BIOGRAPHY

Since everything is doomed to disappear, beings like works of art, only the moment of the encounter and what it creates interests me. Moment of doubt, adaptation, listening, testing, research. On the part of the artist as well as the spectator. To get rid of preconceived ideas and work to be free. Gwen Rouger

Pianist Gwen Rouger creates musical performances that place encounter and human connection at the heart of the experience. Her writing, which she defines as "relational music," incorporates protocols that allow for the live transformation of the music according to the specific interactions with the audience.

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It is within this framework that she directs the company ENTRE, which presents various piano performances for a single spectator in public spaces (Caravan, Construction Tent, Livestock Barn), and the performance Digestion for solo keytar.

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She was an artist-in-residence at the Cité des Arts (Paris, France) in 2015/2016, at the Akademie Schloss Solitude (Stuttgart, Germany) in 2016/2017, and at the Château de La Roche Guyon (95) in 2023/2024.

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Her solo performances have been featured at Spor Festival (Aarhus, Denmark), Ear to the Ground Festival (Ghent, Belgium), Switch Festival (Théâtre de Vanves, France), MEN Festival (Wroclaw, Poland), Rainy Days Festival (Luxembourg), Borealis Festival (Bergen, Norway), Festival Archipel Genève (Switzerland), La Muse en Circuit CNCM (Alfortville), Passage Transfestival (Metz), Césaré CNCM (Reims), Festival Aujourd’hui Musiques de l’Archipel, Scène Nationale de Perpignan, Ici l'Onde CNCM (Dijon), and CCAM, scène nationale de Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy.

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She is composer-in-residence at the Théâtre de Vanves (92) – a DGCA-Sacem dispositif– for the 2025/26 and 2026/27 seasons.