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Patrick Mayran was born in 1951 in the Republic of Côte d'ivoire and received his education in Paris and Crans-Montana, Switzerland. His broad musical education included, among others, being taken in as a private student of Prof. Jean Rivier at the Conservatoire de Paris. After completing his education he relocated to Germany and has since performed throughout Europe and the USA.

The music of the internationally recognised composer and interpreter, Patrick Mayran spans a variety of styles and perspectives in contemporary composition. While Mayran´s music is clearly influenced by traditions drawing on French Impressionism and the New Music, the composer has evolved his own unique expressive form and style which is, in part, supported by computer technology.

Depending on the performance space, Mayran´s compositions oscillate between Avant-garde and New Jazz, between Serial music and the creation of meditative tones. Mayran´s music has both a philosophical and spiritual character and these sources of inspiration are reflected in numerous church concerts, music festivals and vernissages, as well as film and radio recordings.

Mayran’s work with renowned artists, such as the American composer Anthony Braxton, the trumpet-player Don Cherry and the solo-dancer Mark McClain has achieved high acclaim. In the style of French Impressionism, Mayran relies on an intensive use of tonal techniques reminiscent of images approximating those effects observed in painting, thus inducing within his audience impressions of the real and of the visionary.

As a whole, Mayran´s sound possesses what may be fittingly described as both a reserved percussive character coupled with a clarity and precision always shot-through with an iridescent play of colour. While tonal surfaces emerge through transparent sounds and parallel chords, the melody documents a clear thematic line contrasted by unique, whole tones and modulations combining to produce fully unexpected movements.