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:

Forum Neue Musik 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 Festival Montevideo

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

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 and Fondazione Cini Venezia.