Visiting artist professor

1997 - 1998

Thierry De Mey

Born in 1956 in Bruxelles (Belgium)

Thierry De Mey is a belgian composer and film director. He works with choreographers such as Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Wim Vandekeybus and Michèle Anne De Mey.

Founder of the contemporary classical music ensemble Maximalist!, he participates in other ensembles such as Musiques Nouvelles and the ensemble Ictus, for which he creates several pieces.

In 1993, he enters a class in IRCAM where he develops several music computer programmes. He is composer in residency at the conservatoire of  Strasbourg and at Festival Musica in 2001 and 2002.

He is today associate composer to the Cursus at IRCAM.