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Former student of Guy Maneveau and Marie-Françoise Lacaze at the Pau University (South of France) (1974–1975), of Pierre Schaeffer and Guy Reibel at the Paris Conservatory (1976–1977).
In 1977 he joined the Groupe de Recherches Musicales (GRM). There, he learnt and practised all the technical skills linked to sound, thanks to a wide range of experiences, productions and encounters.
He has initiated many projects in the field of radio, publications and musical events including: the Electromania radio show on France Musique, the festival Présences électronique and the CD box sets « Archives GRM », « Bernard Parmegiani, l’œuvre musicale », « Luc Ferrari, l’œuvre électronique ».
He currently is the artistic director of the Ina GRM.
Since the '90s Christian Zanési has been composing from his home studio and drawing his inspiration from the poetic encounter with remarkable sounds.
In 2011, Christian Zanési takes part in Jérémie Carboni's Musique(s) électronique(s) documentary on Electronic music.
video created with vokoscreen and Sonic Visualizer on a Kubuntu 14.04 LTS Linux System.
Former student of Guy Maneveau and Marie-Françoise Lacaze at the Pau University (South of France) (1974–1975), of Pierre Schaeffer and Guy Reibel at the Paris Conservatory (1976–1977).
In 1977 he joined the Groupe de Recherches Musicales (GRM). There, he learnt and practised all the technical skills linked to sound, thanks to a wide range of experiences, productions and encounters.
He has initiated many projects in the field of radio, publications and musical events including: the Electromania radio show on France Musique, the festival Présences électronique and the CD box sets « Archives GRM », « Bernard Parmegiani, l’œuvre musicale », « Luc Ferrari, l’œuvre électronique ».
He currently is the artistic director of the Ina GRM.
Since the '90s Christian Zanési has been composing from his home studio and drawing his inspiration from the poetic encounter with remarkable sounds.
In 2011, Christian Zanési takes part in Jérémie Carboni's Musique(s) électronique(s) documentary on Electronic music.
video created with vokoscreen and Sonic Visualizer on a Kubuntu 14.04 LTS Linux System.




![Jean-Claude Eloy – Butsumyôe (1989) [excerpt]
Jean-Claude Eloy – Butsumyôe (1989) [excerpt]
Chants pour lautre moitié du ciel / Songs for the Other Half of the Sky.
Butsumyôe (La Cérémonie Du Repentir / The Ceremony Of Repentance)
…Au Temps Où JÉtais Nonne Chanteuse…
…A Contempler DUn Coeur Paisible…
…CEst La Tombée Du Jour…
For two female vocalists, using extended vocal technics, percussion instruments.
Texts from Hihara Saïkaku (in ancient Japanese).
First Voice, Percussion – Yumi NaraVoice
Second Voice, Percussion – Fatima Miranda
Warsaw Autumn Festival 1994
Recorded during a public concert, Polish Radio, Warsaw, September 17, 1994
video created with Audacity, Sonic Visualizer, vokoscreen and OpenShot on an openSUSE 13.2 Linux System. Jean-Claude Eloy – Butsumyôe (1989) [excerpt]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Kx-5QHKzGIs/mqdefault.jpg)





