Mickael Luis
Mickael Luis is a Swiss and Portuguese guitarist-composer.
He completed his Masters of Concert in the Netherlands in June in Johan Fostier's class, after obtaining his Bachelor's degree in Switzerland. He started his professional studies at the Ecole Superieur de Musique de Lausanne (HEMU) in the class of Dagoberto Linhares. He has had the opportunity to give Masterclasses with Susanne Mebes, Joaquim Freire, Alvaro Pierri, Ricardo Gallén, Rémy Jousselme, Marcin Dylla, Lorenzo Micheli, Dusan Bogdanovic, George Vassilev, and Tilman Hoppstock during his professional studies and has worked for several years with contemporary dancer Lia Beuchat.
Mickael Luis studied piano and composition with Enrico Camponovo in Lausanne. It was from this moment that he began composing music. He has composed several pieces for guitar, piano and string quartet. Some guitar compositions have been written and inspired by pictorial art, contemporary dance, tap dancing, smelling and, more recently, children's books using texts and illustrations as a creative source.
He recently won 1st Prize at the International Composition Competition for Classical Guitar in Tbilisi, with the piece "Olive Oil" (2019), and 1st Prize at the Nordhorn Composition Competition in Germany with the piece "Yeti" (2019)
Education
2017-2019
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Master of music, guitar, Fontys School, Tilburg NL, Johan Fostier class and Gaelle Solal class
2013-2016
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Bachelor, guitar, HEMU, Lausanne, Dagoberto Linhares class
2008-2013
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High School, ECG Jean-Piaget, Geneva, music special field, Miguel Charosky class
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Collège Voltaire, Geneva, music special field
2005-2012
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Conservatoire de Genève, Alexandre Rodrigues class
Masterclass
2018-2019
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Alvaro Pierri, Paris, France
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Susanne Mebes et Joaquim Freire, Montreux, Suisse
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Ricardo Gallén, Weimar, Germany
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Maria-Nieves Mohino, Namur, Belgium
2017
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Rémy Jousselme, Tours, France
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Marcin Dylla, Münster, Germany
2013-2016
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Lorenzo Micheli - George Vassilev - Dusan Bogdanovic - Marco Socias, Lausanne, Swtizerland
2010-2013
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Luigi Attademo - Tilman Hoppstock, Geneva, Switzerland
Composition
2018-2019
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Teeth Hunters, Yéti and Triangle for guitar, three compositions translating three children's books and the language of writers and illustrators
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Jeux de Hasard, Cordes à Corps duet, perform in Germany,in Switzerland and in the Netherlands
2016-2017
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No Tutu and 3 pieces for guitar Mangue dérangée, Huile d'olive, air salé (base on sense of smell, bachelor work)
2013-2016
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8 Compositions for piano worked with Enrico Camponovo (teacher in HEMU, Lausanne-CH)
2012-2013
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3 pieces for guitar: Ballade à Rio, Une tempête, Un rêve, and 1 for piano: Une ascension inspired by choreographies (contempory dance and tap)
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Hope, piece for guitar
Competition
2019
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1st Prize of Tbilisi International Classical Guitar Composition Competition, with the piece "Olive Oil"
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1st Prize of Nordhorn Composition Competition in Germany with the piece "Yéti"
The composition Yéti was inspired by a children's book entitled "yéti". It was written by Taï-Marc le Thanh and illustrated by Rebecca Dautremer, a French couple living in Paris. This album is an invitation to dream and travel. The story is about a young girl who dreams to meet the Yeti. She prepares her expedition and leaves to the other side of the world. She ignores the fact that this Yeti had been with her since the beginning, without being able to see him.
The piece Yéti recently received 1st prize in composition during an international guitar festival in Germany.
Teeth Hunters is also a piece inspired by a children's book entitled "Chasseurs de dents". It was written by Cho Won-Hee, who comes from Korea. This album is about poaching and deals with the emotional subject of animal cruelty. It's an almost wordless picturebook with powerful, intense illustrations that tells an inverted story. Cho Won Hee allow the reader to speculate and denounce our society. She used for it the anthropomorphism: switching the role of the elephant and the human. She examines and interprets humanity through anthropomorphism.