At the crossroads…

What do a fakir, a little dancer and Captain Nemo have in common? These three characters neglect the beaten trails and, in their search for grace, move into unexplored territories to find their own means of expression. It is not surprising to encounter them during the course of Denis Levaillant's creations – the models resemble their painter.

Refusing both the formalism of speculative music and the populism that is deemed good taste, his work continually brandishes his independence and freedom. And the public finds its way, discovering music composed neither 'despite' nor 'against' it but not seeking to 'butter it up' either.

Remaining aloof from the quarrels of coteries, Denis Levaillant's music develops its own language, never forgetting to devote equal shares to the intellect (precise writing) and to the sensual (concern for the resulting sound). In that, Denis Levaillant is truly a 'French' composer.

His Frenchness is equally evident in the attention paid to timbre, this quality