasoni...).

He is also involved in various ensembles: with the Khaps ensemble, a quartet bringing together musicians from Africa, Japan and France, he explores traditional music and performs on all three continents. His attraction to Mandingo music led him to take balafon lessons with a griot in Senegal. Other projects have led him to take part in programs with KammerKonzert Holland, Opéra de Lyon, EOC, Ensemble Hostel Dieu, Ensemble A lma Viva, Ensemble InterContemporain and the Motus acousmatic collective.

From 2001 to 2011, with the Trio de Bubar, a group of 3 percussionists, he conducted research into original forms of musical expression. Since 2015, he has performed Laurent Dupont's L'avoir, ôde chantée au savon in France, Germany, Austria, Holland, Canada, Brazil... Recently, with the Alma Viva ensemble, he performed Kamchatka, a chamber opera by Daniel d'Adamo at the Théâtre Colón in Buenos Aires and the Théâtre Dunois in Paris.

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