« Here I am alone with silence. I have discovered that it is enough when a single note is beautifully played. This one note, or a silent beat, or a moment of silence, comforts me. » Arvo Part
Guillaume (born 1973 in Paris) is an French composer. He grew up in Paris and lives in New York City
Guillaume’s work has received broad critical acclaim and is particularly noted for its seamless blend of melancholia and high sensibility.
Guillaume’s music draws a wide array of influences including classical composers such as:
Arvo Part, John Tavener, Olafur Arnalds , Henryk Gorecki, Alfred Schnittke, Paul Hindemith, Gyorgy Kurtag, Hans Otte, John Luther Adams, Peteris Vasks , Gavin Bryars, Toru Takemitsu, Ryuichi Sakamoto and Romantics : Franz Schubert, Frederic Chopin, Edward Elgar, Max Bruch, Gustav Malher, Richard Wagner, Serguei Rachmaninoff , Ralph Vaughan Williams, Dvorak and the French post modern : Ravel, Faure, Debussy, Satie, Ropartz, Schmitt.
and Film composers such as Horward Shore, Alberto Iglesias , Max Richter, Johann Johannsson, Abel Korzeniowski, Ennio Morricone, Shigeru Umebayashi, Patrick Doyle, Alexandre Desplat, Philip Glass , Michael Nyman, Hans Zimmer, Nino Rota, Bernard Herrmann, Osvaldo Golijov, Hildur Guðnadóttir, Zbigniew Preisner, Hauschka, Peter Gregson, Dustin O’halloran, Joep Beving, Gabriel Olafs, Federico Albanese, Felix Rosch, Dario Marianelli…
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Biography in detail :
At 10, he studied classical piano and then follow the Yamaha School of Paris and during the high school years, Music theory & MAO.
At 18, he studied jazz piano with M. Redon, then he studied Mathematics and Musicology at the University of Lille.
Back in Paris, he took over the Jazz Piano studies with B. Leflanchec (former Berklee Music School) and jazz harmony at ARPEJ school Paris with P. Baudouin.
After studying Sound Engineering (degree with honors) and working for Cinema and TV, at 25, he founded ProMac (Audio Consulting company) and gets 3 certifications : Apple Consultant Expert and AVID Field Service Engineer (Install & Fix the D-Control & Venue Console / ProTools)
He continued his musical passion by creating minimal techno tracks under the pseudo Will Ges or [GSK].
At 36, he co-founded with V. Strigari, AWDIO SA, the 1st platform for Live music streaming. As Director of R&D, he invented the AWDIOBOX, the 1st professional streaming device, installed in over 100 rooms worldwide.
At 39, he decided to return to his 1st passion: He has been studying for 5 years: Classical Composition, Advanced Orchestration, Conducting, Music Theory & Analysis, Harmony, Ear Training, Sight Reading and Scoring to Picture at The Juilliard School in NYC with S. Zyman, M. Shapiro, R. Lustig, M. Ippolito, Dr Knowles, Kendall Briggs, J. Dawe, C. Cummings, J. Vaclavik, E. Fein, Liza Stepanova.
In conjunction with his studies, at 40, he founded ProMac Audio for Music Production & Sound Design. He creates original music for artistic movie, TV & commercial films and “Behind the scenes” for NYC Ballet, Dior, Chanel, Gucci, Estee Lauder, Nowness, Vogue, Vogue China, WMag, Grazia, H & M, Amazon Fashion, Cover Girl Empire, Franco Sarto, 23ku, Brahmin, Coach, Kohl, Article22, Pandora, Lord and Taylor, Kohl, Intel, Samsung, Ford Mustang, Cadillac, Cointreau,and agencies : PictureFarm, Triptent, Quad prod, Suffragettes …
He had the honor to work with the following directors: Peter Lindbergh, Stepphen Kidd, Ellen von Unwerth, Torkil Gudnason, J-P. Tran, Tetsu Kubota, Nagi Sakai, Chris Bren, Todd Stewart, Chris Craymer, Tom Munro, Martyn Thompson, Phil Pinto, Christopher Anderson, Gregory Harris, Nicholas Moore, Marilou Daubé, Joanna Wrzaszczyk…
Guillaume Gesquiere
Miami FL USA
email:guillaume@gesquiere.com
skype: gskmac