about.
Mathis Saunier is a French composer, based in London, UK. His work is known for blending electronic, acoustic, and visual elements (including lights and web-based soundscape apps), drawing influences from techno, hyper-pop, noise, and industrial sounds. He is the artistic director, guitarist, and composer of the pop-noise band Mauvais Sang.
In 2022, he graduated in composition at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London. He collaborates with international ensembles such as the Philharmonia Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Manchester Collective, Ligeti Quartet, Exaudi, the Nouvel Ensemble de Neuchâtel (NEC), and the United Strings of Europe or soloist musicians such as Lotte Betts Dean. He is a Britten Pears Young Artist 2023/24.
His music is performed in Europe and the US, in venues such as Royal Festival Hall (London), Purcell Room Southbank (London), Kingsplace (London), Barbican (London), Festival Antigel (Geneva), Musica Festival (Strasbourg), Leeds Lieder Festival, Milton Court, LSO St Luke’s, and Snape Maltings; it has been broadcast on BBC Radio 3, France Inter, and RTS Radio.
Alongside these projects, Mathis developed a conceptual instrument derived from a guitar setup to record arrangements for the Ondes Martenot, collaborating with composers including Anna Meredith and Laurence Crane on the resulting projects.