Tamia Valmont
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Tamia Valmont also known as Tamia, (Born July 29, 1947) is a French composer and singer.
, in France, in 1972. She took then part of various musical trends: improvised music, contemporary music, theater, and discovered affinity with extra-European music.
She was commissioned in 1980 to perform solo at the Paris Festival d'Automne. On this occasion, she started using recording her voice successively on a multi-track tape to create what she called a "solo polyphony", a genre she would keep exploring in her career. In 1979 Tom Johnson
wrote an article about her in the Village Voice that lead to her first USA tour. In 1990 she was invited to perform in Japan by composer Toru Takemitsu
at the Tokyo Festival.
She collaborated with artists such as Pierre Favre
with whom she recorded 3 CDs. In 2009, the writer Nancy Huston
cited Tamia Valmont as her inspiration for the main character of her novel entitled Fault Lines.
She started teaching vocal technique and improvisation in 1973. She is currently teaching to professional singers and actors in Paris.
Collaborations with Pierre Favre
Biography
Tamia Valmont made her stage debut at the Châteauvallon Jazz Festival with Michel PortalMichel Portal
Michel Portal is a composer, saxophonist, and clarinetist.Portal studied clarinet at the Conservatoire de Paris...
, in France, in 1972. She took then part of various musical trends: improvised music, contemporary music, theater, and discovered affinity with extra-European music.
She was commissioned in 1980 to perform solo at the Paris Festival d'Automne. On this occasion, she started using recording her voice successively on a multi-track tape to create what she called a "solo polyphony", a genre she would keep exploring in her career. In 1979 Tom Johnson
Tom Johnson (composer)
Tom Johnson , is an American minimalist composer, a former student of Morton Feldman.-Career:His pieces are most often based simply on mathematical and logical processes, such as tiling, which he attempts to make as clear as possible...
wrote an article about her in the Village Voice that lead to her first USA tour. In 1990 she was invited to perform in Japan by composer Toru Takemitsu
Toru Takemitsu
was a Japanese composer and writer on aesthetics and music theory. Largely self-taught, Takemitsu possessed consummate skill in the subtle manipulation of instrumental and orchestral timbre...
at the Tokyo Festival.
She collaborated with artists such as Pierre Favre
Pierre Favre (musician)
Pierre Favre is a Swiss jazz drummer and percussionist born in Le Locle, Switzerland, perhaps most noteworthy for his work with Irene Schweizer....
with whom she recorded 3 CDs. In 2009, the writer Nancy Huston
Nancy Huston
Nancy Louise Huston, OC is a Canadian-born novelist and essayist who writes primarily in French and translates her own works into English.-Biography:...
cited Tamia Valmont as her inspiration for the main character of her novel entitled Fault Lines.
She started teaching vocal technique and improvisation in 1973. She is currently teaching to professional singers and actors in Paris.
Discography
Solo Albums- 1978 : Solo, T Records
- 1981 : Senza Tempo, T Records
- 1999 : Les chants de la Terre, Universal Music
Collaborations with Pierre Favre
Pierre Favre (musician)
Pierre Favre is a Swiss jazz drummer and percussionist born in Le Locle, Switzerland, perhaps most noteworthy for his work with Irene Schweizer....
- 1983 : Blues for Pedro Arcanjo, T Records-Gemini
- 1988 : De la Nuit...le jour, ECM
- 1992 : Solitudes, ECM
External links
- http://continuo.wordpress.com/2008/04/21/tamia-pierre-favre-de-la-nuit-le-jour/
- http://www.psychedelicfolk.com/Tamia.html
- http://www.musicme.com/tamia-valmont/