Jump to content

Lê Quan Ninh: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous edit
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
No edit summary
Ninh (talk | contribs)
6 edits
No edit summary
 
(42 intermediate revisions by 26 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
[[File:Lê Quan Ninh.jpg|thumb]]
⚫
'''Le Quan Ninh''' (born Paris, 1961) is a [[French people|French]] [[percussionist]] active in [[contemporary music]] and [[free improvisation]].
{{short description|French percussionist (born 1961)}}
{{family name hatnote|[[Lê]]|Ninh|lang=Vietnamese}}
⚫
'''Lê Quan Ninh''' (born Paris, 1961) is a [[French people|French]] [[percussionist]] active in [[contemporary music]] and [[free improvisation]].


He began studying piano at the age of 5, but turned towards percussion as a teenager. When he was 16, he entered the National Conservatory in [[Versailles]]. During this time he discovered [[free jazz]]. After graduating, he taught percussion for 3 years at a conservatory in [[Bondy]], France while performing with contemporary music, dance, and theater groups often using self-taught techniques and [[found objects]] in his improvisation.
He began studying piano at the age of 7, but turned towards percussion as a teenager. When he was 16, he entered the National Conservatory in [[Versailles (city)|Versailles]]. During this time he discovered [[free jazz]]. After graduating, he taught percussion for 3 years at a conservatory in [[Bondy]], France while performing with contemporary music, dance, and theater groups often using self-taught techniques and [[Found object (music)|found objects]] in his improvisation.


In the 1980s Ninh collaborated with Daunik Lazro, [[Michel Doneda]], Serge Pey, [[Peter Kowald]], [[Butch Morris]], and Nicholas Peskine’s ''Compagnie du Hasard''.
In the 1980s Ninh collaborated with Daunik Lazro, [[Michel Doneda]], Serge Pey, [[Peter Kowald]], [[Butch Morris]], and Nicolas Peskine's ''Compagnie du Hasard''.


In 1992 Ninh founded the ''Association La Flibuste'' which organized and presented improvisational artistic events across genres.
In 1992 Ninh founded the ''Association La Flibuste'' which organized and presented improvisational artistic events across genres.
He is a member of the multi-media percussion ensemble ''Quatuor Helios'' and, along with cellist [[Martine Altenburger]] , a founder of the ''Hiatus Ensemble''.
He was a member of the multi-media percussion ensemble ''Quatuor Helios'' and, along with cellist [[Martine Altenburger]], a founder of the {{notatypo|''ensemble]h[iatus''}}.


==External links==
==External links==
Line 12: Line 15:
*[http://www.efi.group.shef.ac.uk/mlequan.html Biography and list of releases]
*[http://www.efi.group.shef.ac.uk/mlequan.html Biography and list of releases]
*[http://www.fmp-label.de/freemusicproduction/musiker/lequanninh.html FMP releases]
*[http://www.fmp-label.de/freemusicproduction/musiker/lequanninh.html FMP releases]
*[http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/993 Le Ventre Négatif album review]


{{Authority control}}

[[Category:French jazz musicians|Ninh, Le Quan]]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ninh, Le Quan}}
[[Category:Free improvisation|Ninh, Le Quan]]
[[Category:1961 births]]
[[Category:Percussionists|Ninh, Le Quan]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[fr: Lê Quan Ninh]]
[[Category:French jazz musicians]]
[[Category:Free improvisation]]
[[Category:French percussionists]]

Latest revision as of 14:02, 20 June 2022

In this Vietnamese name, the surname is Lê. In accordance with Vietnamese custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Ninh.

Lê Quan Ninh (born Paris, 1961) is a French percussionist active in contemporary music and free improvisation.

He began studying piano at the age of 7, but turned towards percussion as a teenager. When he was 16, he entered the National Conservatory in Versailles. During this time he discovered free jazz. After graduating, he taught percussion for 3 years at a conservatory in Bondy, France while performing with contemporary music, dance, and theater groups often using self-taught techniques and found objects in his improvisation.

In the 1980s Ninh collaborated with Daunik Lazro, Michel Doneda, Serge Pey, Peter Kowald, Butch Morris, and Nicolas Peskine's Compagnie du Hasard.

In 1992 Ninh founded the Association La Flibuste which organized and presented improvisational artistic events across genres. He was a member of the multi-media percussion ensemble Quatuor Helios and, along with cellist Martine Altenburger, a founder of the ensemble]h[iatus.

[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Lê_Quan_Ninh&oldid=1094059408"