Education

2017 MA Specialized Musical Performance. Hochschule für Musik Basel, prof. Fred Frith. Basel, Switzerland.
2015 PgD Sound Art. Universitat de Barcelona. Barcelona, Spain.
2015 BA Classical and Contemporary Saxophone. Conservatori Superior de Música del Liceu. Barcelona, Spain.
2014 Exchange program. Sibelius Academy. Helsinki, Finland.
2013 BA Musicology. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Cerdanyola, Spain.
2011 Middle Grade - Saxophone. Conservatori Municipal de Terrassa. Terrassa, Spain.

Performances (selected)

2019 (Upcoming) Seoul International Computer Music Festival. Platform-L Contemporary Art Center. Seoul, Korea.
2019 (Upcoming) Matera-Basilicata 2019 European Capital of Culture. Solo. Matera, Italy.
2019 Festival Grec Barcelona. Fundació Joan Miró, Agustí Fernández Ensemble. Barcelona, Spain.
2019 Bemis Center for Contemporary Art. Solo. Omaha, USA.
2018 Agenda Cultural - Universidad de los Andes. Solo. Bogota, Colombia.
2018 Centro Colombo Americano. Ensemble. Manizales, Colombia.
2018 Kooshk Gallery. Solo. Teheran, Iran.
2018 Matadero Madrid. Solo. Madrid, Spain.
2018 ALTO Fest. Solo. Naples, Italy.
2018 Etopia, Center for the Arts and Technology. Solo. Zaragoza, Spain.
2018 Eufonic Festival, Museu de Tortosa. Solo. Tortosa, Spain.
2017 Performing with Tinguely Music Machines. Tinguely Museum. Ensemble. Basel, Switzerland.
2017 Improfest Red Bull Station. Ensemble with Otomo Yoshihide. São Paulo, Brazil.
2017 Swiss Music Awards. Ensemble. Basel, Switzerland.
2017 Center for Dansk Jazzhistorie. Ensemble. Aalborg, Denmark.
2017 ZeitRäume Basel - Biennale für neue Musik und Architektur. Ensemble. Basel, Switzerland.
2017 Forum Box Gallery. Ensemble. Helsinki, Finland .
2017 Attacca Festival. Jazz Campus. Solo. Basel, Switzerland.
2016 The Honored Dorset Colony. Solo. New York, USA.
2016 Le Cagibi. Solo. Montreal, Canada.
2016 Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music “Geidai”. Solo. Tokyo, Japan.
2016 LE9. Ensemble. Kyoto, Japan.
2016 MuTeFest ’16, Helsinki Music Center. Solo. Helsinki, Finland.
2015 Tokyo Experimental Festival. Tokyo Wonder Site. Ensemble. Tokyo, Japan.
2015 Lacking Sound Festival. Solo. Taipei, Taiwan.
2015 Festival Internacional de Música Experimental. CCSP. Solo. São Paulo, Brazil.
2015 Art’s Birthday - Catalunya Ràdio. Fundació Antoni Tàpies. Ensemble. Barcelona, Spain.
2015 Impuls Academy. MUMUTH. Esnsemble. Graz, Austria.
2015 Signal Festival. Solo. Cagliari, Italy.
2015 Zepelin Festival. CCCB. Ensemble. Barcelona, Spain.

Group/Solo Exhibitions (selected)

2019 OH/OS. Bemis Center for Contemporary Art. Group exhibition. Omaha, USA.
2019 La Gran Màquina VI. Festival Embarrat de Creació Contemporánea. Group exhibition. Tàrrega, Spain.
2018 Eufonic Festival. Solo exhibition. Tortosa, Spain.
2018 A rose is a rose is a rose. Kooshk Residency. Group exhibition. Teheran, Iran.
2018 Lost at Last #2. Backslash Festival. Tokyo Data Collective. Theater Gessnerallee. Group exhibition. Zurich, Switzerland.
2018 Art Nit Campos. Sa Recreativa. Group exhibition. Campos, Spain.
2017 ACTIVA Sound-Video Art exhibition. Group exhibition. Avilés, Spain.
2016 Audio Graffiti. Hamline University. Dronestruvk Project. Group exhibition. Minneapolis, USA.
2016 Squeeze it. Galleria Regionale d’Arte Contemporanea Luigi Spazzapan. Group exhibition. Gradisca d’Isonzo, Itally.
2015 SOUNDkitchen. Frontiers Plus Festival. Group exhibition. Birmingham, UK.
2015 CHUNK. Sala SS. Filippo e Giacomo. Group exhibition. Brescia, Italy.
2015 Hangar. Centre de producció i recerca d’arts visuals. Group exhibition. Barcelona, Spain.

Video/Film Festivals & Screenings (selected)

2019 XXXIX Festival del Caribe. Asociación de los Hermanos Saiz. Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.
2019 ArtBo Faenza. Auditorio Fundación Gilberto Alzate Avendaño. Bogota, Colombia.
2019 Proyector 2019. Festival de Videoarte de Madrid. Madrid, Spain.
2017 FUSE Festival. Ättiksfabriken Art Space. Stockholm, Sweden.
2017 Concurso Europeo de Creación Audiovisual. Filmoteca de Navarra. Pamplona, Spain.
2015 World Streaming Show. Sax Open. Strasbourg, France.
2015 LaBo #5. deSingel – International arts campus Antwerp. Antwerp, Belgium.

Music for Theatre / Dance (selected)

2020 (Upcoming) Theater Roxy. Koproduktion. Birsfelden, Switzerland.
2019 (Upcoming) Plate-forme InciDanse. Nouveau Monde. Fribourg, Switzerland.
2019 Soul Food. Art Space. Tinos, Greece.
2018 Das Tanzfest Basel. Mixed Pickles. Theater Roxy, Birsfelden, Switzerland.
2018 Klang Basel Festival. Brockenstube Glubos. Basel, Switzerland.
2017 FEST. TanzFaktur. Cologne, Germany.
2016 96amStück. Bhf. St. Johann. Basel, Switzerland.
2015 ZIL Festival. Culture Centre. Moscow, Russia.
2015 Imaginarius Festival. Public space. Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal.
2015 The Strings Festival. Le Cêhene. Paris, France.
2014 The Spheres of Being. Theatre Academy Helsinki (Teak). Helsinki, Finland.

Teaching Experience (selected)

2018 Free Improvisation. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Bogota, Colombia.
2018 Free Improvisation. Universidad de Caldas. Manizales, Colombia.
2018 Saxophone Extended Techniques. Conservatorio Superior de Música de Aragón. Zaragoza, Spain.
2017 Saxophone Extended Techniques. Hochschule für Musik Basel. Basel, Switzerland.
2016 Saxophone Extended Techniques. National University of Tokyo “GEIDAI”. Tokyo, Japan.
2016 Saxophone Extended Techniques. MIT Saxophone Studio. Taipei, Taiwan.
2016 Saxophone Extended Techniques. Senzoku College of Music Tokyo. Japan.
2016 Saxophone Extended Techniques. Royal Academy of Music Aarhus/Aalborg. Aarhus, Denmark.
2015 Saxophone Extended Techniques. Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2015 Saxophone Extended Techniques. Academia de Saxofone Balverde. São Paulo, Brazil.
2015 Free Improvisation. Conservatori Superior de Música del Liceu. Barcelona, Spain.

Awards (selected)

2018 Kara Award. Kooshk. Tehran, Iran.
2017 Best Experimental Work. V European Contest of Audiovisual Creation CTL’59. Pamplona, Spain.
2016 Encouragement Prize. Tokyo Experimental Festival Vol. 10. Tokyo Wonder Site. Tokyo, Japan.
2016 Finalist Franco Jesurun Award. Trieste Contemporanea. Trieste, Italy.
2016 ACTIVA ‘2017. International Sound-Video Art. Aviles, Spain.
2015 Jury Prize. World Sax Day Video Contest. World Saxophone Congress. Strasbourg, France.
2014 First Prize - International. International Contest of Sound Art Performance. Radical dB. Zaragoza, Spain.

Grants / Scholarship (selected)

2019 Production Grant. Kanton Basel-Stadt. Basel, Switzerland.
2018 Production Grant. Swiss Kulturpauschale. Basel, Switzerland.
2018 PICE Mobility Grant. Acción Cultural Española. Madrid, Spain.
2018 Production Grant. GGG Kulturkick. Basel, Switzerland.
2015 Artistic Research Scholarship. Ministry of Culture. Barcelona, Spain.
2016 Graduate Research Grant. Hochschule für Musik Basel. Basel, Switzerland.
2015 Scholarship for Japan tour 2015. Trossingen University of Music. Trossingen, Germany.
2014 Graduate Travel Grant. Sibelius Academy. Baltic Saxophone Ensemble. Riga, Latvia.
2013 Erasmus scholarship. Sibelius Academy. Helsinki Finland.

Guest Lectures (selected)

2018 Sound Art. Universidad de los Andes. Bogota, Colombia.
2018 Audio-Visuality. Darbasht Platform, Mohsen Gallery. Teheran, Iran.
2018 Performing with live electronics. Etopia, Center for the Arts and Technology. Zaragoza, Spain.
2015 Live Electronics on Acoustic Instruments. Digilog. Taipei, Taiwan.

Residencies (selected)

2019 Artist In Residence. Creative City of Media Arts Residency. Košice, Slovakia.
2019 Artist In Residence. Bemis Center for Contemporary Art. Omaha, USA.
2019 Artist In Residence. Dansomètre. Vevey, Switzerland.
2019 Artist In Residence. Can Timoner. Santanyí, Spain.
2018 Artist In Residence. Kooshk Art Residency. Tehran, Iran.
2018 FUGA Residence. Etopia Center for Arts and Technology. Zaragoza, Spain.
2017 Citizen Artist Incubator. Creative Europe Program. Tabakfabrik, Linz, Austria.
2017 Artist In Residence. Kirsten Kjær’s Museum. Frøstrup, Denmark.
2017 Artist In Residence. Can Serrat. El Bruc, Spain.
2016 Artist In Residence. The Honored Dorset Colony. New York, USA.
2016 Artist In Residence. Galeria Raczej. Poznań, Poland.
2015 Artist In Residence. Hochschule für Musik. Trossingen, Germany.

Workshops (selected)

2019 Transdisciplinary Creation. Royal Conservatory Antwerp. Antwerp, Belgium.
2018 Conducted Improvisation. Liceu Sax Festival. Conservatori Superior del Liceu. Barcelona, Spain.
2018 Conducted Improvisation. Festival Internacional de Música de Luque. Luque, Spain.
2016 Live Electronics on Acoustic Instruments. Sibelius Academy. Helsinki Music Center. Helsinki, Finland.

Artist Talks & Panels (selected)

2019 (Upcoming) Art & Tech Conference. Kasárne/Kulturpark. Košice, Slovakia.
2019 ARTalk. Bemis Center for Contemporary Art. Omaha, USA.
2018 Artist Talk. Kara 2018 - Kooshk Residency. Teheran, Iran.
2017 Citizen Artist Conference. Tabakfabrik. Linz, Austria.

Discograpy (selected)

2017 Uncanny Valley. Émilie Girard-Charest & Marc Vilanova. Audiotalaia Records. Valencia, Spain.
2017 Tunnel Ensemble. Peter Breitenbach and Marc Vilanova. Off - Record label. Brussels, Belgium.
2017 Ceres. VCA. Creative Sources Recordings. Lisbon, Portugal.
2016 Avec. Various artists. Duo Émilie Girard-Charest & Marc Vilanova. Kohlenstoff. Montreal, Canada.
2015 Deus Sabe. Cadu Tenório and Savio de Queiroz (collaboration). Domina label. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Gigography

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