This piece is a modest tribute to the Buddhist monk Ryōkan (1758-1831) and to the impression left by some of his poems. L’ermitage au toit de chaume takes as a starting point the poetic image of five tankas (a rhymeless Japanese poem composed of 31 syllables spread over 5 lines) written by Ryōkan during various periods of his life.

L’ermitage au toit de chaume was awarded the 1st prize at the 9th Biennial Acousmatic Composition Competition Métamorphoses (Brussels, Belgium, 2016).

Premiere

• January 25, 2015, Multiphonies 2014-15: Akousma 6, Auditorium Saint-Germain — MPAA, Paris (France)

Awards

• Prize, 9th Biennial Acousmatic Composition Competition Métamorphoses 2016, Ohain (Belgium)
• 2nd prize ex æquo, SIME 2019, Lille (Nord, France)