Ravel in a Thousand Sparkles

After studying graphic design at the École Estienne in Paris, Gordon specialized in television design. He designed and created numerous identities for television channels and supervised their artistic direction. This profession led him to directing. Alongside Andy Sommer, Gordon wrote and directed cultural programs. This is how films and their iPad applications were born and how he realized several experiences in virtual and augmented reality. The Carnival of the Animals directed with Andy Sommer. The Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra, Myu Wung Chung and Smaïn (Grand Prix Italia 2011, Grand Prix and Audience Prize of the Golden Prague 2011), Les quatre saisons d'Antoine directed with Philippe Béziat. The Concerto Italiano Ensemble, Rinaldo Alessandrini and Pierre Richard, Peter and the Wolf directed with Pierre-Emmanuel Lyet and Corentin Leconte. The Orchestre National de France conducted by Daniele Gatti and narrated by François Morel (Grand Prix Digital Award Bologna 2014, Rose d'Or de Berlin 2014) which will give rise to two book-discs published by Hélium. Condamnés à jouer, 360 film co-written with Marie Sellier. 1, 2, 3 Bruegel, a virtual reality game. Replay memories which questions the collective memory at the time of web algorithms, with Andrès Jarach Future projects: A 10-episode series about Beethoven's symphonies, mixing filming and animation for France Télévisions. A cartoon series Monsieur Onde for the Orchestre de Paris. And a tribute film Le Crépuscule des dieux to Pierre Bergé for 3e scène Opéra de Paris.

Passionate about music and cinema, François-René Martin has specialized in the realization of symphonic concerts, operas, ballets, circus shows and he accompanies many artists such as Raphaël Pichon, Teodor Currentzis, Klaus Mäkelä, the choreographer Angelin Preljocaj or the stage director Romeo Castellucci in their audiovisual projects...

Among his most recent projects, we can mention Quinte & Sens, a film co-directed with the artist Gordon which stages the Orchestre de Paris in a "revolutionary way" at the Philharmonie de Paris; the film Lux Aeterna which he shot at the Sainte-Chapelle in Paris with Teodor Currentzis and his ensemble Musica Aeterna; or the historic complete Bruckner Symphonies at the Sankt Florian Monastery (Austria) with the München Philharmoniker... Or, more recently, Mobius Morphosis, filmed at the Pantheon with Compagnie XY, Ballet National de Lyon and Rachid Ouramdane.

François-René Martin is also the co-founder of the Mirare record label, which has released more than four hundred titles with emblematic French artists such as Pierre Hantaï, Anne Queffélec...