Le Picard-Zephyr-M

Zéphyr by Guillame Le Picard is the latest piece from this up and coming percussionist and composer. His works have won mulitple awards including 1st Prize the 2009 PASIC Percussion Ensemble contest, 3rd Prize in the 2007 PASIC Composition Contest, and First prize in the FNAPEC contest in Paris.

"Zéphyr is a lovely piece with sweet tonal language and written with clear idiomatic considerations. Zephyr would be a fine companion piece on any recital."
-Michael Burritt
Professor of Percussion
Eastman School of Music

Medium
Solo 5-octave Marimba
4-mallet
Duration ca. 6:00

Guillaume Le Picard (b. 1986) studied percussion at the Conservatoire National de Région de Paris with Frédéric Macarez, where he unanimously received First Prize in Percussion in 2006, as well as the diploma "Département Supérieur Formation Orchestre" in 2009. He has performed in the groups "Argillos Percussion," "Paris Percu" (appeared in the Seoul Drum Festival), "Badaboum Quartet," and various orchestras, including the "Orchestre de Picardie" in France. In 2009, he presented a recital of his own compositions at the University of Seoul.