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A scientific and musical talk with Jérôme Sueur, an ecoacoustician, and Sébastien Gaxie, a composer and musician.
Birdsong, rustling leaves, buzzing insects, amphibian calls, or the murmur of waterways… How can we listen to nature? What can its soundscapes teach us about ecosystems and how they are changing? How can music harness these sounds to create new forms of expression? At the intersection of bioacoustics, ecoacoustics, and musical composition, this talk explores the connections between science, nature, listening, and creativity. Through a discussion between Jérôme Sueur, an ecoacoustician, and Sébastien Gaxie, a composer and musician, the forest becomes both an object of study and a realm of invention. The talk includes listening sessions inspired by or drawn directly from tropical rainforest soundscapes. Moderated by Gautier Depambour, a researcher in the history of science and science moderator. In partnership with Sorbonne Université. About Sébastien Gaxie: Sébastien Gaxie is a composer, pianist, and writer. His body of work spans a vast range of expression, from opera to solo pieces. His music has been performed around the world and has earned him numerous awards, including the Prix Italia, the Prix Eugène Ionesco, and the Prix Swiss Life à 4 mains. During an artistic research residency in 2024–2025, he explored five years of recordings made in the tropical rainforest of Guyane française. Using AI-assisted sound analysis tools, he studies the biophony of this ecosystem to compose a dialogue between human music and the music of the living world. About Jérôme Sueur: Jérôme Sueur is a professor at the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle (MNHN). He leads biodiversity-monitoring projects based on the analysis of soundscapes, particularly forest soundscapes. His work, which connects animal behavior, ecology, and music, leads him to explore the sonic dimension of nature: its composition, evolution, and perception by living beings. He has been a contributor to La Terre au carré and Le temps d’un bivouac on France Inter and is the author of Le Son de la Terre (2022), Histoire naturelle du silence (2023), and Frontières vivantes (2026), published by Actes Sud.
Price: Registration opens Tuesday, August 25: 01 44 78 80 50
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