Frederic Bousquet, sound explorer

An explorer of the world of sound, Frédéric Bousquet (1974) has a triple training in music (Toulouse Conservatoire prize in percussion), science (Doctorate in Aesthetics, Science and Technology of the Arts, University of Paris 8 - Master's degree in Mechanical Design, Aeronautical Techniques, University of Bordeaux 1) and technology (sound sculpture, François and Bernard Baschet). Inventor (Soundwall®, Ludophones®), acoustic synthesist, designer (Cristal Baschet & Titanium Euphone), master craftsman, musicologist and author.

As a child with hyperacusis, Frédéric Bousquet discovered the world of sound by creating sound toys with his grandfathers. At the age of 7, he built his first guitar under his father's tutelage. In 2006, he created a sensation when he was invited to perform at the Forbidden City Festival in Beijing. He is regarded as the world's leading specialist in the Euphone, rediscovering its original repertoire and extending it to include a wealth of contemporary music. A pioneer of digital mixed music and oriented towards SpaceArt, Frédéric Bousquet is artist-in-residence at the Fondation Laborie in Limousin (2009 to 2013), associate artist at the Théâtre de la Genette Verte (2018 to 2021), and has been a guest on the biggest national and international stages on all five continents since 1992. He was awarded a Diamond Prize by the World Famous Musicians for his 30-year career. Regularly invited by international foundations, institutes and universities, Frédéric Bousquet is helping to extend the field of sound ecology research to that of sound environment education, to which he dedicated the book ‘SUPERSONIC Principes introductifs à la pédagogie sonore’ in 2020.

Successively a member of the Structures sonores Baschet ensemble, then the Hope ensemble, the Mixed'Arts collective and the Troubadour Art Ensemble, in 2018 he founded ‘INVENTŎR Nouvelles lutheries’, an international ensemble of musical instrument inventors. It is made up of virtuosos of rare instruments and new lutheries. Supported by a club of excellent heritage companies, INVENTŎR is an ambassador for innovation in contemporary instrument making. In 2024, he founded the WORLD EUPHONE CONSORT, an international ensemble of euphone players.