(b. 5 February 1947, Paris).
French composer of stage, orchestral, chamber, choral, vocal, piano, and multimedia works that have been performed throughout Europe; he is also active as a writer.
Prof. Bosseur studied composition with Henri Pousseur and Karlheinz Stockhausen at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz in Cologne and received his state doctorate in aesthetic philosophy from the Université Paris.
Among his honours are the Prix de la Fondation Royaumont (1968, for Un Arraché de partout), First Prize in the competition of the Internationale Gaudeamus Muziekweek in Amsterdam (1968, for Un Arraché de partout) and the Diapason d'or (1998, for the recording of Messe on Mandala).
As a writer, he has contributed articles and essays to numerous publications. His books include Révolutions Musicales (1986, revised 2000, with Dominique Bosseur; Minerve), Le Paradigme musical d'Albert Ayme (1986, Traversière), Musique, passion d'artistes (1986, Skira), John Cage (1993, Minerve), Vocabulaire de la musique contemporaine (1996, Minerve), Le Temps de le prendre (1997, Éditions Kimé), Musique et arts plastiques – interactions au XXe siècle (1998, Minerve), Chansons de gestes – Musique et calligraphie – Claude Melin (1998, Éditions Alternatives), Morton Feldman, Écrits et Paroles (1998, Éditions L'Harmattan), La Plume (1999, with Pierre Alechinsky; Actes Sud), Vocabulaire des Arts plastiques du XXe siècle (1999, Minerve), and Musique et Beaux-Arts – De l'Antiquité à nos jours (1999, Minerve). He has also written the books Le Son et le Visuel (unknown, Dis-Voir) and Du Son au signe (unknown, Éditions Alternatives).
Prof. Bosseur is also active in other positions. He works for Radio France and co-founded the Groupe Intervalles.
He serves as research director at the Conservatoire à rayonnement régional de Strasbourg and teaches as Professeur de Composition at the Conservatoire à rayonnement régional de Bordeaux.
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
STAGE:
Dieu tenté par les mathématiques (opéra panique, libretto by Fernando Arrabal), any 17 players, 1967–68
Bestialité érotique, Une tortue nommée Dostoïevski (incidental music, play by Fernando Arrabal), 1968
Et ils passèrent des menottes aux fleurs (incidental music, play by Fernando Arrabal), 1969
The Serpent (incidental music, play by Jean-Claude van Itallie), 1970
Jeux de massacre (incidental music, play by Eugène Ionesco), 1971
Triptyques pour Don Juan (scenic mobiles, text by Michel Butor), voice, small orchestra (winds, pianos, strings), 1972, revised 1977
The Death of Cuchulain (incidental music, play by William Butler Yeats), 1974
Les Aveugles (incidental music, play by Maurice Maeterlinck), 1974
Cléopâtre captive (incidental music, play by Étienne Jodelle), 1974
Krapp's Last Tape (incidental music, play by Samuel Beckett), 1974
Tous les Don Juan (text by Michel Butor), soprano, 2 actors, ensemble, 1974
Buona notte (dance music, choreography by Jean Pomarès), 1974
Chut, chut, chut (incidental music, play by Jean Tardieu), 1975
Metafizykja dwugłowego cielęcia – Metaphysics of a Two-Headed Calf (incidental music, play by Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz), 1976
Der Prinz von Homburg (incidental music, play by Heinrich von Kleist), 1976
Bürger Schippel (incidental music, play by Carl Sternheim), 1977
À suivre (dance music, choreography by Suzanne Colboz), 1978
Spectacle Karl Valentin (incidental music, play by Philippe van Kessel), 1979
La Voix des pierres (text by Philippe de Boissy), mixed choruses, ensembles, 1979–80
Ella (incidental music, play by Herbert Achternbusch), 1980
Pièces détachées (dance music, choreography by Jean Pomarès), 1980
Les Amants du métro (incidental music, play by Jean Tardieu), 1982
Le Principe de solitude (incidental music, play by Marc Guyon), 1982
Façade (dance music, choreography by Josiane Rivoire), 1982
Charge Alaire (dance music, choreography by Susan Buirge), 1982
Bremer Freiheit (incidental music, play by Rainer Werner Fassbinder), 1983
Le Rite du premier soir (incidental music, play by Jean Tardieu), 1983
Titus Andronicus (incidental music, play by William Shakespeare), 1983
Arrêt d'urgence (dance music, choreography by Josiane Rivoire), 1983
Trilogie des Wiedersehens (incidental music, play by Botho Strauß), 1984
L'Homme au labyrinthe (incidental music, play by Jean-Clarence Lambert), 1984
Perséphone (incidental music, play by Yiannis Ritsos), 1986
L'Autre (text by Vassilis Alexakis), soprano, female actor, clarinet, cello, piano, fixed media, 1986
The Revenger's Tragedy (incidental music, play by Thomas Middleton/Cyril Tourneur), 1987
La Fin et la Manière (incidental music, play by Jean-Pierre Duprey), 1987
Dachniki – Summerfolk (incidental music, play by Maxim Gorky), 1988
D'Un territoire inconnu (dance music, choreography by Christine Gérard), 1988
L'Idéal (incidental music, play by Daniel Lemahieu), 1990
Germania Tod in Berlin (incidental music, play by Heiner Müller), 1990
Pierres qui rêvent (incidental music, play by Roger Caillois), 1991
Leonce und Lena (incidental music, play by Georg Büchner), 1991
Tartuffe ou l'Imposteur (incidental music, play by Molière), 1992
Le Pays entre mer et terre (dance music, choreography by Andrea Gebhardt), 1992
Die Eroberung des Südpols (incidental music, play by Manfred Karge), 1994
Les Deux procès de Gilles de Rais (incidental music, play by Jaromír Knittl), 1994
Mutters Courage (incidental music, play by George Tabori), 1995
Weisman und Rotgesicht (incidental music, play by George Tabori), 1996
Le Mystère de la rue Rousselet (incidental music, play by Eugène Labiche, Marc-Michel), 1997
Un Garçon de chez Véry (incidental music, play by Eugène Labiche), 1997
'Tis Pity She's a Whore (incidental music, play by John Ford), 1998
Lo Speziale (realisation of Act III of opera buffa, H XXVIII 3 by Franz Joseph Haydn), 1998
Hochzeit (incidental music, play by Elias Canetti), 1999
Vésale (incidental music, play by Patrick Rogiers), 2001
Musique pour Mademoiselle Rivière (instrumental music-theatre work, after Jiří Kolář), flute, piano, 2002
Klop – The Bedbug (incidental music, play by Vladimir Mayakovsky), 2002
Donnant donnant (music-theatre work, text by Enzo Cormann), 4 mixed voices, flute (+ bass flute), clarinet (+ bass clarinet), 1 or more saxophones, cello, accordion, fixed media, 2002–03
Camino (music-theatre work, text by Olga Jirouskova), 2003
My own Wara (dance music, choreography by Jenny Mezile, Massidi Adiatou), 2003
Hin und her (incidental music, play by Ödön von Horváth), 2004
ORCHESTRAL:
In extremis, 1975, revised 1989
Traverses, 4 flutes, string orchestra, 1982
Ton-Bale, symphonic band, 1985
Eisleriana, symphonic band, 1995
D'Une cible l'autre, 1999
Mouvement concertant, piano, string orchestra, 1999
Gendhing Bali, gamelan, 2001–02
L'Émission de Bordeaux (Philatélie VI), 2003
44 Cuerdas, 11 strings, 2010
CHAMBER MUSIC:
Le Temps de le prendre, any number of players/ensembles, 1967
Un Arraché de partout, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, 2 electric guitars, Hammond organ, vibraphone, xylophone, marimba, 2 percussion, 1967
Surexposer, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, harp, violin, viola, cello, double bass, 1969
Completely sweet, any 8 players, 1971
Mace's Monument, 1–3 lutes, 1972
Alto molto, viola, 1975, revised 1992
Extrêmement, flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn, bassoon, 1975, revised 1992
Labyrinthes, any 7–10 players, 1977
Instants de mémoire, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, 1977–78
Verghia, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, French horn, trumpet, trombone, 1980
Alliages de cuivre, French horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba, 1981
Ballades, recorder, guitar, 1982
By Air, 1 or more saxophones, piano, 1984
Harpia Harpiana, violin, cello, piano, 1985
Traces d'une longue journée, clarinet, harp, violin, cello, 1985
Piazza Marenzio, alto flute, clarinet, French horn, violin, viola, cello, piano, 1985
Tara, string quartet, 1985–86
Icare au carré, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, piano, 1986
Carnet de voyage, flute, clarinet, violin, viola, piano, 1986
Byrdy, viola da gamba, harpsichord, ensemble (Renaissance wind instruments, viol consort), 1986–87
Géographie intérieure, guitar, string quartet, 1987, revised 1996
Stream, accordion, 1988
Pas à pas, clarinet, piano, accordion, 1988
Transit, 4 saxophones, 1984–89
Quinaire, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, 1989
Quatrain, 4 ensembles, 1989
Hong-Kong Variations, flute, clarinet, baritone saxophone, tuba, violin, cello, double bass, 1990
Douces violences, 2 viols, 1990 (collaboration with Christian Rosset)
Quatre de chiffre, flute, trombone, piano, accordion, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, 1990
Portrait de Geneviève Asse, flute/harp, cello, harpsichord, 1991
Variations Dilasser, 1986–92 (its nine sections may be performed separately: I–III, clarinet, piano; IV–VI, violin, cello, piano; VII, flute, clarinet, 2 guitars, violin, viola, piano; VIII–IX [Pemzek], flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano)
Deux Arches d'alliance, harp, guitar, percussion, 1992
The Very Last Notes from Endenich, accordion, 1992
Patrick's Portrait, bagpipes, 1992
43 Miniatures, clarinet, saxophone, harp, violin, piano, percussion, 1992
Vocabulaire pour Milan Grygar, any ensemble, 1992
Paysage avec souvenirs, clarinet, harp, cello, 1993
Dix Boucles, flute, clarinet, trombone, viola, cello, piano, accordion, 1993
Sans partage, double bass, fixed media, 1993
En quête de tango, clarinet, alto saxophone, trumpet, trombone, tuba, violin, accordion, 1994
29 260, variable ensembles, 1994
Vilnant, variable ensembles, 1994–95
L'Un et l'autre, piano, percussion, 1995
Octuor, clarinet, bassoon, French horn, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, 1995–96
Portrait de groupe, flute, clarinet, bassoon, violin, piano, 1996
Éventail pour deux, 2 guitars, 1996
Morty's, flute, 1 or more clarinets, violin, cello, piano, fixed media, 1996
Treize au carré, violin, viola, cello, piano, 1997
D'Après..., flute, oboe, clarinet, trumpet, trombone, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, piano, 1997
Duo, oboe, bassoon, 1997
All over, 6 percussion, 1996–98
Folia, Baroque string quartet, 1995–99
Trio, violin, viola, cello, 1996–99
Patchwork, bass flute, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, violin, viola, cello, double bass, piano, percussion, 1998–99
O. D. (Portrait d'Olivier Debré), ensemble, 1999
VDBCV, French horn, harp, guitar, harpsichord, percussion, 1999
Finnegans Tune, uilleann pipes, fixed media, 2000
Sextuor, 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos, 2000
Philatélie II – Gabon, piano, accordion, 2002
Philatélie III – Diego-Suarez, Nossi-Bé, Zanzibar, 1 or more clarinets, 1 or more saxophones, trumpet, trombone, accordion, percussion, 2002
G-B nº 26 (Philatélie IV), bass recorder, piano, 2002
Philatélie VII (Congo), bass clarinet, basset horn, piano, 2003
De part et d'autre, accordion, 2001–04
Diptyque, 1 or more harps, 2004
Delta, 3 percussion, 2004
Ton sur ton, violin, 2004
Miles Away, trumpet, piano, 2004
Entre deux nº 2, guitar, violin, 2004
Lhassa dans le lointain, contrabass clarinet, cello, 2004
Croisées, flute, clarinet, theorbo, violin, viola, 2004
De l'un à l'autre, 2 percussion, 2005
Trompette puissance quatre, 4 trumpets, 2005
En trio, flute (+ bass flute), alto saxophone, piano, 2005
En transparence, violin, cello, Cristal Baschet (glass instrument with oscillating cylinders), 2005–06
Azuma, 13-string koto (zither from Japan) (+ voice), 2006
Quatuor à cordes (Seconde géographie intérieure), string quartet, 2006
Viola d'amore, viola d'amore, 2006–07
Clavier puissance quatre, piano, organ, harpsichord, celesta, 2007
Preuves par neuf, 9 players, 2008
D'Un commun accord, violin, cello, piano, 2009
Dans l'attente..., violin, live electronics, 2009
Tour et contour, guitar, 2009
Traverses II, 4 flutes, 2009
Signes-paysages et coulée de Loire, piano, string quartet, 2010
CHORAL:
Anna Livia's Awake (text by James Joyce), mixed chorus, 1975
Visages de Grenoble et du Dauphiné, mixed choruses, variable ensembles, 1977–78
Madrigal, 4 female voices, 1987
Marna (text by Yvon Le Men), speaker, mixed chorus, ensemble, 1987
Trans-Europe, mixed choruses, variable ensembles, fixed media, 1987–88
Photophonies d'Ardèche (la plume), mixed choruses, variable ensembles, 1989–90
Messe, countertenor, tenor, baritone, 2 bass-baritones, mixed chorus, flute, clarinet, viola, viola da gamba, double bass, organ, 1994–95
Sens obliques, 8 mixed voices, 1995
Jumelages, mixed choruses, variable ensemble, 1995
Chants du Labyrinthe (text by Michel Butor), 6 mixed voices, trombone, organ, 1999
Paroles de labyrinthes, 6 mixed voices, 2000
Les 33 baignoires, Les Larmes fertiles, voice, speaker, any number of children's choruses, any number of choruses, 2001
Périples, 2 sopranos, 2 mezzo-sopranos, 2002
Cassida (text by Paul Louis Rossi), mixed chorus, 2007
VOCAL:
Alleanze, soprano, tenor, baritone, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, 3 violas, cello, double bass, 1972
Four Imaginary King's Musicians, soprano, countertenor, cello, harpsichord, 1973
Quelques pages du 'Livre des Questions' (text by Edmond Jabès), soprano, flute, clarinet, French horn, trumpet, trombone, violin, viola, cello, piano, 1979
Satie's Dream (text by Kenneth White), soprano, clarinet, trombone, cello, piano, accordion, 1980–81
Portrait d'Albert Ayme (text by Michel Butor), soprano, clarinet, trombone, viola, piano, accordion, 1980–81
I Jovannali (text by Henry Mary), voice, ensemble, 1980–81
Bing (text by Samuel Beckett), mezzo-soprano, speaker, bass flute, bass clarinet, cello, 1980–81, revised 2000
The Sun-Moon Sequence (text by Kenneth White), soprano, clarinet, trombone, piano, accordion, 1982
Les Tarots-musiciens (text by Michel Butor), soprano, male speaker, flute, clarinet, viola, cello, accordion, 1983
Allégories (text by Claude Melin), soprano, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano, 1983
L'Orage, un souffle (text by Bernard Vargaftig), soprano, clarinet, piano, 1984
Cheminements au ras du sol (text by Michel Butor), soprano, piano, 1984
Marzhin, soprano, any 2 traditional instruments from Brittany, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, accordion, 1984
Geste en vocalise (text by Claude Melin), soprano, clarinet, viola, cello, piano, 1985
Trois Sonnets de Louise Labé, alto, guitar, 1987
Pour Rimbaud (text by Bernard Vargaftig), speaker, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, French horn, harp, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, 1990
Faïences (text by Paul Louis Rossi), soprano, mezzo-soprano, 3 clarinets, 1990–91
Im Irrturm (text by Jean-Christophe Bailly), mezzo-soprano, piano, 1991
Aubade, mezzo-soprano, 1 or more flutes, 1 or more clarinets, piano, 1993–94
Teneur (text by Ludovic Janvier), soprano, clarinet (+ bass clarinet), cello, 2 pianos, 1994
Memorandum I, 1 or more voices, 1996
Memorandum II, mezzo-soprano, bass clarinet, cello, piano, 1998
Ivresse en Luberon, speaker, clarinet, cello, accordion, 1999
Une Mélusine (text by Béatrice Jullien), speaker, piano, fixed media, 1999
Abangan, pesindhèn (female voice from Indonesia), gamelan, 2001–02
Soldanelles (text by Paul Louis Rossi), mezzo-soprano, ensemble, 2004–05
Saisons de terre (text by Hélène Dorion), mezzo-soprano, clarinet (+ bass clarinet), violin, cello, piano, 2006
Le Miroir de Fériel, voice, oud (lute from the Middle East), 2007
La Pierre du jardin (text by Émilienne Kerhoas), soprano, alto saxophone, cello, piano, 2007
Lumière des larmes (text by Gilles Baudry), mezzo-soprano, recorder, cello, organ, 2008 (also version for mezzo-soprano, organ, 2008)
La Descente sur Landévennec par Gorre-ker (text by Paol Keineg), mezzo-soprano, double bass, piano, 2009
PIANO:
Lire Schubert, 1972
Seul, 1981
Empreintes nocturnes, 1981
Sous le signe de Jérémie, 1982
Portrait de Jiří Kolář, 1980–83
Lyfia, 2 pianos, 1986
Philatélie I, 1992
L'Autographe, 1996
SK 1782, 2000–01
De proche en proche (Portrait de Jacques Pourcher), piano (tuned to sixths of tones), 2002
24 Haï-kus, 2009
ORGAN:
Tiento de falsa, 1987
Colonnes, 1987
Memel (Philatélie V), 2003
HARPSICHORD:
En parallèle, 1998
Toccata d'après Mayone, 2010
CLAVICHORD:
Pour Jean-Louis Espilit, 2009–10
MULTIMEDIA/PERFORMANCE:
Last Notes from Endenich, piano, any ensemble, 1977, revised 1979 (collaboration with Tom Phillips)
La Grande journée (text by Jean-Pierre Faye, choreography by Jean Pomarès), voice, 2 speakers, 5 dancers, ensemble, fixed media, plastic environment (by Constantin Xenakis), 1981–82
Vent d'ouest (text by Kenneth White), mixed choruses, variable ensembles, plastic environment (by Tom Phillips), 1982–83
Mambu, ensemble (bamboo instruments by Robert Hébrard), plastic (by Jan Voss), 1989
Au Fur et à mesure, any ensemble, 1994 (collaboration with Pierre Alechinsky)
FILM SCORES (DIRECTOR):
Viva la muerte, 1971 (Fernando Arrabal)
Seize et une variations, 1980 (Pierrette Ayme)
Espace et matière, 1984 (William Mimouni)
Scénographie d'un paysage, 1984 (Dominique Belloir)
Portraits d'artistes, 1985 (Dominique Belloir)
La Pharaonne, 1986 (Philippe Castellin)
Les Figures sans oreilles, 1987 (Victor Jobsa)
Jean-Pierre Pincemin, un peintre au bout de la ville, 1992 (William Mimouni)
Zakouma, 1994 (Marie-Hélène Baconnet)
Geneviève Asse, 1995 (Pascal Bony)
Le Banc d'Arguin, 1995 (Marie-Hélène Baconnet)
Gamba, 1996 (Marie-Hélène Baconnet)
Rangiroa, 1997 (Marie-Hélène Baconnet)
Dzanga-Sangha, 1997 (Marie-Hélène Baconnet)
Gounda, rivière des lions, 1998 (Marie-Hélène Baconnet)
Tifoune la fouine, 2000 (Marie-Hélène Baconnet)
Les Aventures de Reynard le renard, 2001 (Marie-Hélène Baconnet)
TV PRODUCTIONS (DIRECTOR):
Proust et les sens, 1972 (Michel Favart)
Pierre et Jean, 1973 (Michel Favart)
Cléopâtre captive, 1974 (Henri Ronse)
La Grande peur, 1976 (Michel Favart)
Picabia et ses héritiers, 1977 (François Ribadeau-Dumas)
Aurélien, 1978 (Michel Favart)
La Peau de chagrin, 1980 (Michel Favart)
Écholalie, 1980 (Thierry Kuntzel)
La Peinture cubiste, 1981 (Thierry Kuntzel, Philippe Grandrieux)
L'Hôpital de Leningrad, 1983 (Sarah Maldoror)
Le Musée d'Orsay, 1989 (Robert Bober)
Le Voyage du lynx, 1992 (Marie-Hélène Baconnet)
Les Demoiselles de verre, 1997 (Patrice Forget, Jean-Claude Perron)
RADIO PRODUCTIONS:
Le Pèse-nerfs (Antonin Artaud), 1973
Le Temps de le prendre à la source, 1973
Le Prophète voilé (Abdelkebir Khatibi), 1974
À Portée de texte, 1976
Quelques hommages à la voix de ma mère (Mathieu Bénézet), 1976
Le Temps du Change, 1977
Accusés de réception, 1977
Sound in my life, 1978 (collaboration with Tom Phillips)
Ici...Monteverdi (Maurice Roche), 1978
L'Autre et moi (Marie-Dominique Arrighi), 1978
Altachie lente à la mine d'or (Jean-Clarence Lambert), 1979
L'Histoire des yeux (Jean-Luc Parant), 1980
Vol 540, 1983 (collaboration with Christian Rosset)
Roll over the games, 1984 (collaboration with Christian Rosset)
Radiographie de l'homme noir (Pierre Bodin), 1984
L'Arc de Philoctète (Oscar Mandel), 1985
Laissez-moi mourir (Didier Pemerle), 1985 (collaboration with Christian Rosset)
La Nouvelle France (Jean-Loup Philippe, Serge Martina), 1986
Le Loup dans l'île (Didier Pemerle), 1987 (collaboration with Christian Rosset)
The Garden of Time (J. G. Ballard), 1987 (collaboration with Christian Rosset)
Psyche (Christine Bernard-Sugy), 1988
Isabel d'Égypte (after Bettina von Arnim), 1988
L'Autre, 1988 (collaboration with Vassilis Alexakis)
Trans-Europe, 1988
Rahab (Claude-Henri Rocquet), 1989
Metro voce, 1989
Chronique du déluge (Claude-Henri Rocquet), 1989
Roll again over the games, 1989 (collaboration with Christian Rosset)
Shoot, 1990 (collaboration with Christian Rosset)
Travelling, 1991 (collaboration with Christian Rosset)
Triptyques, 1992 (collaboration with Christian Rosset)
Mémoires d'oubli (Bernard Noël), female voice, flute, clarinet, cello, piano, orchestra, 1992
Quel rythme nous tient, 2002 (collaboration with Michel Deguy; electroacoustic music by Dominique Lambert)
DIDACTIC MUSIC:
Les Elfes (text by Ludwig Tieck), children's chorus, 1975–76
L'Accent et l'écart, 1–4 flutes, 1982
Donne, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, accordion, 1983–84
Ça de mémoire, 1 or more guitars, 1984
Géométrie d'oiseaux dans l'espace (text by Jean Borreil), soprano, 16 guitars, 1986
Trois Personnages, 3 guitars, 1987–88
Vingt fois..., clàrsach (harp from the UK), 1988
Quarante quatre, harp, 1988
D'Une rive l'autre, guitar, 1989
En quatre actes, trombone, piano, 1989
Quatre Guitares (réunion), 4 guitars, 1993
Jeux de quatre, 4 oboes, 1994
Feuilles détachées, string orchestra, 2003–04
BOOK–SCORES:
Portrait de Picasso, 1975
Matériel pour un Don Juan, 1977 (collaboration with Pierre Alechinsky, Michel Butor)
Institut de la Madeleine, 1978 (collaboration with Gaston Planet)
Branles des demoiselles d'Avignon, 1978 (collaboration with Aldo Mondino)
Kantatre, 1979 (collaboration with Aldo Mondino, Giovanni Joppolo)
Le Noir de l'azur (text by Jean-Clarence Lambert, illustrations by Karel Appel), 1980
Alliages de cordes, 1983 (collaboration with Claude Melin)
Portrait d'Albert Ayme, 1983 (collaboration with Albert Ayme, Michel Butor, Dominique Bosseur)
Allégories, 1983 (collaboration with Claude Melin)
Questions, 1984 (collaboration with Félix Rozen)
Geste en vocalise, 1986 (collaboration with Claude Melin)
Im Irrturm, 1991 (collaboration with Jean-Christophe Bailly)
Ce fragment de souffle, 1993 (collaboration with Louis-René Berge, Bernard Vargaftig)
Cribles et Stratégies, 1993
Concert, 1995 (collaboration with Roger Druet, Michel Butor)
Boucles et Miniatures, 1995
La Plume, 1995 (collaboration with Pierre Alechinsky)
Vox clamantis in deserto, 1998 (collaboration with Wanda Mihuleac, Marie-José Mondzain)
Opéra Cannibale, 2001 (collaboration with Laurence Imbert, Jean-Loup Philippe)
DISCOGRAPHY
Vent d'ouest. (Arion: ARN 34776) (LP)
Musiques vertes from Le Temps de le prendre. (Atelier: 82) (LP)
Un Arraché de partout. Diego Masson/Ensemble Musique Vivante (Gravure Universelle: FR 34-001) (LP)
Last Notes from Endenich. (Groupe Intervalles: INT 110) (LP)
Mémoires d'oubli; Stream; Portrait de Geneviève Asse; Empreintes nocturnes; Satie's Dream. Helen Merrill, voice; Bernard Wistraete, flute; Antony Marchutz, clarinet; Véronique Ghesquière, harp; Dominique Mougin, Macha Yanuchewskaïa, cellos; Jean-Pierre Armengaud, Patrick Dechorgnat, pianos; Andrea Cohen, harpsichord; Ángel Luis Castaño, accordion; Groupe Intervalles; François-Xavier Bilger/Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France (Mandala: MAN 4803, 1993)
Photophonies d'Ardèche (la plume). Leonardo Gasparini/students from Noisiel (Mandala: MAN 4835, c. 1994)
Concert. Quatuor Cavalieri (Saphir: LVC 001004, 1995)
Géométrie d'oiseaux dans l'espace; Ballades; Ça de mémoire; Quatre Guitares (réunion); Trois Personnages; Trois Sonnets de Louise Labé. (Mandala: MAN 4859, c. 1995)
Hong-Kong Variations. (Agon/Pierre Vérany: PV 720003, 1996)
Messe. Dominique Visse, countertenor; Bruno Boterf, tenor; Vincent Bouchot, baritone; Marc Busnel, François Fauché, bass-baritones; Daniel Pagliardini/Chœur Universitaire de Valence, ensemble (Mandala: MAN 4921, 1997)
Code (various works with texts by Jean-Clarence Lambert). (Son@rt: 027, 2002)
Ballades (excerpt). (Éditions Transatlantiques: TRGC 1953N)