Luc Ferrari

(Paris, 05-02-1929 – Arezzo, 22-08-2005)

Luc Ferrari was a great French composer who was known for his work with Edgar Varèse. Ferrari was schooled in a classical way, learning about compositions, music theory and musical analysis first. But after meeting Varèse he began to take a much bigger interest in recorded sounds. Via his website, producers can download sounds from his archive and use them in their own compositions and remixes. The following statement was taken from his site:

Proposal to composers:

To composers who wish to rework some of Luc Ferrari’s sound archives or to use them in their musical project, PRESQUE RIEN Association proposes to visit lucferrari.org and listen to the files that will be available to them.

These sound files were collected during a first digitized batch of Ferrari’s magnetic archives and will be downloadable on request from proposal@lucferrari.org.

Needless to say, the candidates will have to include in their program and copyright declaration the name of Luc Ferrari as well as the name of used sounds and their duration. The pieces thus produced and sent to the Association PRESQUE RIEN will be carefully listened to by a jury every two years. The selected composition will be endowed with a cash award and appear, obviously with the name of its composer and his internet link on the Luc Ferrari site.