About author : FILET Jean-Emmanuel

Born in Périgueux in 1986, Jean-Emmanuel FILET had an early interest in music. After studying in his native city, he entered the Conservatoire de Bordeaux where he studied harmony, counterpoint, composition, chamber music and organ, while completing a bachelor in archaeology and a master's degree in biological anthropology and prehistory. After obtaining these various degrees, he completed a doctorate in composition at University of Montreal, Canada.

Particularly interested in improvisation and composition, he won several competitions in these disciplines. His catalogue of works includes music for solo instrument, chamber music, and orchestra, as well as mixed music and one opera, H.P.L. Outsider, based on the life and work of American writer Howard Phillips Lovecraft.

Many of his pieces were premiered in France, Spain, Germany, and Canada. A defender for many years of the French composer from Périgord, Fernand de La Tombelle (1854-1928), he has recently recorded, for the Canadian label XXI/21, the first monographic record of his organ works.