After training in classical and jazz guitar, Lucas Pizzini decided to turn to so-called experimental music when he discovered the composers John Cage and La Monte Young. Seeking to apply sound techniques to musical creation, he trained at Art Zoyd (Sound’Up session in 2012–13), with Didier Tallec (field recording workshop in 2014), and at the Brest Conservatory (D.E.M. in electroacoustic music in 2016). After earning his master’s degree in sound engineering (Image & Son in Brest), he moved to Nantes, where he has collaborated on various projects—either as a studio and live sound engineer (Will Guthrie, Ensemble Minisym, Olivia Grandville…) or as a musician and sound designer (Soizic Lebrat, Noii, JetFM…). A self-taught wind instrumentalist (flutes, reed instruments, prepared pipes, bagpipes), his listening to collections of “traditional” music and his practice of radio sound effects fuel his exploration of instrumental sounds and his approach to experimental instrument-making. A proponent of free improvisation, he seeks a permeability between reality and music by allowing extraneous, external, and unexpected sounds to influence and enrich the act of performance.
He contributes to the musical research and sound design for the Mémoire(s) project, the performance Souviens-toi d’avant l’aube, and the installation En Souvenances, as well as the performance Le Chant Végétal, for which he creates a raw set of instruments specifically for the project.
