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Lê Quan Ninh

Lê Quan Ninh
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About

Lê Quan Ninh is a French-Vietnamese percussionist and improviser, born in Paris on 29 December 1961. Classically trained - he took first prize in percussion at the Versailles Conservatory - he has worked since the early 1980s at the intersection of contemporary music and free improvisation, treating the body, found objects and silence as instruments in their own right. He co-founded the percussion quartet Quatuor Hêlios (1986-2012) and the ensemble ]h[iatus with cellist Martine Altenburger in 2006. His discography runs to around 40 releases on European and North American labels, and in 2010 he published the book *Improviser Librement*, an alphabetical meditation on the nature of improvisation.

~40
releases on European and North American labels
1986-2012
active period for Quatuor Hêlios

What's new

  • 2026-01

    Lê Quan Ninh performed in a duo with filmmaker Gaëlle Rouard at Exploratorium in Berlin on January 30, 2026.

  • 2026-01

    Lê Quan Ninh and filmmaker Gaëlle Rouard began a new duo collaboration after the Le Bruit de la Musique festival.

  • 2025-12

    Lê Quan Ninh released *Field Recordings 2025*, a collection of field recordings from 2025.

  • 2025-11

    The ensemble ]h[iatus released a recording of Jürg Frey's piece from 2019 with soprano Hélène Fauchère.

  • 2025-05

    Lê Quan Ninh performed in a duo with percussionist Enrico Malatesta for a dance performance at Palazzo Te in Mantua, Italy.

Tracks

Ustensilessolo album from 1997, released on For 4 Ears - a central work in his discography
Le Ventre Négatifsolo album from 2003, recorded live in Toulouse
La Voyelle Liquideduo album with Günter Müller (2000) on Erstwhile Records
Song Langreleased November 2024
Improviser Librementbook from 2010, translated to English in 2014 - a reference point in improvisation literature

😴 Nothing scheduled with this artist in the near future.

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