J3ZZ is a French artist & musician. He works in the transitional area between sound art, music, light, programming & science. His work unfolds through music releases, live performances & installations, especially. Through a phenomenological approach, his work is based both on experimenting and programming, always guided by concepts of time elasticity and as such located in the time-based media art field.

His interests in microsound have pushed him to expand his work by opening up new ways of including field recording-based sounds into his practice. Through a positive-nihilist approach to process and structural deconstruction, he explores the infinitesimal and the imperceptible over time, employing various scientific techniques and methods.

This meticulous attention to the barely audible often contrasts with his use of the acoustic violin, an instrument whose character he transforms through synthesizers, effects processing, and sensors. The tension between organic string timbre and electronic manipulation creates a dynamic interplay between the natural and the synthetic.

His practice also extends to working with living organisms to generate sounds and visuals in real time, further blurring the boundaries between art, science, and the biological world. These living systems become active collaborators in the creative process, introducing elements of unpredictability and organic evolution into his performances and installations.

New media serves as a vital medium of expression throughout his work, incorporating video, laser visuals, and other digital technologies into interactive, sensor-driven immersive environments. These spatial sound installations and performances invite audiences to become active participants, their movements and presence shaping the sonic and visual landscapes in real time. The integration of these technologies creates multisensory experiences where light, sound, and space converge into unified, responsive compositions.

J3ZZ

Installations & Exhibitions

2024 Vibrotanica (work in progress) — TBD
2020 IRIS (Reflectio) — Csokonai Theatre, Debrecen, Hungary — Lighthouse Art 2020 (Aug 18–22)
2018 Music Maker #2 — Château Éphémère, Carrières-sous-Poissy, France
2016 Unbalanced Forces — Lábor Gallery, Budapest, Hungary (premiere Feb 13, 19:00)
2014 Park in Progress — Municipal Gardens / ARTos Foundation, Nicosia, Cyprus — Pépinières Européennes pour Jeunes Artistes, 11th edition (Sep 29)

Live Performances & Festivals

2025 Racines & Résonances — Villa de la Région, La Réunion
2024 Racines & Résonances — Institut Français de Budapest, Hungary
2024 Racines & Résonances — Sciences Po Paris, France
2024 Racines & Résonances — Institut Français de Maurice, Mauritius
2023 Racines & Résonances — Nuit des Musiques Expérimentales #5, Lespas, La Réunion (Sep 22)
2023 Racines & Résonances — Brain Bar Festival, Budapest, Hungary
2023 Racines & Résonances — Institut Français de Budapest, Hungary
2020 Racines & Résonances — Széllkapu, Millenáris, Budapest, Hungary (Oct 18)
2020 Racines & Résonances – Under the stars — Lóvasút, Budapest, Hungary (Aug 13)
2020 Racines & Résonances feat. Grecsó Zoltán & Bujdosó Anna — Lóvasút, Budapest, Hungary (Feb 7)
2020 Volt Festival — Sopron, Hungary
2019 Szabi híd — Budapest, Hungary (×2)
2019 Bankito Festival — Hungary
2019 Zengeto Festival — Hungary
2018 Ördögkatlan — Hungary
2016 Sziget — Budapest, Hungary
2014 Sziget — Budapest, Hungary
2013 Wazemmes l'accordéon — Lille, France
2013 Zénith — Lille, France (opening for Salif Keita during Wazemmes l'accordéon)
2013 Festival au Désert — Florence, Italy
2012 Sziget — Budapest, Hungary
2012 Fabbrica Europa — Florence, Italy
2011 Festival au Désert — Florence, Italy
2011 Fabbrica Europa — Florence, Italy
2011 Hanna Hanna — Komárom, Hungary
2011 Sofa — Berlin, Germany
2013–2017 Buddha Bar Budapest — Resident live musician (violinist), Budapest, Hungary
2011–2020 J3ZZ — Pluridisciplinary performances (musician, composer)
2011–2020 Hybris — Pluridisciplinary performances (musician, composer)
2010–2011 Morzsa Records — Live performer
2012–2013 Azalai — Itinerant cultural laboratory; violinist and core ensemble member — with Aly Keita (Mali), Kandia Kora (Guinea), Moh! Kouyaté (Guinea), Minyeshu (Ethiopia), Hilaire Penda (Cameroon), Dimitri Grechi Espinoza (Italy), Ebou Gaye Mada (Gambia), Istvan Cik (Serbia), Károly Féher (Hungary)
2010–2012 Iparkutya — Balkan free jazz ensemble — violinist
2009–2020 Willany Léo — Improvisative Dance Theatre (dir. Zoltán Grecsó) — improvisation musician
2008+ Tartit, Tadalat — Tuareg/Tamachek music — collaborative musician
2008+ Samba Touré — Songhai blues (Mali) — collaborative musician
2008–2010 The Last Drops — electronic musician
2011 Eutropia — ROOTS & ROUTES — 9-country European tour (violinist, composer, coach)
2011 Summer Suite (performer)
2009–2011 Reality in Disguise — ROOTS & ROUTES Art'n'Go — Remscheid & Heek, Germany; Florence, Italy; Budapest, Hungary (violinist, composer, co-creator)
2019 Mellettük — Grecsó Krisztián & Grecsó Zoltán (performer)
2019 ART-RAVALÓ — Szubjektív Értékek Alapítvány — social art project (musician, coach)

Dance & Theatre

2019 SUPREMA — Tímea Sebestyén — MU Theatre, Budapest, Hungary (composer, performer) (May 3)
2016 Home Base — Noémi Kulcsár — Budapest, Hungary (composer, sound designer)
2014 What happens when you touch it — EnKnapGroup — Ljubljana, Slovenia (composer, performer)
2011 Touch me not — Zoltán Grecsó — Budapest, Hungary / Zagreb, Croatia (composer)

Film & Audiovisual

Workshops

2024 Biosonification — Institut Français de Budapest, Hungary
2020 Biosonification — Széllkapu, Millenáris, Budapest, Hungary (Oct 18)
2023 Biosonification — Salon du livre Réyoné, La Réunion
2023 Biosonification — Mizik O Marmay Festival, La Réunion
2023 Biosonification — Rdv aux jardins, La Réunion
2013–2014 Steps Ahead (junior coach professionalization) — Florence, Italy
2013 U-CARE (Urban Culture Against Racism) — Florence, Italy
2012 EUtropia — Lille, France
2011 Follow-Up — Budapest, Hungary / Barcelona, Spain

Teaching & Coaching

2013–2015 Interdisciplinary improvisation coaching — ROOTS & ROUTES projects across Europe
2008–2014 Improvisation research in theatre — exploring links between movement, musicians, and technicians

Cultural Management & Governance

2023–present Board Member — KOLET (www.kolet.re), La Réunion
2023 Deputy General Director, DGA Épanouissement du Citoyen (interim) — Mairie de La Possession, La Réunion — led culture, sports, social services, housing; team of ~170 agents (Jul–Aug)
2020–2022 Director General Delegate — Territo'Arts (SPL), La Réunion — directed Cité des Arts de La Réunion and Centre Culturel Château Morange; budget 4M€; 50 permanent staff; 170 artistic residencies in 2021 (Nov 2020–Apr 2022)
2013–2015 Secretary General — ROOTS & ROUTES International Association, Rotterdam, Netherlands — 12 partner countries; EU funds: Creative, Leonardo, Erasmus+, Youth in Action (Jun 2013–Jun 2015)
2012–present Active Member — CCC Centro Creazione Cultura, Florence, Italy (www.centrocreazionecultura.eu)

Education & Certificates

2024 Training — Pratiquer la Transe Cognitive Auto-Induite dans la perspective d'un usage professionnel dans le secteur artistique — TranceLab Training Institute, La Plaine St. Denis, France (Nov 4–5 & 18–19, 26h, Qualiopi)
2022 Certificate — Protocole MBCT Thérapie Cognitive basée sur la Pleine Conscience — MBSR-MBCT Océan Indien, La Réunion (Oct–Dec 2022, Qualiopi)
2021–2022 Certificate — Conception et mise en œuvre de la stratégie dans un contexte de Changement — HEC Paris / Fédération des EPL (Oct 2021–Apr 2022)
2021 Permis d'exploitation (débit de boissons) — SEF Marseille (Sep)
2021 Licence d'entrepreneur de spectacles — PLATESV-R-2021-009234 (Jul)
2015 Certificate — Managing the Arts: Marketing for Cultural Organizations — Leuphana University / Goethe-Institut — 92/100, 5 ECTS (Feb–May)
2008–2010 Peer Coaching Certificate (Aug 2010) — L'Académie Transnationale ROOTS & ROUTES — jfc Medienzentrum, Cologne, Germany — 2-year EU Lifelong Learning Programme (Leonardo da Vinci) for coaches and talents, France, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, United Kingdom
2000–2006 Engineering Degree (Information Systems & Software Engineering) — EPITA, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
1994–1999 Diploma with honors (violin) — Conservatoire National de Région de La Réunion (music theory & violin)
1996 Summer academy — Académie Nationale d'été "Musique au Grand Jardin", Joinville-en-Champagne, France
1985–1994 École municipale de musique, de danse et d'art dramatique, Saint-Denis, La Réunion