Fellay Christophe

Christophe Fellay is a composer, musician, drummer, sound artist and performer living in Switzerland. He has composed music for orchestras, string ensembles, string quartet, chamber orchestras, jazz ensembles and solo instruments. He made several interdisciplinary works including sound installations and performances.  His own artistic research area is about acoustics, architecture and the interaction between human and machines.

His work has been performed internationally in Europe (London, Edinburgh, Amsterdam, Paris, Zurich, Bern, Geneva, Montreux), North America (Seattle, Atlanta, San Francisco, New York.), South America (Buenos Aires), South Africa (Johannesburg, Pretoria). He has been artist in residence at the Red House of New York (2000), Steim Institute in Amsterdam (2004) and Exploratorium in San Francisco (2005).

Christophe has a Master of Art in Music obtained at the Montreux Conservatory, Jazz Department and is currently working on a PhD research in Music and Performance at the Brunel University London. He gave talks and masterclasses in Tshwane University in Pretoria, University of Edinburgh and Brunel University London among others.

Christophe is currently member of the London based orchestra: Notes Inégales and has been asked to replace the world famous drummer: Bill Bruford in the project : Skin and Wire from Piano Circus and Colin Riley in London.

Christophe teaches at the Sound Dpt. at ECAV in Sierre, Switzerland where he is in charge of research.