Chorus Digitalis

Chorus Digitalis is the first choir in the world composed of synthetic voices controlled in real time by graphic tablet. The synthetic voice instrument is called Cantor Digitalis. Resulting from research on the gestural control of voice synthesis initiated in 2005 by Christophe d'Alessandro, Chorus Digitalis has performed for the first time in March 2011 in Vancouver with its designers, Sylvain Le Beux, Boris Doval, Lionel Feugère and Christophe d'Alessandro. The current project is led by Lionel Feugère and Olivier Perrotin, as part of their doctoral thesis.

Virtual voice lends itself to all kinds of music games, written or improvised, from the accompanying chorus to complex polyphony, through the solo voice singing in the style of North India, baroque Opera or contemporary music.

The ensemble was started with the European project (FEDER) OrJo and currently funded by ChaNTeR. It is part of the research of the Analyse & Synthèse Audio sub-team and VIDA transversal research axis of LIMSI, CNRS.


Videos

Performance excerpts





Raga Miyan Ki Malhar, Ektal

20th of February 2015, Margaret Guthman Competition



The Lion Sleeps Tonight

20th of February 2015, Margaret Guthman Competition



Improvisation

7th of October 2013, CuriositAS festival



Cantate 2.0

20th of February 2015, Margaret Guthman Competition



A North Indian Raga

7th of October 2013, CuriositAS festival



Cantate 2.0

5th of September 2013, JDEV2013



Valse

25th of May 2012, Printemps de la culture



Concerts

  1. 7th of July 2016, JEP-TALN-RECITAL Conference
    • Venue: Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
    • Program:
      • Circlesong 6 (Bobby McFerrin) - Calliphony Solo, 4 Cantors Digitalis
      • Improvisation with extreme voices - 4 Cantors Digitalis and 1 Calliphony
      • Si tu savais ma mère (Bulgarian) - 3 Cantors Digitalis, Guitare, Percussion
      • The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Solomon Linda) - 1 Calliphony, 3 Cantors Digitalis, Percussion

  2. 25th of September 2015, CuriositAS Festival
    • Venue: Salle de la Terrasse, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
    • Program:
      • Circlesong 6 (Bobby McFerrin) - Calliphony Solo, 6 Cantors Digitalis
      • Improvisation with extreme voices - 7 Cantors Digitalis
      • The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Solomon Linda) - 3 Calliphony, 3 Cantors Digitalis, Percussion
      • Vent frais, vent du matin - 4 Calliphony, 2 Cantors Digitalis
      • Si tu savais ma mère (Bulgarian) - 4 Cantors Digitalis, Guitare, Percussion

  3. 12th of July 2015, Symposium "Le Renouveau de l'instrument"
    • Venue: La Beaudelie - Voutezac, France
    • Program:
      • Improvisation - 2 Cantors Digitalis

  4. 12th of May 2015, Music Tech Metz Festival: Concert Surchauffe - first part
    • Venue: L'Arsenal, Metz, France
    • Program:
      • Raga Myan Ki Mahlar - Cantor Digitalis Solo, Tablas, 3 Cantors Digitalis-tampura
      • Cold Genius song (Purcell) - Cantor Digitalis Solo, 4 Cantors Digitalis choeurs.
      • Improvisation with extreme voices - 5 Cantors Digitalis
      • Si tu savais ma mère (Bulgarian) - 3 Cantors Digitalis, Guitare, Percussion

  5. 20th of February 2015, Guthman Instrument Competition
    • Venue: Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA, USA
    • Program:
      • Raga Myan Ki Mahlar - Cantor Digitalis Solo, Tablas, 2 Cantors Digitalis-tampura
      • Improvisation with extreme voices - 4 Cantors Digitalis
      • The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Solomon Linda) - 4 Cantors Digitalis

  6. 19th of June 2014, Futur en Seine
    • Venue: PROTO 204, 200 rue André Ampère, Bures-sur-Yvette (91), France
    • Program: (.pdf)
      • North Star (Philip Glass) - 6 Cantors Digitalis, Clavichord
      • Raga Yaman - Alaap / Bandish en Teental / Sitarkhani - Cantor Digitalis Solo, Tablas, 3 Cantors Digitalis-tampura, Clavichord
      • Cantate 3.0 (Bach, Purcell, Chorus Digitalis) - Guest singer, 7 Cantors Digitalis
      • Valse (Bruno Lecossois) - 7 Cantors Digitalis
      • Si tu savais ma mère (Bulgarian) - 4 Cantors Digitalis, Violin, Guitare, Percussions
      • Circlesong 6 (Bobby McFerrin) - Guest singer, 7 Cantors Digitalis
      • The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Solomon Linda) - Guest singer, 7 Cantors Digitalis
    • Guest singer: Bolivier

  7. 13th of October 2013, Fête de la Science Rhône-Alpes
    • Venue: Village des Sciences, Privas (07), France
    • Program: Raga Yaman / Teental - Cantor Digitalis Solo, Tablas

  8. 7th october 2013, CuriositAS festival
    • Venue: Campus Paris-Saclay, Orsay, France
    • Program: (.pdf)
      • Raga Yaman / Teental - Cantor Digitalis Solo, Tablas, 3 Cantors Digitalis-tampura, Clavichord - (Video here)
      • Lil Darlin' (Neil Hefti) - 6 Cantors Digitalis, Snare drum
      • Les Profondeurs (Boris Doval) - 6 Cantors Digitalis
      • Cantate 3.0 (Bach, Purcell, Chorus Digitalis), 4 Cantors Digitalis - (Video here)
      • Valse (Bruno Lecossois), 6 Cantors Digitalis

  9. 5th of September 2013, JDEV 2013
    • Venue: Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau (91), France
    • Program:
      • Raga Yaman / Teental - Cantor Digitalis Solo, Tablas, 2 Cantors Digitalis-tampura
      • Cantate 2.0 (Bach, Purcell, Chorus Digitalis) - 4 Cantors Digitalis - (Video here)

  10. 29th of May 2013, NIME Conference
    • Venue: NIME'13, KAIST Auditorium, Daejeon, Korea Republic
    • Program:
      • Cantate 1.0 (Bach, Purcell, Chorus Digitalis and Vox Tactum) - 3 Cantors Digitalis, 1 Handsketch

  11. 13th of October 2012, Journées Science & Musique
    • Venue: Journées Science & Musique, Diapason, Campus Universitaire de Beaulieu, Rennes
    • Program:
      • Raga Miyan Ki Malhar (North Indian classical music) - Cantor Digitalis Solo, Tablas - (Sound here)

  12. 22nd of June 2012, Music day festival
    • Venue: Equipe Lutherie Acoustique Musique (LAM), Institut Jean Le Rond d'Alembert, Paris
    • Program:
      • Raga Miyan Ki Malhar (North Indian classical music) - Cantor Digitalis Solo, Tablas

  13. 25th of May 2012, Printemps de la culture
    • Venue: Journées Arts Sciences, Printemps de la culture, Université Paris Sud, Orsay
    • Program:
      • North Star (Philip Glass) - 6 Cantors Digitalis, Clavichord
      • Alta Trinita Beata (Anonymous) - 4 Cantors Digitalis, Clavichord
      • Sarabande de la suite en ré mineur, et Air "Lascia ch’io pianga", extrait de « Rinaldo » (G.F. Haendel) - Cantor Digitalis Solo, Clavichord
      • Raga Miyan Ki Malhar (North Indian classical music) - Cantor Digitalis Solo, Tablas, Cantors Digitalis-tampura - (Video here)
      • Valse (Bruno Lecossois) - 5 Cantors Digitalis - (Video here)
      • Ocean (Bjork & Dirty Projector) - 4 Cantors Digitalis
      • Choral Wie Schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (J.S. Bach) - 4 Cantors Digitalis
      • Canticum novum (Chorus Digitalis) - Cantor Digitalis Solo, 4 Cantors Digitalis, Tablas, Guitare, Bass

  14. 14th of March 2011, International Workshop on Performative Speech and Singing Synthesis

Members

Current members (alphabetic order)

  • Annelies Braffort: Cantor Digitalis, Percussions (2013-)
  • Christophe d’Alessandro Research, Cantor Digitalis, Clavichord (2010-)
  • Samuel Delalez: Cantor Digitalis, Guitare (2014-)
  • Boris Doval: Research, Cantor Digitalis, Clavichord (2010-)
  • Lionel Feugère: Research, Cantor Digitalis, Tablas, Chorus Digitalis co-coordinator (2010-)
  • Hélène Maynard: Cantor Digitalis, Clavichord (2012-)
  • Olivier Perrotin: Research, Cantor Digitalis, Violin, Chorus Digitalis co-coordinator (2012-)

Former members (chronological order)

  • Simon Jacquin: Cantor Digitalis (2014)
  • Maxime Delorme: Cantor Digitalis, Electric guitare (2012)
  • Marc Evrard: Cantor Digitalis, Bass (2012)
  • Emmanuelle Frenoux: Cantor Digitalis (2012)
  • Sylvain Le Beux: Research, Cantor Digitalis (2010-2011)