Biography

Stanislas Pili is based in Bern and dedicates himself to projects in the context of contemporary music, sound art, music theatre and improvisation.

He works as a performer and composer without putting any barrier between the roles he takes on. In his work, sonic and visual elements are composed in parallel and freely used as tools for the creation. On stage there is no hierarchy between the media: prepared objects, electro-acoustic devices, video projections, lights, natural and industrial materials are protagonists together with the performer.

In parallel to his artistic career he is part of the board of IGNM Bern and he has also worked for institutions such as Concours Nicati and Hochschule der Künste Bern.

He worked in venues and festivals like:

FNML Luzern

FOG Basel

Festival Manifeste IRCAM Paris

Sonic Matter Festival Zürich

Damfzentrale Bern

Darmstadt Ferien Kurse für neue Musik

Impuls Graz

Musikfestival Bern

Echoraum Wien

Naxos Hallekonzerte Frankfurt

SMC Lausanne

Musica in Prossimità Pinerolo

Gare du Nord Basel

Zoom In für Improvisierte Musik Bern

Acht Brücken Köln

Neubad Luzern  

WIM Bern

IGNM Basel

CMC La Chaux de Fond

Les Jardins Musicaux de Cernier

Fondazione Cini Venezia

Usinesonore Bienne

Kunsthalle Bern

Opéra National de Lorraine, Nancy

EXIT Montevideo


He has held workshops in institutions like:
HSLU - Hochschule Luzern Musik

Hochschule der Kunste Bern - Y Institut

Forum Neue Musik Luzern

EXIT Festival Montevideo

Foresty Festival - Contemporary Percussion Gathering

His compositions have been played by other musicians in venues like:

Gare du nord Basel

BAM Festival für aktuelles Musiktheater Berlin

Taverna Maderna Padova

Bozar Bruxelles

IGNM Zürich

Pakt Bern

Spazio Musica Cagliari

He collaborated with ensembles like:

Blackburg project (Nomar edition) - Bern

Collective Mycelium - Basel

Compagnie Mixtforma - Bienne

Collegium Novum Zürich

We Spoke - Bienne

CoMET (Collettivo Musica Elettroacustica Torino)

NEC (Nouvel Ensemble contemporain) - La Chaux-de-Fonds

ETET (Ensemble This Ensemble That) - Basel

Studies:
He obtained a diploma in percussion at the Conservatorio G.Verdi di Torino (IT). He specialized in orchestral repertoire at the Accademia Santa Cecilia Roma (IT) and at the Conservatory of Maastricht (NL). He collaborated with several italian and european orchestras and opera houses and, since the beginning of his studies, he has worked in the field of contemporary music, music theatre and electronics until he has finally chosen to devote his career to this field. 

In Switzerland he obtained a Master in Composition - Creative practice and a Master in Pedagogy at the Hochschule der Künste Bern.

He was scholarship holder of Fondation Nicati-de Luze, Fondazione Cini Venezia and Bourse Entr’acte Kanton Bern.