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He starts working in theatre in 1979 as a technician, constructor, chief-electrician. He follows many tours in Italy and in Europe until 1984. From 1985 he works mainly as a lighting designer, but also as set designer and director of Le chant des ténèbres (1997), Histoire de Babar (2000),L'enfant te le sortileges (2001) , Peer Gynt (2003). He signs since now more then 150 shows in many european theatres; among the others:
Theatre Projects:
with Thierry Salmon: IL PASSAGGIO, from "Un barrage sur le Pacifique" by M. Duras (1985); PREMESSE ALLE TROIANE, from Les Troyennes by Euripide (1986); A. DA AGATHA , from Agatha by M. Duras (1986); LA SIGNORINA ELSE, by A. Schnitzler(1987). He creates some gas-spots, used in the different phases of LE TROIANE by Euripide. He develops a system of sun-lighting for the Dostoyevski project, ending in 1992 with the show DES PASSIONS from "The Demons" ; MADAME MARGUERITE (1995), FAUSTAE TABULAE (1995).
with Sosta Palmizi: IL CORTILE (1985); TUFO (1986).
with Raoul Ruiz : EDIPO IPERBOREO (1989); I MAGHI (1990), Text and direction by Raoul Ruiz.
with Amos Gitai : METAMORFOSI DI UNA MELODIA, Direction by Amos Gitai, with Hanna Schygulla and Samuel Fuller.
with Elio De Capitani (Elfo theatre): IL POZZO DEI PAZZI, by Franco Scaldati (1990); LA SPOSA DI MESSINA, by Friedrich Schiller (1990); IL RISVEGLIO BY PRIMAVERA, by Frank Wedekind, (1991).
with Ferdinando Bruni (Elfo theatre): LEONCE E LENA, by Georg Buchner (1990); UNE SAISON EN ENFER, by Arthur Rimbaud (1990).
with Isabelle Pousseur : SI L'ETE' REVENAIT, by Arthur Adamov (1991); LE SONGE, by August Strindberg (1991), QUAI OUEST, by B.M Koltes (2000).
with Jacques Delcuvellerie : PENTY 2, from Kleist (1994); LA MERE, by Bertold Brecht (1995).
with Luk Perceval : O'NEILL (1994), TEN OORLOG (1997) , FRANCISKA (1998), AARS(2000), L. KING OF PAIN(2002), MACBETH (2004).
with Guy Cassiers (Het Toneelhuis Antwerp) : DE SLEUTEL (1998), ANNA KARENINA (1999), THE WOMAN WHO WALKED INTO DOORS (2001), PROUST 1 DE KANT VAN SWANN (2003), PROUST 2 DE KANT VAN ALBERTINE (2003),PROUST 3 DE KANT VAN CHARLUS (2004), PROUST 4 DE KANT VAN MARCEL (2005), HERSENSCHIMMEN (2005), ONEGIN (2006), MEFISTO (2006), AN HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN 10,5 CHAPTERS(2007), WOLFSKERS(2007), DE GERUCHTEN(2008)
with Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui (Het Toneelhuis Antwerp) :AN HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN 10,5 CHAPTERS(2007), ORIGINE (2008)
Musical Projects:
TOSCA direction by S. Sequi (1985); BOHEME directed by L. Alberti (1985).
with Alain Maratrat : EXERCICES DE CONVERSATION ET DE DICTION FRANCAISE POUR ETUDIANTS AMERICAINS, By Eugene Ionesco, music by Isabelle Aboulker (1990); PASSEPORT MUSICAL POUR PARIS, music by Isabelle Aboulker, conducted by Mstislav Rostropovich (1990), ZARZUELA! HISTORIA DE UN PATIO, concept by Alita Baldi, text by Jean-Claude Carriere (1992).
with Giorgio Marini : PERSEO E ANDROMEDA, from Jules Laforgue, music by Salvatore Sciarrino (1991); NARCISO music by Aldo Clementi, conducted by Gabriele Ferro (1992).
with Marianne Pousseur : DIALOGUE ENTRE L'HUITRE ET L'AUTRUCHE, from Lewis Carroll, directed by Christophe Galland, (1990), L'AIR FRAIS DES JARDINS PUBLICS (1991), SONG BOOKS (1996) by John Cage, Le chant des ténèbres (1997), Histoire de Babar (2000), L'enfant te le sortileges (2001) By Maurice Ravel, Peer Gynt (2003) By Ibsen and Grieg. For technical creation of this show he has been named for the Prix du Théatre 2004., Magic Box by « La boîte à joujoux » and « Children’s corner » byClaude Debussy
with Isabelle Pousseur : COSI FAN TUTTE conducted by Claire Gibault, (1995).
with Alita Baldi : HERCULES opera by G.F. Haendel, conducted by Jean Claude Malgoire, (1993).
with Het Muziek Lod : THE WOMAN WHO WALKED INTO DOORS (2001) opera by Khris Defoort, directed by Guy Cassiers, CARA MIA music by Dick van der Harst, (2004), YERMA (2005), ONEGIN (2006)
with Guy Cassiers (Ro Theatre Rotterdam) : THE WOMAN WHO WALKED INTO DOORS (2001), DER FLIEGENDE HOLLANDER opera by Richard Wagner Bruxelles La Monnaie (2005).
Architectural and Multimedia Projects:
He also designs lighting for several exibitions and collaborates with many architects as a light consultant. From 1988 on he writes many articles about his work for the magazine « Lighting Design » . From 1994 on he develops some computer programs for lighting consoles and moving lights. As the outcome of these technology projects, he makes a dynamic keyboard for the execution of light score of PROMETHEUS by Alexander Scriabine , conducted by Pierre Bartholomée (1995).
In 1998 Martin Professional A-S decides to become the worldwide distributor for ProScenium DMX, the Multimedia Lighting Controller that Enrico Bagnoli has started to develope in 1994. He is co-founder of Digimedia, a multimedia software and hardware house. This Software is now installed in 82 countries all over the world. Several hundreds of ProScenium software are controlling lights and Multimedia in Theatres, Exibitions, architectural installations, Museums.
He collaborates to create the custom control system for some of the most important architectural projects worldwide, as the Chicago Bridge Project (1999), the Los Angeles Airport project (2000) , Turkmenistan’s Monument of Independence (2000), and many others.
In 2004 the city of Bruxelles ask him to design a new version of the traditional Light Show - a 7 minutes Son et Lumieres all the evenings from may to october - for the "Grande Place de Bruxelles" on a music of the french composer Pierre Henry.
In 2007 he lighted up the inside and the outside of the "Palais de Justice" of Bruxelles for the opening of the année judiciaire 2007.
