Melaine Dalibert
BIO
Melaine Dalibert is often hailed as an impassioned advocate of rare and minimalist repertoires. Born in 1979, he is a pianist and composer dedicated to promoting contemporary music. This dedication is evident in his involvement with Ensemble 0, his role as an titular professor at the Rennes Conservatory, and his work as a programmer for the Autres Mesures festival.
In addition to his performances, where he fearlessly explores both contemporary and classical piano repertoire – a realm he became familiar with during his studies at the Paris Superior Conservatoire – Dalibert also pursues his own compositional endeavors. His unique approach blends generative processes rooted in mathematical sequences with a sensitive understanding of instrumental expression.
His music, often daring in its stretching of time, exploits the resonant properties of the piano and challenges our subjective perception of time, akin to the styles of Morton Feldman, Brian Eno, or Ryūichi Sakamoto. It allows for both detached listening and invites engaged exploration, as listeners are enveloped in the subtle determinism of algorithmic patterns.
Dalibert has released over a dozen albums on labels such as Another Timbre (UK), Elsewhere Music (USA), Sub Rosa (BG), Flau (JP), and Ici d’Ailleurs (FR). His compositions are performed by numerous pianists including Stéphane Ginsburgh, Vanessa Wagner, Nicolas Horvath, Ivan Ilic, Célimène Daudet…and are regularly featured on international radio stations.
David Sylvian, who collaborated on his album Night Blossoms (Elsewhere, 2020), described his experience with Dalibert’s music as follows: “On listening to Dalibert for the first time, I felt what I’d describe, for want of better terminology, a ‘cosmic expansiveness’. Vibrational waves traversing the universe, a lone satellite released from earth’s gravitational pull, spinning infinitely into the bright darkness. I ascribed to it a somewhat solitary migration. Not despite, but because of this, I found it a profoundly moving listening experience.”
Supported by the DRAC Bretagne, Ministry of Culture.
LINKS
PRESS
Musique Machine
“Once again Night Blossoms highlights why Dalibert is one of the most effortlessly talented and subtlety creative pianists at work today.” – Roger Batty
Dusted Magazine
“As with his other releases, Dalibert breaks boundaries difficult to define but easy to hear, rendering and dissolving their polarities with a new iteration of his already luminous language.” – Mark Medwin
THE WIRE
“« compositions » by French pianist Melaine Dalibert, is a warm stream of harmonious ripples that echoes the graceful postclassical music of Max Richter, Ólafur Arnalds, Jóhann Jóhannsson, etc, but the economy and precision, combined with Dalibert’s calm hands on the keys, put it on a whole other level of beauty.” – Derek Walmsley
The New-Yorker
“Melaine Dalibert, himself a composer whose works similarly deal in patience and space, is an ideal interpreter of such beguilingly modest music, and this sensitive recording lets every detail resound.” – Steve Smith
CONTACT
Booking : François Montjosieu
Promo : Varvara Papaspanopoulou
TAGS
'Six + six' (vidéo par Elie Gregoire, 2022)
'Maelström' (2019)
'A Song' (2022)
Festival Ars Musica Solid·Ars [ONLINE] - Les Halles de Schaerbeek 2020
'Infinite Ascent (Litanie)' (2020)
'Percolations' (2020)
'From zero to infinity' (2020)
'Litanie' (2019)
'En Abyme' (2016)
DISCOGRAPHIE
Eden, fall
Ici d'ailleurs2024
CD / Digital
Magic Square
FLAU2023
LP / Digital
Shimmering
Ici d'ailleurs2022
LP / CD / Digital
Night Blossoms
elsewhere2021
CD / Digital
Anastassis Philippakopoulos: piano works
elsewhere2020
Digital / CD
Life Without Machines
Flau2020
Digital / CD
Infinite Ascent
elsewhere2020
Digital / CD
Cheminant
elsewhere2019
Digital / CD
Ressac
Another Timbre2018
Digital / CD
Musique Pour Le Lever Du Jour
elsewhere2018
Digital / CD
Past shows
- DateCountryCityVenuewith
- 21/01/2024FranceMarquette Lez Lille (59)Église Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes (orga. L'Aéronef)David Grubbsinfos event
- 13/01/2024FranceParis (75)Galerie 8+4Exposition de Vera Molnar / Cent (ou mille) façons de faire infos event
- 22/10/2023FranceNantes (44)PannonicaClarice Jenseninfos event
- 17/10/2023FranceRennes (35)Le Tambourinfos event
- 27/09/2023FranceRennes (35)Les Champs Libres, Auditoriuminfos event
- 24/09/2023FranceMondeville (14)PALMA festival, SupermondeRadio Hito, Claptrapinfos event
- 23/09/2023FranceParis (75)Festival Musiques Rive Gauche - édition Bretagne(s), Conservatoire Darius Milhaud, AuditoriumVanessa Wagnerinfos event
- 15/09/2023FranceToulouse (31)Piano aux Jacobins, Théâtre Garonneinfos event
- 20/05/2023FranceLangon (35)Salle des Menhirs, Festival Bordures #8infos event
- 03/05/2023FranceBrest (29)Les Ateliers des Capucins, Midi & demi (orga. la Carène) - 12:30infos event
- 30/03/2023FranceParis (75)'Piano Day', Institut Liszt Paris - Centre Culturel HongroisEve Risser, Nicolas Horvathinfos event
- 07/02/2023FranceRezé (44)La Soufflerieinfos event
- 14/01/2023FranceParis (75)Institut Liszt Centre Culturel Hongrois, hommage à Vera Molnarinfos event
- 08/01/2023FranceParis (75)Église Saint-Pierre de Montmartreinfos
- 10/12/2022FranceRennes (35)Bar en Trans - Chapelle du Conservatoire infos event
- 26/11/2022FranceEscobecques (59)Église Notre-Dame de la Visitation (orga. l'Aéronef 'Les belles sorties')Chamberlaininfos event
- 25/11/2022FranceSaint Grégoire (35)Médiathèque Saint Grégoireinfos
- 20/10/2022FranceLimoges (87)Opéra, Foyer du publicinfos event
- 24/09/2022FranceParis (75)Fondation d'entreprise Pernod Ricardinfos event
- 14/07/2022FranceGerm (65)Chez Lilyinfos event
- 28/05/2022FranceVandœuvre-lès-Nancy (54)CCAM Festival Musique Actioninfos
- 12/04/2022Grande-BretagneLondresCafe OTOinfos
- 23/02/2022FranceAngers (49)Musée Jean Lurçat (orga. Le Chabada, ESAD-TALM, Musiques de Traverse, Silver Club)infos event
- 27/12/2021FranceRennes (35)Hôtel de Courcy, Festival Réveillons-nous, Les Tombées de la Nuitinfos event
- 02/12/2021FranceRennes (35)Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes (Transmusicales)infos event
- 25/09/2021FranceCieutat (65)Escales d’Automne du Département des Hautes-Pyrénées, Chapelle Roumé (orga. Traverse)infos
- 19/09/2021FranceNiort (79)Festival Nouvelle(s) Scène(s), église Saint EtienneVictor Solfinfos
- 15/09/2021FranceParis (75)Le Café de la Danseinfos event
- 04/09/2021FranceMouans-Sartoux (06)Espace de l'art concret, Château de Mouansinfos
- 02/09/2021FranceMontreuil (93)La Marbrerieinfos event
- 04/07/2021FranceChambéry (73)Malraux, Scène Nationale Chambéry Savoie, Parc de Buisson rondinfos
- 03/07/2021SuisseLausanne (CH)Musée cantonal des Beaux-Artsinfos
- 30/05/2021FranceCognac (16)Festival MétaMusiques, Fondation Martellinfos event
- 29/05/2021FranceCognac (16)Festival MétaMusiques, Fondation Martellinfos event
- 27/03/2021FranceRennes (35)Piano Day, La Criée centre d'art contemporain (STREAMING)infos event
- 20/03/2021FranceNiort (79) Festival Nouvelles Scènes (ANNULÉ)infos event
- 26/12/2020FranceRennes (35)Festival Réveillons-nous, Les Tombées de la nuit, Salle de la Cité de Rennes (ANNULÉ)infos
- 08/12/2020FranceAngers (49)Musée Jean Lurçat (ANNULÉ)infos event
- 24/11/2020BelgiqueBruxelles (BE)Ars Musica, Les Halles de Schaerbeek (ANNULÉ)Lab'Organettoinfos
-
'Six + six' (vidéo par Elie Gregoire, 2022)
-
'Maelström' (2019)
-
'A Song' (2022)
-
Festival Ars Musica Solid·Ars [ONLINE] - Les Halles de Schaerbeek 2020
-
'Infinite Ascent (Litanie)' (2020)
-
'Percolations' (2020)
-
'From zero to infinity' (2020)
-
'Litanie' (2019)
-
'En Abyme' (2016)
BIO
Melaine Dalibert is often hailed as an impassioned advocate of rare and minimalist repertoires. Born in 1979, he is a pianist and composer dedicated to promoting contemporary music. This dedication is evident in his involvement with Ensemble 0, his role as an titular professor at the Rennes Conservatory, and his work as a programmer for the Autres Mesures festival.
In addition to his performances, where he fearlessly explores both contemporary and classical piano repertoire – a realm he became familiar with during his studies at the Paris Superior Conservatoire – Dalibert also pursues his own compositional endeavors. His unique approach blends generative processes rooted in mathematical sequences with a sensitive understanding of instrumental expression.
His music, often daring in its stretching of time, exploits the resonant properties of the piano and challenges our subjective perception of time, akin to the styles of Morton Feldman, Brian Eno, or Ryūichi Sakamoto. It allows for both detached listening and invites engaged exploration, as listeners are enveloped in the subtle determinism of algorithmic patterns.
Dalibert has released over a dozen albums on labels such as Another Timbre (UK), Elsewhere Music (USA), Sub Rosa (BG), Flau (JP), and Ici d’Ailleurs (FR). His compositions are performed by numerous pianists including Stéphane Ginsburgh, Vanessa Wagner, Nicolas Horvath, Ivan Ilic, Célimène Daudet…and are regularly featured on international radio stations.
David Sylvian, who collaborated on his album Night Blossoms (Elsewhere, 2020), described his experience with Dalibert’s music as follows: “On listening to Dalibert for the first time, I felt what I’d describe, for want of better terminology, a ‘cosmic expansiveness’. Vibrational waves traversing the universe, a lone satellite released from earth’s gravitational pull, spinning infinitely into the bright darkness. I ascribed to it a somewhat solitary migration. Not despite, but because of this, I found it a profoundly moving listening experience.”
Supported by the DRAC Bretagne, Ministry of Culture.
LINKS
PRESS
Musique Machine
“Once again Night Blossoms highlights why Dalibert is one of the most effortlessly talented and subtlety creative pianists at work today.” – Roger Batty
Dusted Magazine
“As with his other releases, Dalibert breaks boundaries difficult to define but easy to hear, rendering and dissolving their polarities with a new iteration of his already luminous language.” – Mark Medwin
THE WIRE
“« compositions » by French pianist Melaine Dalibert, is a warm stream of harmonious ripples that echoes the graceful postclassical music of Max Richter, Ólafur Arnalds, Jóhann Jóhannsson, etc, but the economy and precision, combined with Dalibert’s calm hands on the keys, put it on a whole other level of beauty.” – Derek Walmsley
The New-Yorker
“Melaine Dalibert, himself a composer whose works similarly deal in patience and space, is an ideal interpreter of such beguilingly modest music, and this sensitive recording lets every detail resound.” – Steve Smith
DISCOGRAPHIE
Eden, fall
Ici d'ailleurs2024
CD / Digital
Magic Square
FLAU2023
LP / Digital
Shimmering
Ici d'ailleurs2022
LP / CD / Digital
Night Blossoms
elsewhere2021
CD / Digital
Anastassis Philippakopoulos: piano works
elsewhere2020
Digital / CD
Life Without Machines
Flau2020
Digital / CD
Infinite Ascent
elsewhere2020
Digital / CD
Cheminant
elsewhere2019
Digital / CD
Ressac
Another Timbre2018
Digital / CD
Musique Pour Le Lever Du Jour
elsewhere2018
Digital / CD
CONTACT
Booking : François Montjosieu
Promo : Varvara Papaspanopoulou