Emmanuel Séjourné is a musician of international renown who leads a triple career as a composer, percussionist and teacher. His career ranges from classical music to improvised music. He has been awarded prizes for Best Music for Drama at the Festival d’Avignon, the Prix de l’Academie du Disque Français, as well as the Repertoire Prize, awarded by the French Music Publishers, for his composition « Khamsin ».
He participates in the CD « the Concert » of the guitarist Friedemann for wich he wins « German Jazz Award Gold ». In tribute to his many activities, he is named « Doctor Honoris Causa » by the National Academy of Music of Bulgaria.
His music is rythmic, romantic, energetic, inspired both by the Western classical tradition and by popular culture (jazz, rock, extra-Européan).
Many orchestras include him in their repertoire: Nagoya Philharmonic, Osaka Philharmonic, Sinfonia Toronto, Croatian Radio Television Symphony, Luxembourg Philharmonic, Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, Orchestre de la Suisse Italienne, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Sofia Soloists, Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, Bochumer Symphoniker, Wurttembergisches Kammerorchester, etc...
His Concertos for percussion are a great success, His concerto for Marimba and String Orchestra, become an major work of the marimba repertoire, played more than 600 times with orchestra.
As a soloist, as well as with the ensemble Accroche-Note, he has so far premiered over hundred pieces of music (Donatoni, Manoury, Fedele, Hurel…) including concertos, chamber music and solos.
He plays regularly in duet with Sylvie Reynaert (Japan, Turkey, Australia, Germany, Brazil...).
E.Séjourné teaches at the Haute Ecole Strasbourg as well as at the HEMU Conservatoire Supérieur de Lausanne . His Master Classes are very successful all over the world.
He is a jury member at numerous international competitions: ARD Munich Competition, Geneva, Tromp Competition, Salzburg Marimba Competition.
