Samuel Favre

Born in 1979 in Lyon, Samuel Favre began percussion studying with Alain Londeix at the Conservatoire national de région de Lyon, where he won a gold medal in 1996. The same year, he entered the classes of Georges Van Gucht and Jean Geoffroy at the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique de Lyon where he received his diploma in 2000. In parallel to these studies, Samuel Favre studied at the Academy of the Aix-en-Provence Festival and at the Centre Acanthes.

Samuel FavreSamuel Favre © Jean Radel

He also began a collaboration with Camille Rocailleux, composer and percussionist, who invited him to join the company ARCOSM in 2000 to perform Echoa, a performance that brings together music and dance. ARCOSM has been performed nearly 400 times in France and abroad.

Since 2001, Samuel Favre has been a member of the Ensemble intercontemporain with whom he has recorded Le Marteau sans maître by Pierre Boulez and the Double Concerto for piano and percussion by Unsuk Chin.