Paul Clouvel is a French electroacoustic and contemporary
music composer. He was born in 1971 in France. His
compositional output consists of works for instruments
and live electronics, sound installations, dance,
theater, and animation projects, but all activity
is rooted in his work with acousmatic tape composition,
which features most strongly amongst his creations.
Paul Clouvel studied orchestra conducting at the
Ecole Normale de Musique in Paris, then composition
and harmony at the International Music Conservatory
in Paris, receiving a "with merit diploma"
in 1992. He also studied musicology at Paris-Sorbonne
university . He attended IRCAM summer academy in
1996 at the Institut de Recherche/Coordination Acoustique/Musique
in Paris. He also completed the Sound Arts course,
a complete course of study in acoustics and sound
engineering at the national Music Conservatory in
Bourges (France).
Paul Clouvel completed the electroacoustic music
course at the National Music Conservatory in Bourges,
France, wehre he was awarded a 1st prize (Diploma
in Musical Studies) in composition for instruments
and tape, and 1st prize (Diploma in Musical Studies)
in studio electroacoustic music composition. In
1997-1999 Paul Clouvel studied computer music and
electroacoustic music composition with composer
Marco Stoppa at CNSM/Conservatoire National Supérieur
de Musique in Lyon, France. Paul Clouvel also studied
sound design, computer music and music management
(Adatec Orléans - France, Willems Lyon France,
and others) and received a Certificate of completion
at Berklee College of Music (Boston, USA).
Clouvel's works have been performed in many festivals
in France and abroad, including le Bruit de la Neige
in Annecy (France), the City of Music in Paris,
the planetarium in Lille (France), Fimu Belfort
(France), and in several concerts in Amsterdam (Netherlands),
La Havana (Cuba), New-York (USA), and on radio broadcasts
in the Netherlands 5radio 4), Canada, Hungary, and
French France Musique National radio. His works
appear on a solo CD “Paul Clouvel 2003”,
on the “DisContact III” CD produced
by the Canadian Electroacoustic Community, on the
“Astonishing Journeys” CD produced by
the Studio Forum in Annecy, France, on the "60x60"
CD produced by Vox-Novus (New-York), on the "Composite,
Caduques" CD produced by ArtBoretum (France).
. He was selected on the 60x60 project (New-York)
and was performormed at the California Los Angeles
Harbor College (USA), at Goldsmiths College in London
(UK), at the Art School of Hartford University (USA),
at the Albany State University in New-York (USA),
at Roosevelt University Chicago (USA), at collectif
"Unconscious" New-York (USA), at the Essl
Collection Klosterneuburg (Austria), at Mills College
Oakland in California (USA), at Kulturkiosken in
Gavle (Sweden), at the Bijou Theater in Valencia
California (USA), at the "All Ears Contemporary
Music Festival" in London (UK), and at the
Sydney Conservatory of Music (Australia).
His work has received many awards, including a French
Authors Rights Society SACEM prize for young composers,
a prize at the Russolo-Pratella International Composition
Competition in Varese (Italy), and French Authors
Rights Society SACEM bursary awards for contemporary
music in 2003, 2004 and 2007.
Paul Clouvel also works as editor in chief at macmusic.org,
the first worldwide web ressource for computer music
on Macintosh. He writes in several magazines, including
Keyboards & Recording magazine. Paul Clouvel
is the founder and artistic director of Elektramusic.
