Chorus Digitalis
Virtual voice lends itself to all kinds of music games, written or improvised, from the accompanying chorus to complex polyphony, through the solo voice singing in the style of North India, baroque Opera or contemporary music.
The ensemble was started with the European project (FEDER) OrJo and currently funded by ChaNTeR. It is part of the research of the Analyse & Synthèse Audio sub-team and VIDA transversal research axis of LIMSI, CNRS.
Videos
Performance excerpts
Raga Miyan Ki Malhar, Ektal
20th of February 2015, Margaret Guthman CompetitionThe Lion Sleeps Tonight
20th of February 2015, Margaret Guthman CompetitionImprovisation
7th of October 2013, CuriositAS festivalCantate 2.0
20th of February 2015, Margaret Guthman CompetitionA North Indian Raga
7th of October 2013, CuriositAS festivalCantate 2.0
5th of September 2013, JDEV2013Valse
25th of May 2012, Printemps de la cultureConcerts
- 7th of July 2016, JEP-TALN-RECITAL Conference
- Venue: Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
- Program:
- Circlesong 6 (Bobby McFerrin) -
Calliphony Solo, 4Cantors Digitalis - Improvisation with extreme voices - 4
Cantors Digitalis and 1Calliphony - Si tu savais ma mère (Bulgarian) - 3
Cantors Digitalis , Guitare, Percussion - The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Solomon Linda) - 1
Calliphony , 3Cantors Digitalis , Percussion
- Circlesong 6 (Bobby McFerrin) -
- 25th of September 2015, CuriositAS Festival
- Venue: Salle de la Terrasse, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- Program:
- Circlesong 6 (Bobby McFerrin) -
Calliphony Solo, 6Cantors Digitalis - Improvisation with extreme voices - 7
Cantors Digitalis - The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Solomon Linda) - 3
Calliphony , 3Cantors Digitalis , Percussion - Vent frais, vent du matin - 4
Calliphony , 2Cantors Digitalis - Si tu savais ma mère (Bulgarian) - 4
Cantors Digitalis , Guitare, Percussion
- Circlesong 6 (Bobby McFerrin) -
- 12th of July 2015, Symposium "Le Renouveau de l'instrument"
- Venue: La Beaudelie - Voutezac, France
- Program:
- Improvisation - 2
Cantors Digitalis
- Improvisation - 2
- 12th of May 2015, Music Tech Metz Festival: Concert Surchauffe - first part
- Venue: L'Arsenal, Metz, France
- Program:
- Raga Myan Ki Mahlar -
Cantor Digitalis Solo, Tablas, 3Cantors Digitalis -tampura - Cold Genius song (Purcell) -
Cantor Digitalis Solo, 4Cantors Digitalis choeurs. - Improvisation with extreme voices - 5
Cantors Digitalis - Si tu savais ma mère (Bulgarian) - 3
Cantors Digitalis , Guitare, Percussion
- Raga Myan Ki Mahlar -
- 20th of February 2015, Guthman Instrument Competition
- Venue: Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA, USA
- Program:
- Raga Myan Ki Mahlar -
Cantor Digitalis Solo, Tablas, 2Cantors Digitalis -tampura - Improvisation with extreme voices - 4
Cantors Digitalis - The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Solomon Linda) - 4
Cantors Digitalis
- Raga Myan Ki Mahlar -
- 19th of June 2014, Futur en Seine
- Venue: PROTO 204, 200 rue André Ampère, Bures-sur-Yvette (91), France
- Program: (.pdf)
- North Star (Philip Glass) - 6
Cantors Digitalis , Clavichord - Raga Yaman - Alaap / Bandish en Teental / Sitarkhani -
Cantor Digitalis Solo, Tablas, 3Cantors Digitalis -tampura, Clavichord - Cantate 3.0 (Bach, Purcell,
Chorus Digitalis ) - Guest singer, 7Cantors Digitalis - Valse (Bruno Lecossois) - 7
Cantors Digitalis - Si tu savais ma mère (Bulgarian) - 4
Cantors Digitalis , Violin, Guitare, Percussions - Circlesong 6 (Bobby McFerrin) - Guest singer, 7
Cantors Digitalis - The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Solomon Linda) - Guest singer, 7
Cantors Digitalis
- North Star (Philip Glass) - 6
- Guest singer: Bolivier
- 13th of October 2013, Fête de la Science Rhône-Alpes
- Venue: Village des Sciences, Privas (07), France
- Program: Raga Yaman / Teental -
Cantor Digitalis Solo, Tablas
- 7th october 2013, CuriositAS festival
- Venue: Campus Paris-Saclay, Orsay, France
- Program: (.pdf)
- Raga Yaman / Teental -
Cantor Digitalis Solo, Tablas, 3Cantors Digitalis -tampura, Clavichord - (Video here) - Lil Darlin' (Neil Hefti) - 6
Cantors Digitalis , Snare drum - Les Profondeurs (Boris Doval) - 6
Cantors Digitalis - Cantate 3.0 (Bach, Purcell,
Chorus Digitalis ), 4Cantors Digitalis - (Video here) - Valse (Bruno Lecossois), 6
Cantors Digitalis
- Raga Yaman / Teental -
- 5th of September 2013, JDEV 2013
- Venue: Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau (91), France
- Program:
- Raga Yaman / Teental -
Cantor Digitalis Solo, Tablas, 2Cantors Digitalis -tampura - Cantate 2.0 (Bach, Purcell,
Chorus Digitalis ) - 4Cantors Digitalis - (Video here)
- Raga Yaman / Teental -
- 29th of May 2013, NIME Conference
- Venue: NIME'13, KAIST Auditorium, Daejeon, Korea Republic
- Program:
- Cantate 1.0 (Bach, Purcell,
Chorus Digitalis andVox Tactum ) - 3Cantors Digitalis , 1Handsketch
- Cantate 1.0 (Bach, Purcell,
- 13th of October 2012, Journées Science & Musique
- Venue: Journées Science & Musique, Diapason, Campus Universitaire de Beaulieu, Rennes
- Program:
- Raga Miyan Ki Malhar (North Indian classical music) -
Cantor Digitalis Solo, Tablas - (Sound here)
- Raga Miyan Ki Malhar (North Indian classical music) -
- 22nd of June 2012, Music day festival
- Venue: Equipe Lutherie Acoustique Musique (LAM), Institut Jean Le Rond d'Alembert, Paris
- Program:
- Raga Miyan Ki Malhar (North Indian classical music) -
Cantor Digitalis Solo, Tablas
- Raga Miyan Ki Malhar (North Indian classical music) -
- 25th of May 2012, Printemps de la culture
- Venue: Journées Arts Sciences, Printemps de la culture, Université Paris Sud, Orsay
- Program:
- North Star (Philip Glass) - 6
Cantors Digitalis , Clavichord - Alta Trinita Beata (Anonymous) - 4
Cantors Digitalis , Clavichord - Sarabande de la suite en ré mineur, et Air "Lascia ch’io pianga", extrait de « Rinaldo » (G.F. Haendel) -
Cantor Digitalis Solo, Clavichord - Raga Miyan Ki Malhar (North Indian classical music) -
Cantor Digitalis Solo, Tablas,Cantors Digitalis -tampura - (Video here) - Valse (Bruno Lecossois) - 5
Cantors Digitalis - (Video here) - Ocean (Bjork & Dirty Projector) - 4
Cantors Digitalis - Choral Wie Schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (J.S. Bach) - 4
Cantors Digitalis - Canticum novum (
Chorus Digitalis ) -Cantor Digitalis Solo, 4Cantors Digitalis , Tablas, Guitare, Bass
- North Star (Philip Glass) - 6
- 14th of March 2011, International Workshop on Performative Speech and Singing Synthesis
- Venue: First International Workshop on Performative Speech and Singing Synthesis, University of Bristish Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
- Program:
- Improvisation - 4
Cantors Digitalis - Alta Trinita Beata (Anonyme) - 4
Cantors Digitalis - (Video here) - Choral Wie Schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (J.S. Bach) - 4
Cantors Digitalis
- Improvisation - 4
Members
Current members (alphabetic order)
- Annelies Braffort:
Cantor Digitalis , Percussions (2013-) - Christophe d’Alessandro Research,
Cantor Digitalis , Clavichord (2010-) - Samuel Delalez:
Cantor Digitalis , Guitare (2014-) - Boris Doval: Research,
Cantor Digitalis , Clavichord (2010-) - Lionel Feugère: Research,
Cantor Digitalis , Tablas,Chorus Digitalis co-coordinator (2010-) - Hélène Maynard:
Cantor Digitalis , Clavichord (2012-) - Olivier Perrotin: Research,
Cantor Digitalis , Violin,Chorus Digitalis co-coordinator (2012-)
Former members (chronological order)
- Simon Jacquin:
Cantor Digitalis (2014) - Maxime Delorme:
Cantor Digitalis , Electric guitare (2012) - Marc Evrard:
Cantor Digitalis , Bass (2012) - Emmanuelle Frenoux:
Cantor Digitalis (2012) - Sylvain Le Beux: Research,
Cantor Digitalis (2010-2011)