Mathilde Monfreux - Wojtek Bajda - Vincent Laju. Photo ©George Greenlee
Vincent Laju
French musician and composer based in Berlin.
In a wide range of contemporary music and with a particular focus on improvisation he collaborates with artists from a variety of disciplines, such as Berlin Improvisers Orchestra, ensemble Grand8 (Marseille), duo with the Poet Mathias Traxler, with the Painter Yurika Saito, and with the violinist and composer Elo Masing, or solo cello.
He recently performed at EMAF festival Osnabrück with Sophie Watzlawick, at Lacking Sound Festival at C.LAB in Taipei in Taiwan tour, at Festival PROPAGATIONS in Marseille with ensemble Grand8, for Monat der zeitgenössischen Musik in Berlin with Elo Masing, at Festival Constellations in Paris with Grand8 and LFDS, and for the Topographies Festival 2024 presented by the Contemporary Music Centre Ireland, playing compositions by Francis Heery. The musics he composed for the videos of artist Nathalie Rey was broadcast at the Perform Istanbul 2024 festival, as well as at the Andorra Biennial 2025.
Inspired by the work of Pierre Schaeffer, he directs his graphic research on the morphological characteristics of sounds.
He performs and exhibits his graphic scores with the violinist and composer Elo Masing forming the duo Zeilen, as well as with guests such as Megan Jowett or Simon Rose. Zeilen has performed in France and Germany.
He extends the field of his practices to the Shakuhachi and to Poetry. He recently played a solo Cello and Poetry at the Series "Das Ende" in Berlin.
he is constantly developing his research into sound, whether through electronic devices or organic materials (wood, bamboo, horsehair, objects)
Education
A self-taught cellist, he studied jazz and classical double bass, as well as composition at the conservatories of Aix/Marseille.
Award
First Prize from the Conservatoire in Jazz, awarded unanimously by the jury, with honours.
Degrees
Diploma in music education.
FNEJMA diploma (National Federation of Jazz and Contemporary Music Schools)
Certificate of "Peintre en Lettres"
Landscaping qualification