Lucien Johnson CV

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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
  • BOMB THE SPACE FESTIVAL, The Penny Dreadfuls
  • Residencies, Havana Bar, Jonathan Crayford Trio
2007
  • NELSON ARTS FESTIVAL Village of the Idiots, October
  • BOMB THE SPACE festival of improvised music, Wellington, July
  • THE NIGHT'S PLUTONIAN SHORE, Happy, Wellington, August
  • WELLINGTON INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL with
    1) Mario Canonge Trio
    2)Village of the Idiots
    3) Jonathan Crayford Quartet
  • 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
  • Exhibition opening of Alain Kirili, Paris
  • Exhibition opening of Guillaume Lebelle, Brussels
  • Duo with dancer Miriam Parker, LA PROCHAINE SCULPTURE, Atelier Tampon, Paris
  • 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
  • Lucien Johnson Solo concert Australian Embassy, Paris
  • 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
  • Concerts with CLBob, tribute to Len Lye at Club der Polisches Versagers, Intersoupe, Berlin
  • Residencies: Les Sept Lezards, Paris
2003
  • Concerts with Lol Coxhill (England) at The Empire, London, Chris O'Connor (NZ), Club der Polisches Versagers, Berlin, Trinity Roots (NZ) Milkweg, Amsterdam
  • NZ tour including the Jumbalaya Festival, Taupo with THE BAD APPLE ORCHESTRA
  • Residencies: The Matterhorn, Wellington
  • Tauranga Jazz Festival with CLBob
2002
  • New Zealand Festival, Lucien Johnson Trio, Poetry and Jazz (with Billy Collins, Gregory O'Brien, James Brown)
  • THE UNDERWATERMELON MAN, NZ Festival, St James Theatre plus season at the Civic Theatre, Auckland
  • Wellington International Jazz Festival, BOX OF BIRDS
  • Residencies: Fidels' Café, Blondini's
2001
  • BOX OF BIRDS a 12 piece jazz ensemble, first concert in the
  • Wellington International Jazz Festival, The Space
  • Tauranga Jazz Festival, THE DRY HORRORS
2000
  • Wellington International Jazz Festival, THE FAMILY MALLET and URBAN TANIWHA with Marylin Crispell
Film
2008
  • 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
  • Original music for THE NIGHT"S PLUTONIAN SHORE , premiered at Happy (supported by Creative NZ)
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
  • Original Music for CLOWNS SANS FRONTIERES, children's show, dir Doriane Moretus (Belgium) tour of Tamil Nadu, India
2004
  • Original music for TE AWARUA, contemporary theatre play by Albert Belz, Festival Lille 2004, season in Le Quesnoy, France
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