samuel devin
Composer, Multi-instrumentalist
The spring fresco
About
Samuel Devin was born in 1998 in Evreux. A saxophonist, guitarist and pianist by training, he studied at the conservatory and musicology at the Sorbonne. Halfway between poetry and music, he highlights his texts through tales with the colours of his influences: jazz, variety, text-based songs (Brassens, Barbara, Félix Leclerc…) and the fantasy of gesture inherited from popular traditions. As a singer, he tackles serious and committed registers, but also lighter and more intimate themes, with the aim of offering a varied palette of interpretations of musical journeys, ranging from medieval poetry to contemporary compositions.
In 2020, he will publish a book of poems in the Poets’ Club collection. Between 2019 and 2021, he will release a trilogy of original audio stories entitled Les Décontes, followed by a variety album, Je chante par couverture, in 2022.
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The spring fresco
I had the pleasure of discovering Persian culture during my research for the scholarship.
I had the pleasure of discovering Persian culture during my research for the grant. It was a culture that I knew little about until then, which seemed very distant to me; in order to write my tale, I had to learn about Persian poetry, Persian myths and the tales of the Indo-Iranian basin.
It was also an opportunity for me to discover artists from different backgrounds. I was not used to working with classical musicians, poets or film-makers. I remember that it was an enriching experience, both on a human and artistic level, which allowed me to confront new situations. And that's really what I'm looking for as an artist.
