Florent Delaunay was born in 1964 and he grew up in Paris between the studios of the Maison de la Radio, the rehearsals of the National Orchestra where his mother worked as a violinist, the flute lessons his father gave at home and in the music academy of the "5th district" of Paris, and the piano lessons his older sister took. Growing up in that musical world, his first interest however was art and drawing.

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His family moved to Marseilles when he was 12 years old, and he went on to study graphic design at Luminy Art and Architecture College. While practicing his guitar, he graduated in psychology and is now a trainer in social work.

 

In the early 2000s, he became a guitarist and started writing lyrics and composing, juggling with classical, jazz, fusion, rock and contemporary styles.

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After a few years spent as a performer and arranger for artists such as Katy Bolide (Cobalt Production, Marseilles) and the Kabyl singer Zayen (Paris), in 2009 Florent Delaunay took part in the first World March for Peace and Non Violence in Marseilles, and for which he composed one of the WM documentary numbers: Marcha Mundial 

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In 2010 he went on a composition training course for film music (CIFAP, Montreuil, France) led by Arnaud de Buchy, Gilles Tinayre and Alain Bedier.

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In 2010-2011, the young jazz pianist Julian Getreau played and recorded his first jazz titles (Paris, Duc des Lombards), featuring Manuel Marchès (Dbass) and Antoine Banville (Drums).

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In 2012, he collaborated with other composers on an album for the Ames nées Zik association. That same year, he worked with the Compañía interna dance company in Rosario (Argentina). Choreographer Peter Deno and dancer Paula Percivalle commissioned a musical piece from him for a ballet called the Danza de las esferas.

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The work with Compañia Interna is still ongoing, with new musical pieces for the dancers’ workshops and research.

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The Danza ballet and these workshops have been performed several times since then: in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, U.S.A., also in Hungary, Greece, France, Italy, Spain, and more recently in Marseilles and again in Budapest, Naples and Attigliano.

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From 2014 to 2016, he wrote music for a documentary and two news reports; lately he has been busy recording his first CD with the Culture Provence Verdon, and the Argilmusic label, due out on June 2017. It is called News of the Inner World and features Melody Debono (piano), Roxane Martin (harp), Karine Porciero (flute), Fernando Alvarez (oboe), Ely Zemer (clarinet), Djamel Taouacht (drums), Pascal Gandolfo (Keyboards), Miquèu Montanaro (traditionnal flutes)  a nd the Symphonifilm orchestra conducted by Steve Journey.

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