Lê Quan Ninh (born Paris, 1961) is a
French
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percussionist
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active in
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and
free improvisation
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.
He began studying piano at the age of 7, but turned towards percussion as a teenager. When he was 16, he entered the National Conservatory in
Versailles
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. During this time he discovered
free jazz
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. After graduating, he taught percussion for 3 years at a conservatory in
Bondy
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, France while performing with contemporary music, dance, and theater groups often using self-taught techniques and
found objects
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in his improvisation.
In the 1980s Ninh collaborated with Daunik Lazro,
Michel Doneda
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, Serge Pey,
Peter Kowald
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Career
A member of the Globe Unity Orchestra, and a touring double-bass player, Kowald collaborated with many European f ...
,
Butch Morris
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...
, and Nicolas Peskine's ''Compagnie du Hasard''.
In 1992 Ninh founded the ''Association La Flibuste'' which organized and presented improvisational artistic events across genres.
He was a member of the multi-media percussion ensemble ''Quatuor Helios'' and, along with cellist
Martine Altenburger
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, a founder of the .
External links
Homepage
Le Ventre Négatif album review
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1961 births
Living people
French jazz musicians
Free improvisation
French percussionists