Angelo Valenti Bayraktar
Composer / Producer
Provençal composer of electronic & contemporary classical music. Melismas, modality, microtonality, drones & ornamentation. Creator of imaginaries.
[ABOUT]
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[ABOUT]
Angelo Valenti Bayraktar is a Provençal composer who studied musicology at the University of Aix-Marseille and then composition at the Darius Milhaud Conservatory. In 2022, he obtained a Master's degree in Acoustics and Musicology and in 2023 a Certificate of Musical Studies in composition. His musical language draws on melismas, modality, microtonality, drones, and ornamentation from traditional Armenian music. Materials from sacred and secular music written between the Middle Ages and the 21st century. For his chamber, electronic, or mixed music, he creates around stories, images, and concepts from fantasy or science fiction. Some pieces are inspired by the poems of Paul Valéry or Arthur Rimbaud, or the stories of Frank Herbert or Philip K. Dick. Others pay homage to the music of Olivier Messiaen, György Ligeti, or Bill Evans. Still others refer to the mythical places of his Sicilian or Armenian ancestry.His discovery of the treatises of Olivier Messiaen and Charles Koechlin, as well as his encounter with Professor Etienne Kippelen, who introduced him to instrumental composition, reinforced his desire to compose. While pursuing his interest in sound synthesis, Angelo was introduced to cellist Guillaume Rabier and his future research supervisor in musical technologies, Vincent Tiffon. Their goal was to prepare an educational day dedicated to the work of Jean-Claude Risset. During his training, Angelo completed his Master's internship at the CNRS, in the archives of Risset himself, participated in the design of a virtual organ instrument, and wrote the soundtrack for a video game developed with his classmates. In 2023, he won a composition competition in Montpellier with a piece for flute, violin, cello, piano, and percussion entitled Annigghiatu, which literally means “foggy” in Sicilian.Angelo's album Hildegard is set in the universe of a fictional role-playing game. Its 11 tracks, linked to the 3D artifacts on the cover designed by Azad Bayraktar, translate into sound his reflections on identity, the interaction between humans and machines, the link between humankind and nature, relationships between individuals, and our ties to mysticism and magic. The music progresses through scenes in which synthesized sounds interact with traditional instruments. This album pays tribute to Hildegard von Bingen, a mystical figure of the Middle Ages, whose literary and musical contributions resonate with a world facing ecological challenges, new technologies, and a renewed interest in beliefs and spirituality.
[EDUCATION]
Master's Degree in Acoustics and Musicology
Aix-Marseille University | September 2019 - September 2022
Musicology and Creation specialization: research thesis on musical language based on the undertone series.Master's Degree internship in the archives of the Fonds J.-C. Risset
CNRS-PRISM @ Marseille | June - July 2021
Cataloguing and scanning/photography for the creation of a searchable online platform.
Type of archives: recordings, notebooks, sketches & manuscripts, computer music, conferences, publications, correspondence.Composition Studies
Darius Milhaud Conservatory @ Aix-en-Provence | September 2019 - June 2023
Certificate of Musical StudiesBachelor's Degree in Music and Music Sciences
Aix-Marseille University | September 2015 - June 2019
Research path: research project on mixed music and its creative process.
[AWARDS]
CompOccitanie - Musical Composition Competition
Jury President's Prize for Annigghiatu
Cité des Arts @ Montpellier | February 14, 2023
[WORKS]
Catalog of instrumental, electronic and mixed works, with performance dates
// 2025 //
Hildegard for electronics
01. Epistula ad Cosmos
02. Data Sequence
03. Awakening Consciousness
04. Vanishing Ring
05. Eleven Slashing Damage
06. Three of a Kind
07. Seven Fire Damage
08. Crimson Feathers
09. Ground Ivy
10. Toxic Skyline
11. Sixty-Four Subharmonics
Composed by Angelo Valenti Bayraktar
Mixed & Mastered by Angelo Valenti Bayraktar
Produced by Angelo Valenti Bayraktar
3D designed by Azad Bayraktar
3D animated by Azad Bayraktar
// 2023 //
Coexistant Waves for piano
Darius Milhaud Conservatory @ Aix-en-Provence | November 16, 2023
Au cœur du crépuscule for piano
Darius Milhaud Conservatory @ Aix-en-Provence | November 16, 2023Reflections - Whispers of Replicants for flute, viola and harp
(Based on Philip K. Dick’s novel Blade Runner)
Darius Milhaud Conservatory @ Aix-en-Provence | June 17, 2023Maelström for violin, guitar and accordion
Maison des Arts Auditorium @ Cabriès | April 15, 2023
Rousset Musical Space @ Rousset | April 22, 2023
Darius Milhaud Conservatory @ Aix-en-Provence | June 17, 2023Annigghiatu - View From The Dark Hills Of Basalt for flute, violin, cello, piano and percussion [crotales, tubular bells, tam-tam, timpani and cymbal (turned over on a timpani)]
Cité des Arts @ Montpellier | February 14, 2023
Darius Milhaud Conservatory @ Aix-en-Provence | June 1, 2024
// 2022 //
In Memoriam Bill Evans for string quartet, vibraphone, crotales and glockenspiel
Darius Milhaud Conservatory @ Aix-en-Provence | June 29, 2022Taurus for electronics
01. Belenos
02. Rhea
03. Landscape
04. Mutations
Composition context for Belenos and Rhea: video game development.
My role: composition, sound design & sfx, mix & master for the video game Sfaera.
CNRS-PRISM @ Marseille | 2020-2021
// 2021 //
Ingenii Acies for flute, cello, guitar and piano
(Based on Frank Herbert's novel Dune)
Olivier Messiaen Conservatory @ Avignon | December 8, 2021
// 2020 //
Chants du soir for digital organ and accompanist
(In homage to Olivier Messiaen)
Composition context: Creation of a sound bank for the Kontakt plug-in (Native Instruments).
My role: composer and music producer working from the 5.1 recording of the KERN organ at Temple Grignan.
Temple Grignan @ Marseille | September - November 2020
// 2019 //
Graphème Prosodique for cello, piano and electronics
01. Le Cimetière Marin (after a poem by Paul Valéry)
02. Le Bateau Ivre (after a poem by Arthur Rimbaud)
03. Aurore (after a poem by Paul Valéry)
Darius Milhaud Conservatory @ Aix-en-Provence | June 27, 2019
J.A.M. Festival @ Aix-en-Provence | April 11, 2019
Maison des Arts Auditorium @ Cabriès | April 5, 2019