Louis Sclavis 'Shunkan' trio
Origin: France
Line-up
Louis Sclavis - clarinets / Bruno Ducret - cello / Samuel Ber - drums
Artists
About us
The clarinetist continues to surprise, amaze, and deeply move us, revealing time and again the unique, generous, and universal beauty of this music that he carries within him with such passion.
For this new trio formation, Louis Sclavis has teamed up with two exceptional young musicians: the remarkable cellist Bruno Ducret and the talented drummer Samuel Ber.
Together, they promise a musical encounter rich in emotion and creativity, combining their virtuosity and sensitivity to offer a captivating sound experience.
Samuel Ber (1995) is a French-Belgian drummer, composer, and improviser. With his projects Pentadox, Malaby/Dumoulin/Ber, the new quartet Stairs & Shells, and the interdisciplinary and entirely improvised performance Scaphandres Party, he seeks creative ways to access a state of collective flow where different realities, individual voices, and concepts can coexist.
Having arrived in Paris at the age of 21 to study at the CNSMDP, he quickly found himself propelled onto the international scene, collaborating with musicians such as Michael Attias, Benoît Delbecq (notably with the group KARTET), Marc Ducret, Michael Formanek, Louis Sclavis, Sarah Murcia, Mat Maneri, Stéphane Payen, Eve Risser, John Hébert, Magic Malik, Susanne Abbuelh, Matthieu Michel, Bo Van Der Werf, Lotte Anker, Lynn Cassiers, Guillaume Orti, Dave Douglas, Jonas Westergaard, Todd Neufeld, Samuel Blaser, Daniel Levin, Nelson Veras, Sylvaine Hélary, Antonin-Tri Hoang, Petter Eldh, Otis Sandsjö, Matt Mitchell, Elias Stemeseder, Evi Filippou, Felix Henkelhausen, Camila Nebbia, as well as in the Belgian ensembles Mâäk and MikMâäk.
A “virtuoso-poet of the drums” with a style that is “as mathematical as it is sensual,” curious about everything, he is one of the most remarkable musician-researchers of a young generation already connected to the entire international creative scene.
Like many musicians of his generation, Bruno Ducret is inspired by a multitude of different musical styles.
Raised in a family of musicians, he began playing music at the age of 6 and completed his studies in 2014 after attending the conservatories of Montreuil sous-bois, Nîmes, Montpellier, and the ATLA school in Paris.
Since then, he has played in a wide variety of groups, leading him to perform with Louis Sclavis, Elodie Pasquier, Juan Rozoff, Matthieu Metzger, Fred Gastard, Stephane Payen, Clément Janinet, Paul Jarret, Sarah Murcia, and, within his family, with D'de Kabal, Marc Ducret, Hélène Labarrière, Jacky Molard, and Dominique Pifarely.
Today, he is a cellist and guitarist in various groups such as Malboro Bled, Arche, L'Arbre Rouge, La Litanie des Cimes, ALE, and Les Cadences du Monde, but he also devotes himself to traditional music with Arcus, rock/noise with Adolf Hibou, Glitter Guano Gang, and Grand Grand Trio, metal with Prix Libre, and song with Connie & Blyde.
Finally, his desire to combine different languages has led him to become involved in various artistic forms. He has worked with Felix Josserand on poetry in Le Siège de Mossoul, with Laurent Poitrenau on theater in Marc Ducret and Sarah Lee Lefevre's show Morse, as well as in Davide Carnevali's show Variations sur le modèle de Kraeplin with Thomas Gonzales, Fréderic Fisbach, and Joffrey Carey, Les lettres non-écrites by David Geselson, as well as dance with the Christophe Haleb Company in Atlas/Fama, dancer Jofe D'Mahl from the Collectif de l'Éternuée, and the world of puppetry with the Les Anges au Plafond company.