Impro8 with the improvisers·ices of the practice space carried by Grand8.
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In 2016, a handful of musicians, an encounter, a sharing around improvisation, a desire and a pleasure to play together.
Grand8 was born.
Grand8 came out of a hurry, improvising, together, in a big ensemble, without an orchestra conductor·fe.

Grand8 first worked, built his music, crossed his spaces, built his community, initiated his history.
Grand8 has grown to reach a membership of about fifteen musicians·nts.

Grand8 carries improvised music, in a large ensemble, without an orchestra conductor. Based in Marseille, the ensemble brings together musicians from the southern region, both national and European.

Grand8 has been in residence at GMEM-CNCM-Marseille since 2018. The ensemble works on annual creations with multidisciplinary guests and explores the intersections of musical improvisation with dance, text, image, and landscape.
He also positions himself as an actor on the stage in the Southern Region with the organization of the multidisciplinary festival Grand Vertige, as well as music and dance-music sessions.

Bastien Boni (double bass), Olivier Bost (trombone), Sébastien Bouhana (drum, objects), Laurent Charles (soprano saxophone), Emmanuel Cremer (cello), João Fernandes (digital instruments), Catherine Jauniaux (voice, objects), Soizic Lebrat (cello), Magali Rubio (clarinets), Geneviève Sorin (accordion), Katherine Sowerby (percussion, vibraphone), Nicoló Terrasi (guitar), François Wong (baritone saxophone).