Adrien Tyberghein
'Seul Contre Basse'
The bass is the wave that we feel, the one that makes us vibrate, enter into resonance with the sound material and the music. It is the relationship with the earth, with the immense, with what is beyond us. It is also the base of music, the foundation without which no harmony could be anchored, a rhythmic foundation too: the groove, the engine, what awakens our instinct and makes us want to dance.
In Seul Contre Basse, the double bass is, beyond that, the dual relationship between solitude and the outside world. It is passions: love and hatred, the broken mirror of what we are and what we potentially are. It is the amplifier of our emotions, the tool allowing us to reach out to others.
The tool is technology.
The 21st century is marked by the spectacular advancement of digital technology and new technologies: artificial intelligence, augmented reality, immersive experiences, electronic and amplified music. Technology has overturned contemporary social patterns.
Does it nourish creativity? Does it bring us closer together or, on the contrary, does it confine us behind our screens?
What part of humanity remains in us today: what links do we maintain in contemporary society when faced with others, with a silent landscape or with a spectacle?
Seul Contre Basse addresses these current issues through a new and immersive experience combining music, video, new technologies, poetry and theater.
At the crossroads of solo recital 2.0 and installation, the repertoire covered is very eclectic: improvised music, written music, tradition and modernity (ranging from J.S BACH to personal compositions through world creations by Belgian, French and Swiss).
The show can touch everyone – musicians or non-musicians – through
universal and current questions that it raises and the reflection it leads on art, philosophy, sociology and science.
Biography of Adrien Tyberghein
Musician and composer, Adrien Tyberghein’s career is characterized by his eclecticism, his openness and his anchoring in modernity.
Adrien started music at the age of 6, he graduated from the National Conservatory of Music and Dance in Paris and the Royal Conservatory of Mons (BE). He also followed jazz and improvised music training at the Didier Lockwood Improvised Music Center (CMDL).
Furthermore, in the field of audio-visual arts, he completed video and sound training at Fresnoy – Studio National des Arts Contemporains and directed several short films.
He won several awards during his career as a musician (named “soloist rising star” in Belgium, “Young Talent of the Year”, …).
Adrien’s insatiable curiosity leads him to explore a wide range of musical styles: baroque, romantic, contemporary, electronic, world music and jazz. He very quickly decided to place improvisation at the center of his musical language.
He has collaborated with renowned ensembles, institutions and Festivals (Paris National Opera, Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel, Ensemble Musiques Nouvelles, Arties, Easter Festival, etc.).
He has also played and collaborated with renowned artists, both in the classical sphere and in jazz and contemporary music (Manu Katché, Ibrahim Maalouf, Gautier Capuçon, Claire Désert, Olivier Charlier, etc.).
These projects and meetings led him to find his way and to devote himself exclusively to double bass soloist, chamber musician, as well as to composition. He then pushes the limits of his instrument in an original and unsuspected way.
The tours he undertakes lead him to encounter varied cultures which inspire him in his compositions and constantly nourish him in his improvisations.
His innovative recitals mix classical music, world music, jazz, improvisation and work based on new technologies.
Each recital is a unique story and builds a bridge between tradition and modernity.
Adrien writes, directs and composes “Seul Contre Basse”, a solo project on stage, transdisciplinary mixing music, theater, dance, video and installation.
You can currently find Adrien in various projects and notably in Seul Contre Basse – Récital, with Dyad (Didier Laloy – Adrien Tyberghein), in Water & Fire (Quentin Dujardin and Didier Laloy), within the Musiques Nouvelles ensemble, Astoria or alongside Drill El Maloumi.
Spotted by Ibrahim Maalouf in 2020, the latter invited him to join the hard core of the “Free Spirit Ensemble” which is the first classical orchestra in the world specialized in improvisation.
He is professor of double bass at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels, professor of improvisation at the Royal Conservatory of Mons (Arts2) and professor of double bass at the Tourcoing conservatory.
Adrien plays on a 5-string double bass by Laurent Demeyère, a Boris Fritsch and Carbow bow.
Videos
Press
- ‘An imagination in freewheel. Adrien Tyberghein is a brilliant UFO. Alone, not “against” but “with” his enormous instrument, he transforms it into the beating pulse of the world through live looping, layering of pre-recorded sounds, and the use of all bowing, striking, and rubbing techniques, turning the unheard into pure poetry. The memory of Jacques Brel in the land of the Dogons, the plucking of oud strings in the streets of Casablanca, the infinite nostalgia of childhood walks, light filtering through the foliage (komorebi) à la Jimi Hendrix. The musician took his audience on a journey, spoke to them, even made them sing—quite in tune, enough to join the loop. A joy.’ – La Libre Belgique (BE)
- ‘Let us also note the presence of the young double bassist Adrien Tyberghein. His brilliant bow revives a classical universe that has clearly been refreshed. An intense personality that sparks this unexpected fusion’ – Radio France (FR)
- ‘He is one of those virtuosos who, once the instrument is in hand, hypnotizes you. Stepping outside the box and exploring everything is Adrien Tyberghein’s leitmotif […], a novel and ambitious approach to music and the arts’ – La Voix du Nord (FR)
Discography of Adrien Tyberghein
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