Laurent Bômont
*31 July 1967
Works by Laurent Bômont
Biography
After starting at the Épinal music school and then studying music at the Conservatoire à rayonnement régional de Nancy, I entered the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris where I obtained a first prize in chamber music and a first prize in trumpet.
At the same time, I studied harmony and counterpoint with Noël Lancien at the Conservatoire à rayonnement régional de Nancy.
I was accepted in the National Police Orchestra, as well as solo trumpet in the Concert Lamoureux Orchestra. Passionate about contemporary music, I also became the soloist of the ensembles Court-Circuit and 2e2m.
My instrumental career has led me to play with French and foreign orchestras such as the Orchestre de Paris, the Orchestre National de France, the Orchestre du Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris, the Orchestre National de Lille, the Ensemble Inter - Contemporain, the Ensemble l'itinéraire, the Köln Ensemble, the London Philharmonia Orchestra, the Birhmingam Orchestra, the Barcelona 216 Ensemble, the ICTUS Ensemble under the direction of prestigious conductors such as Georges Prêtre, Myung Wung Chung, Yutaka Sado, Christoph Von Donnany, Pierre Boulez, Sir Simon Rattle, Sir Georg Solti, James Conlon, Jean Claude Casadessus, David Robertson, Jonathan Nott, Peter Czaba...
I have also been invited as a soloist in many festivals such as the Euro International Trumpet Guild, the summer academies of IRCAM, the festival Présences of Radio France, the festival for arts of Hong - Kong, Arena festival of Riga, the 38ème rugissants of Grenoble, Musica in Strasbourg, the media week of Tokyo, or at the BBC of Glasgow... I have performed the world premieres of numerous contemporary works, notably for solo trumpet and electronic device in collaboration with IRCAM; "Métallics" by Yan Maresz, "Dispersion fluide" by Jongwoo Yim, as well as "Crispy Grain" by Geoffroy Drouin as well as "Crispy Grain" by Geoffroy Drouin that he dedicated to me.
Paul Méfano also dedicated "Speed" for solo trumpet to me in 2004, a piece given as a world premiere at the Conservatoire supérieur de musique de Paris.
I have given numerous masterclasses, notably at Mac Gill University in Montreal, at the Hong Kong Festival for Arts and at the Tokyo Media Week.
Very busy as an instrumentalist, it is only since a few years that I devote more time to composition on the advice of composer friends. I have written pieces for orchestra, chamber orchestra, brass ensemble and a collection for children (Le bestiaire enchanté, Panic Circus) 2 pieces have been selected for the national competition of the CMF (L'ombre du vent - wind band - and Hot line - big band - ) Some of them have been recorded by the Belgian Guide Orchestra or the Gardiens de la paix de Paris. My works are published by HAFABRA and Universal Edition.
I currently teach at the Conservatoire du Centre de Paris
About the music
I like all styles of music and I don't limit myself to any genre. Most of the requests I've received have been for orchestral pieces. I was lucky enough to be able to write two very large orchestral pieces which are in the style of a film score, and quite representative of what I like to write. These are "L'ombre d'un vent" (The Shadow of a Wind), based on the novel of the same name by Carlos Ruiz Zafon, and "Carnets de voyage(s)". I also like to compose for young people with an educational purpose. I have a collection of small pieces called "Le bestiaire enchanté" and I have started writing small concertos for beginners accompanied by an orchestra of young soloists who will in turn play their own concerto.