Emmanuel Scarpa

drummer / composer / improviser

Composition

Bio

Drummer and composer born in France. Selftaught, starts playing in a punk-rock band as a teenager. Takes up classical composition course at Lyon and Grenoble music schools, is awarded the first prizes in harmony, counterpoint and fuga with a SACEM prize in 1998. His compositional approach is inseparable from improvisation, which he has been practicing for more than twenty years, extending boundaries from minimal acoustic to roaring amplified music, influenced by many musical styles including early music, new music, rock, jazz, and experimental electronic music. Since 2002, Emmanuel Scarpa has been composing all the music for his own bands including Umlaut, Les Métamorphoses, Umlaut double trio, Invisible Worlds and Blue Yonder. Several of his compositions were commissioned by institutions or ensembles such as Quatuor Bela, Radio France, La Forge, the Valence University Choir, Ensemble Op.Cit and the French Ministry of Culture.

You can buy certains scores here : BABELSCORES

compositions list

F O R   M Y   S O L O   M I G H T   B R A N K
drums, planetary gong, chinese cymbals & voice

ENCLUME (2017)
JELLY-WASABI (2017)
AABA-CODA (2017)
BUTŌ (2017)
LE KUMPO (2017)
PROCESSION (2017)
ONOMATO (2018)
ON OFF (2018)

 

F O R   T H E   D A N S E

PEUPLÉ DÉPEUPLÉ (2016) in co writing with Olivier Lété -
Cie Christian et François Ben Aïm, created the 3rd May 2016 at the theater of   Rungis - (FR)

SAISONS F(R)ICTIONS (2017)
Cie Épiderme - created the 7th November 2017 at the theater La Rampe - Echirolles - (FR)

 

F O R     S K U L L T O N E
electric bass 5 strings, voice, electronics (Fanny Lasfargues), drums, voice, electronics (Emmanuel Scarpa)

AS YOU LIKE (2014)
SQUALL (2014)
V-NERF (2015)
INFLEXIBLE (2016)

 

F O R   T H E   S T R I N G   Q U A R T E T   Q U A T U O R   B É L A
2 violins, viola, cello. Commissioned by Radio France, created and recorded the 7th April 2014 at the Maison de la Radio - (FR)

PRÉSENT-CONTINU (2014)    BABEL SCORES

 

F O R   I N V I S I B L E   W O R L D S   ( 2 0 1 3 - 2 0 1 4 )
for soprano voice, flutes, violoncello, alto sax or bar sax, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano or pianet, electric bass, drums and glockenspiel - LISTEN

PROLOGUE
AT THE SAME TIME
... THEY ARE GETTING THROUGH
A LONER ON DESOLATION PEAK
A MAN IN A CROWD
TANGIBLE WORLD
CROSSED WORLDS
IN OUTER SPACE
EPILOGUE

 

F O R   T H E   O P . C I T   E N S E M B L E

for flute, clarinet, brass quartet and jazz trio piano/double bass/drums, composition inspired by Africa of John Coltrane

DRONE (2009)


for mezzo-soprano voice, flute, clarinet, viola, violoncello, harp, percussion, piano, double bass and drums

DURME (2009)   BABEL SCORES
DE TVÅ SYSTRARNA (2009)   BABEL SCORES
OULFATA'S MELODY (2010)


for string quartet, brass quartet and jazz trio
[DUAL-RITUAL] commissioned by the ministry of the French culture -
created at the  biennial Musique en Scène 2012 - Lyon (FR)

PEPLUM (2012)
FREEZE (2012)
RITUAL DANCE (2012)    BABEL SCORES
FANTASQUE (2012)
THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS #5 (2012)    BABEL SCORES

 

F O R   U M L A U T   ( 2 0 0 5 - 2 0 1 3 )
electric guitar, keyboards, drums

3ÈME ET 4ÈME CORPUSCULE
7ÈME CORPUSCULE
8ÈME CORPUSCULE
9ÈME CORPUSCULE
10ÈME CORPUSCULE
CASH
DIE GROSSE NACHT IM EIMER
A DREAM OF LAKES
ROLLMOPS-CACAO
LES HÉTÉROMORPHES
STOP FROG

 

F O R  U M L A U T   D O U B L E   T R I O    ( 2 0 0 8 - 2 0 1 0 )
2 guitars, synths,Hammond organ & Clavinet, drums

THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS #4 [part 1]
THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS #4 [part 2]
HUNKY-PUNKY
COLD WAVE

 

F O R     L E S    M E T A M O R P H O S E S   (2 0 0 6 - 2 0 0 7 )
violin, viola, clarinets, alto sax & bass  clarinet, double bass, drums

LES MÉTABOLIENS (2006)
LES HÉTÉROMORPHES (2006)
LA MÉTAMORPHOSE DE DAPHNÉ (2006)
DEUCALION ET PYRRHA (2006)
RÉGRESSION DE "LES MÉTABOLIENS" (2007)

 

F O R    P I A N O   ( 2 0 0 6 )
commissioned by the piano festival of Grenoble for its ten years - dedicated to Hugues de Nolly

MINIATURE POUR PIANO - N°1 contrastes    BABEL SCORES   

 

F O R    L A   F O R G E   C O L E C T I V E
for the show "les chaises musicales"

ATTENTION MESDAMES ZÉ (2001)
SUR UN FIL (2001)


for the  Micromegas Orchestra directed by François Raulin

6ÈME CORPUSCULE (2003)
SPECIAL MEUTE (2003)


for the franco-chinese orchestra TIAN XIA : violon, clarinettes, guitare, piano, contrebasse, batterie + six instruments traditionnels chinois - dizi, sheng, ehru, liuqin, pipa, zheng.

HIATUS (2004)


for the GRANDE FORGE orchestra : violin, clarinets, trumpet, baryton sax, piano, synths, double bass, drums

LOOKING-GLASS #2 (2007)
THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS #2 (2006)    BABEL SCORES

for the big Chinese ensemble of traditional instruments of the conservatory of Shanghai

THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS #3 (2007)

for the Alice show
TWINCKLE (2017)

 

F O R   C H O I R    A N D   J A Z Z    E N S E M B L E
commissioned by the university choir of Valence (FR)

SANS PAROLES (2003)
SUR LE SOL GLACÉ (2003)
STÉRILITÉS (2003) after a poem of Jules Laforgue

Présent - Continu (2014)

pour quatuor à cordes, par le Quatuor Béla

for string quartet
in 5 micro-movements of 2 minutes each

commissioned of Radio France

1 - canon rétracté
2 - canon colloïdal
3 - canon fractal
4 - canon végétal
5 - canon dilaté

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recorded 7 avril 2014 at Radio France by the string quartet Quatuor Béla for the radio programm Alla Breve of Anne Montaron

Frédéric Aurier et Julien Dieudegard (violins)
Julian Boutin (viola), Luc Dedreuil (cello)

Podcast of the radio programm :
www.francemusique.fr/emission/alla-…-11-2014-23-30

Through the Looking-Glass #5 (2012)

pour quatuor à cordes, quatuor de cuivres et trio jazz

for string quartet, brass quartet et jazz  trio

commissioned by the French Ministry of the Culture for the project Dual Ritual of the Ensemble Op.Cit

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création le 8 décembre 2012 au théâtre Charles Dullin, dans le cadre des impromptus de l'Espace Malraux Scène Nationale de Chambéry.

recording live with 2 mics the day of the first one

Director - Guillaume Bourgogne

violin - Amarylis billet
violin - Cécile Lagoutière
viola - Brice Duval
cello- Noémi Boutin

trumpet - Gongbo Men
french horn - Jean-Philippe Cochenet
trombone - Eric Lechartier
tuba - Florent Coutet

piano - Fred Escoffier
double bass - Brice Berrerd
drums & glockenspiel - Emmanuel Scarpa

sound engineer - Max Bruckert

Ritual Dance (2012) [excerpt]

pour quatuor à cordes, quatuor de cuivres et trio jazz

for string quartet, brass quartet and jazz trio

commissioned by the French Ministry of the Culture for the project Dual Ritual of the Ensemble Op.Cit

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created the 8th december 2012 at the theater Charles Dullin - Chambéry - France.

Director - Guillaume Bourgogne

violin - Amarylis billet
violin - Cécile Lagoutière
viola - Brice Duval
cello- Noémi Boutin

trumpet - Gongbo Men
french horn - Jean-Philippe Cochenet
trombone - Eric Lechartier
tuba - Florent Coutet

piano - Fred Escoffier
double bass - Brice Berrerd
drums & glockenspiel - Emmanuel Scarpa

sound engineer - Max Bruckert

recording live with 2 mics the day of the first one

 

 

Fantasque (2012) [excerpt 1]

pour quatuor à cordes, quatuor de cuivres et trio jazz

for string quartet, brass quartet and jazz trio

commissioned by the French Ministry of the Culture for the project Dual Ritual of the Ensemble Op.Cit

created the 8th december 2012 at the theater Charles Dullin - Chambéry - France.

Director - Guillaume Bourgogne

violin - Amarylis billet
violin - Cécile Lagoutière
viola - Brice Duval
cello- Noémi Boutin

trumpet - Gongbo Men
french horn - Jean-Philippe Cochenet
trombone - Eric Lechartier
tuba - Florent Coutet

piano - Fred Escoffier
double bass - Brice Berrerd
drums & glockenspiel - Emmanuel Scarpa

sound engineer - Max Bruckert

recording live with 2 mics the day of the first one

Fantasque (2012) [excerpt 2]

pour quatuor à cordes, quatuor de cuivres et trio jazz

for string quartet, brass quartet and jazz trio

commissioned by the French Ministry of the Culture for the project Dual Ritual of the Ensemble Op.Cit

ORDER THE SCORE

created the 8th december 2012 at the theater Charles Dullin - Chambéry - France.

Director - Guillaume Bourgogne

violin - Amarylis billet
violin - Cécile Lagoutière
viola - Brice Duval
cello- Noémi Boutin

trumpet - Gongbo Men
french horn - Jean-Philippe Cochenet
trombone - Eric Lechartier
tuba - Florent Coutet

piano - Fred Escoffier
double bass - Brice Berrerd
drums & glockenspiel - Emmanuel Scarpa

sound engineer - Max Bruckert

recording live with 2 mics the day of the first one

De Tva Systrarna (2009)

pour voix et ensemble

for mezzo-soprano voice, flute, clarinet, viola, cello, harp, percussions, piano, double basse and drums

commissioned by l'Ensembe Op.Cit

played and recorded by l'Ensemble Op.Cit. for the program Cité Folk

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director - Guillaume bourgogne

mezzo-soprano - Marie Fraschina

flute - Jocelyn Aubrun
clarinet - Christian Laborie
viola - Patrick Oriol 
cello - Noémi Boutin 
percussions - Hélène Colombotti & Benoît Poly 
piano - Fred Escoffier  
double bass - Brice Berred
drums - Emmanuel Scarpa

recording the cd cité folk of l'Ensemble Op.Cit




Durme (2009)

pour voix et ensemble

for mezzo-soprano voice, flute, clarinet, viola, cello, hap, percussions, piano, double bass and drums

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commissioned by the Ensembe Op.Cit

played and recorded by l'Ensemble Op.Cit. for the program Cité Folk


director - Guillaume bourgogne

mezzo soprano - Marie Fraschina

flute - Jocelyn Aubrun
clarinet - Christian Laborie
viola - Patrick Oriol 
cello - Noémi Boutin 
percussions - Hélène Colombotti & Benoît Poly 
piano - Fred Escoffier  
double bass - Brice Berred
drums - Emmanuel Scarpa

enregistrement issu du cd cité folk de l'Ensemble Op.Cit 

Through the Looking-Glass #4 (2008) [excerpt]

Pour 2 guitares électriques, 2 claviers électriques et batterie

Joué et enregistré par Umlaut double Trio

Marc Ducret - guitare 8 cordes
Fred Poncet - guitare
Fred Escoffier - clavier basse & Nordlead
Antonin Rayon - orgue Hammond & Clavinet
Emmanuel Scarpa - batterie

Extrait de l'enregistrement issu du cd Umlaut vol.2 "Looking-Glass"

Umlaut Looking Glass, Vol. 2

Through the Looking - Glass #2 (2006)

pour violon, trompette, clarinette basse, saxophone baryton, piano et contrebasse

played and recorded by La Grande Forge
released in 2010 on the LabelForge label

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violin - Takumi Fukushima
trumpet- Patrice Bailly
basse clarinet - Michel Mandel 
baryton saxophone - Yves Gerbelot
piano - François Raulin
double bass - Pascal Berne

Recording from the cd La Grande Forge

Hiatus (2004)

Version RADIATION 10

played and recorded by Radiation 10
released in 2011 on COAX label