Laurent Bruttin

Laurent Bruttin: clarinet

Born in Sierre, Switzerland in 1977. After studies at the conservatories in Geneva and Paris, moved to Lausanne in 2001 to work with improvised and contemporary music with various ensembles. In 2003 started an association for improvised music called Rue du Nord, and the following Festival Rue du Nord was inaugurated at the « Theatre du 2.21 » in Lausanne. Since then has worked with many musicians in different settings (Urs Leimgruber, Dragos Tara, Kim Myhr, Andrea Parkins, Jack Wright, Andrew Drury, Pierre Audétat, Peter Evans, Tom Blancarte, Tomas Korber, Jean Bordé, Jonas Kocher, Richard Jean, Lukatoyboy, Sébastien Roux, John Menoud, Benoît Moreau, Yannick Barman, Laurent Estoppey, Quentin Sirjacq, D'incise, ... ) but also in various contemporary music ensembles such as Ensemble Contrechamps, Vortex, Nouvel Ensemble Contemporain (NEC) where has worked with the amongst others composers Georges Aperghis, Helmut Lachenmann, Luc Ferrari, Barry Guy, Michael Jarrel, Eric Gaudibert, Dominique Lehmann.