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| CV
– Lucien Johnson |
| Education |
| 2007 |
Graduate
Diploma in Music, NZSM (Composition, Ethnomusicology) |
| 2000 |
Bachelor
of Music, Massey University (Performance) |
| As
Instrumentalist: |
| 2010 |
- LUCIEN
JOHNSON SEXTET, Savassi Festival, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
- YAARI
tour, New Caledonia
- ALDA
REZENDE QUINTET, performances the Matterhorn, Ruby Lounge,
Wellington; Tiradentes, Brazil
- GREG
MALCOLM TRIO, Wellington (recording in process)
|
| 2009 |
- ZANNIMO
LATE, music theatre play, written and directed by France Herve,
based on Animal Farm, Festival des Quatre Chemins, Port-au-Prince,
Haiti
- MY
HEART IS A BEAST, street theatre performance, Christchurch
Arts Festival
|
| 2008 |
- THE
THREEPENNY OPERA, Brecht/Weill, dir. Michael Hirst, Silo Theatre
Company, season at the Maidment, Auckland
- WOMAD
Village of the Idiots, March
- PARIHAKA
FESTIVAL Jonathan Crayford Trio, January
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BOMB THE SPACE FESTIVAL, The Penny Dreadfuls
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Residencies, Havana Bar, Jonathan Crayford Trio
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| 2007 |
- NELSON
ARTS FESTIVAL Village of the Idiots, October
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BOMB THE SPACE festival of improvised music, Wellington, July
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THE NIGHT'S PLUTONIAN SHORE, Happy, Wellington, August
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WELLINGTON INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL with
1) Mario Canonge Trio
2)Village of the Idiots
3) Jonathan Crayford Quartet
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North Island Tour, DAMO SUZUKI (Japan) WITH THE VILLAGE OF
THE IDIOTS, February
- Residencies: Café Bastille, Manon ,The Black Cats,
|
| 2006 |
- Tamil
Nadu, India, CLOWNS SANS FRONTIERES, 18 shows
- ALAN
SILVA (US) and MAKOTO SATO (Japan) Studio Campus, Paris
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Exhibition opening of Alain Kirili, Paris
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Exhibition opening of Guillaume Lebelle, Brussels
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Duo with dancer Miriam Parker, LA PROCHAINE SCULPTURE, Atelier
Tampon, Paris
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Residencies: Le Raspail Vert, Paris
|
| 2005 |
- QUARTIER
LIBRE with Jean-Marc Foussat (France), Gerald Zbinden (Switz.)
and Makoto Sato (Japan), performances at MUZZIX 5.3, Lille
and various venues, Paris
- the
FREEMASONS with John Betsch (US) and Jobic Le Masson (Fr),
Sept Lezards
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Lucien Johnson Solo concert Australian Embassy, Paris
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Wellington International Jazz Festival, LUCIEN JOHNSON AND
THE GALCTIC TREASURES with Anthony Donaldson and Jonathan
Crayford
- Other
concerts include collaborations with Jean Francois Pauvros
(Fr), Will Guthrie (Australia)
|
| 2004 |
- Forms
trio with Makoto Sato and Farris Smith (US), concerts, Paris
recording UNE NUIT SEULEMENT, Marlinspike Discs
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Concerts with CLBob, tribute to Len Lye at Club der Polisches
Versagers, Intersoupe, Berlin
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Residencies: Les Sept Lezards, Paris
|
| 2003 |
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Concerts with Lol Coxhill (England) at The Empire, London,
Chris O'Connor (NZ), Club der Polisches Versagers, Berlin,
Trinity Roots (NZ) Milkweg, Amsterdam
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NZ tour including the Jumbalaya Festival, Taupo with THE BAD
APPLE ORCHESTRA
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Residencies: The Matterhorn, Wellington
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Tauranga Jazz Festival with CLBob
|
| 2002 |
- New
Zealand Festival, Lucien Johnson Trio, Poetry and Jazz (with
Billy Collins, Gregory O'Brien, James Brown)
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THE UNDERWATERMELON MAN, NZ Festival, St James Theatre plus
season at the Civic Theatre, Auckland
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Wellington International Jazz Festival, BOX OF BIRDS
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Residencies: Fidels' Café, Blondini's
|
| 2001 |
- BOX
OF BIRDS a 12 piece jazz ensemble, first concert in the
- Wellington
International Jazz Festival, The Space
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Tauranga Jazz Festival, THE DRY HORRORS
|
| 2000 |
-
Wellington International Jazz Festival, THE FAMILY MALLET
and URBAN TANIWHA with Marylin Crispell
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| Film |
| 2008 |
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Original score for film TALES OF MYSTERY AND IMAGINATION dir.
Geoff Murphy
|
| 2008 |
- Music
included in short film FURTHER IN AND FURTHER OUT dir. Steffen
Kreft
|
| 2007 |
- Original
score for short film HADES' WINDOW dir. France Herve, premiered
Magadalena Festival, Festival des Antipodes
|
| 2007 |
- Music
and musical extra for short film LE DUEL dir. Joseph Foussat
|
| 2004 |
- Music
included in documentary LE PARIS D'ERIK dir. Bertrand Renaudineau
|
| 2003 |
- Music
included in documentary WELLINGTON IN TUNE dir. Simone Audissou
(including title sequence)
|
| Theatre,
Dance and Multi-Media |
2009 |
- ZANNIMO
LATE, music theatre play, written and directed by France Herve,
based on Animal Farm, Festival des Quatre Chemins, Port-au-Prince,
Haiti
|
| 2009 |
- MY
HEART IS A BEAST, street theatre performance, Christchurch
Arts Festival
|
| 2007 |
|
| 2007 |
- Original
music for WHITE LIE, contemporary dance, ch. Megan Adams,
Toi Whakaari
|
| 2007 |
-
SMACK UP for percussion and tape premiered at Hunter Chamber,
Victoria University, performed by Arnold Marnisenn (Holland)
|
| 2007 |
-
TO THE SEA for piano solo, premiered at the Salle Gaveau,
Paris, performed by Jeffrey Grice (NZ)
|
| 2006 |
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Original Music for CLOWNS SANS FRONTIERES, children's show,
dir Doriane Moretus (Belgium) tour of Tamil Nadu, India
|
| 2004 |
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Original music for TE AWARUA, contemporary theatre play by
Albert Belz, Festival Lille 2004, season in Le Quesnoy, France
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