Les Frères Méduses

Les Frères Méduses

Randall AVERS & Benoît ALBERT – guitars

“One of the most imaginative and exciting classical guitar duos performing today.”
Guitar International

The collaboration between Benoît Albert and Randall Avers began at the Paris Conservatory in 1999. They were awarded 1ère prix for Chamber Music at the Conservatory performing music by Piazzolla, Rodrigo, Gautier and premiering a new work by Atanas Ourkouzounov. The duo disbanded and then reformed in 2008 under the pseudonym “Les Frères Méduses” programming folk music arrangements, classical repertoire, free improvisation and their own works.

They have performed at the Guitar Foundation of America Festival, Chicago Guitar Festival, Laguna Gloria, Austin Classical Guitar Society, Texas Chamber Music Festival, String Theory at Hunter Museum, Oberlin Conservatory, Nashville Virtuoso Showcase, and the String Festival. European performances include the Festival de Joué lès Tours, Stavanger Gitarfestival, Théâtre Doucourneau, le Conservatoire de Nantes, le Conservatoire de Narbonne and Norges Musikkhøyskole.

Recently, Les frères méduses were given two separate commissions to write and perform cinema-concert scores: the Unknown (2012), and Mekanisk (2013). The film scoring projects resulted in collaborations between them and Pierre Michël Faure (scenic designer/modern dancer), William Fedkenheuer (violin), and Jennifer Choi (violin).

www.lesfreresmeduses.com