
© Pauline Rühl-Saur
(french version below)
Composer and cellist, the two activities are connected in my musical research and nourish each other.
In my work as a performer, I have privileged collaborations with composers, working in the intimacy of the fabric of sound. I have premiered solos and concertos by Rebecca Saunders, Chaya Czernowin, Mauro Lanza, Philippe Leroux, Francesca Verunelli among others.
Composition emerged from my research as a musician, initially as a diary of improvisations as part of my daily instrumental practice, before becoming a research of its own that developed independently. I studied composition at the Musikhochschule in Freiburg with Johannes Schöllhorn.
Recent projects include a piece for cello and electronics for the Transit/ Leuven festival 2022 and HCMF (Huddersfield Contemporary music Festival), a commission from the Centre Henri Pousseur Liège, a piece for cello and ensemble for the Schallfeld ensemble (Graz), a piece for cello and clarinet for musicians Åsa Åkerberg and Shizuyo Oka (Ensemble Recherche).
Laureate of the concours Luc Ferrari in 2019, I composed in 2021 the Hörspiel je suis honorée d’être née dans ta tête for a speaker and 3 musicians, on texts by Babouillec, a production by La Muse en Circuit.
In 2022, I was selected by AuditivVokal Dresden to write a piece for vocal ensemble for the Heinrich Schütz Musikfest 2022.
I studied cello at the Hochschule für Musik in Berlin and Lübeck with Joseph Schwab and Troels Svane. In 2004-2005 I was academist at the Ensemble Modern (Internationale Ensemble Modern Akademie). I perfected my contemporary cello technique with cellists Siegfried Palm, Pierre Strauch and Rohan de Saram. In 2005-2006, I was principal cellist of the Toulouse Chamber Orchestra but subsequently decided to concentrate on contemporary music and on the premiere of new works. In 2008-2009, I was a resident artist at the Akademie Schloss Solitude in Stuttgart.
Thanks to the Harvard French Scholarship Fund and an Arthur Sachs Fellowship, I was a visiting fellow at Harvard University in 2014/15. In 2015-2016 I was visiting artist at CCRMA/Stanford University.
I have also composed for the cinema two original scores for feature films by director João Pedro Rodrigues, The Ornithologist (2016) as well as Where Is This Street? or With No Before And After (in co-direction with João Rui Guerra da Mata).
My solo album Solitude was released on the Aeon/Outhere label in 2015 and my first album as a composer Inconnaissance was released on the label All That Dust.
Grâce au Harvard French Scholarship Fund et à une bourse Arthur Sachs, j’ai été ‘visiting fellow’ à l’Université de Harvard en 2014/15, en 2015-2016 j’ai été ‘visiting artist’ au CCRMA/Stanford University.
J’ai aussi composé pour le cinéma deux musiques originale de longs métrages du réalisateur João Pedro Rodrigues, ‘The Ornithologist’ (2016) ainsi que Where Is This Street? or With No Before And After(en codirection avec João Rui Guerra da Mata).
Mon album solo Solitude est paru sur le label Aeon/Outhere en 2015 et mon premier album en tant que compositrice Inconnaissance sur le label All That Dust.
stand 02/2023