Crippled Symmetry is a two piano ensemble founded by Emmanuelle Fleurot and Martin Pérénom. Looking to expand the repertoire and structural form of music for two pianists, they have experimented with spatialisation and simultaneity within the genre of contemporary performance to create long sound installations often centred around a key work. Their collaboration started as fellows of the International Ensemble Modern Academy in Frankfurt in 2018/2019, where they had the opportunity to play at festivals such as Impuls Festival Graz, Gaudeamus Muziekweek, Wittener Tage für Neue Kammermusik, and 180° Festival Sofia as well as premiere many young composers works. They have been artists in residence at the Galerie Hus in Paris for the 2021/2022 season.
Emmanuelle Fleurot
Emmanuelle Fleurot was born in France and grew up in the United Kingdom, where she completed her undergraduate studies in piano at the Royal College of Music in London with Ian Jones and Andrew Zolinsky. She went on to study for a Master’s degree in contemporary piano at the Hochschule für Musik in Karlsruhe, Germany with Kaya Han and Markus Stange, which was supported by a graduate scholarship of the state of Baden-Württemberg. She has performed at festivals such as Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Principal Sound, Impuls Festival, Manifeste, Gaudeamus Muziekweek, Time Unwrapped at King’s Place, Kammer Klang, New Music Dublin, Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik, 180 degrees festival Sofia and Klangspuren Schwaz, and has taken part in masterclasses with Nicolas Hodges, Hie-Yon Choi, Alain Planès and Françoise Thinat. She has had the opportunity to work with composers such as Dieter Schnebel, Rebecca Saunders, Michael Finnissy, Beat Furrer, Simon Holt, Joanna Bailie, John Croft, Jennifer Walshe, Helmut Lachenmann, Sofia Gubaidulina, Brian Ferneyhough, Stefan Prins, Patricia Alessandrini and Mark Andre as well as with many young composers. She was the pianist and founding member of Explore Ensemble, a London-based contemporary music group from 2012-2020, joined the Ulysses Ensemble in 2018 and was a member of the 2018/2019 International Ensemble Modern Academy in Frankfurt.
Martin Pérénom
Born in Paris in 1994, Martin Pérénom started studying the piano at the age of 12. Shortly afterward he joined the CRR of Paris followed by the class of Marie-Paule Siruguet at the CRR Boulogne-Billancourt where he also studied composition, electroacoustic composition and analysis with Jean-Luc Hervé, Yan Maresz and Alain Louvier. During his studies he became the pianist of Opus XXI Ensemble under the artistic direction of Jean-Luc Menet and Jeanne-Marie Conquer and was a prizewinner of several competitions such as the Concours de Lagny and Concours International Brin d’Herbe d’Orleans. At the age of 18 he moved to Germany to continue his studies with Florence Millet at the Hochschule fur Musik und Tanz in Cologne where he obtained a first-class degree with honours. He has had the opportunity to take part in masterclasses with pianists such as Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Roger Muraro and Marino Formenti. In 2018 he joined the International Ensemble Modern Academy in Frankfurt to pursue his interest in contemporary music where he had the opportunity to play at many festivals across Europe such as Impuls Neue Musik Graz, Wittener Tage für Neue Kammermusik, 180° festival Sofia and Gaudeamus Musiekweek as well as premiere many works by young composers. He has worked with composers such as Jennifer Walshe, Brian Ferneyhough, Stefan Prins, Raphael Cendo, Johannes Schöllhorn, Gyorgy Kurtag, Sarah Nemtsov and Gérard Pesson.
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