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Christophe Charpenel
Jean-Marc lives in a cabin nestled among the debris of ARFI’s sounds, salvaging neglected instruments and other sonic trinkets while tracking forgotten musical footprints along the way. To find his cabin, you need to position yourself symmetrically opposite Alfred Spirli’s cumbersome contraptions and follow the silence for a few meters until you hear a small, motionless tune. That’s where he lives.
Sometimes he visits the neighbors with his trumpet—or more precisely, his cornet. In fact, he’s one of the few trumpet players, or rather cornetists, whose name consists of three first names. There’s Maurice André, of course, but that only makes two.
A Research Director in Musicology at the University of Industrial Waste and a graduate with a Master’s in Flea Market Multi-Instrumentalism, it’s no surprise that he collaborates with Alfred Spirli to create the show La Souplesse de le Baleine. He also clears ground and excavates space to build his cabin within La Marmite Infernale.
In the past, he could be heard in Les Passants and Darkpoe.
His professional path has led him to share his resourcefulness by running wild instrument-making workshops using recycled materials. When he’s on the move, you might also catch him performing with the Fanfare d’Occasion or the Compagnie Brouniak.