Frédéric Sanchez

Frédéric Sanchez (born 23 September 1966) is a French sound artist and music producer, best known for his career in the fashion industry.[3][4][5] His works include sound collages, mixes, original compositions, and sound installations.[1][6] Major industry observers such as Vogue, Dazed, AnOther, or Business of Fashion have repeatedly referred to him as "one of the most respected sound designers working today".[4][7][8][9]

Frédéric Sanchez
Born (1966-09-23) 23 September 1966
France
OccupationSound artist, music producer.
Years active1988–present
Known forPrada, Comme des Garçons, Calvin Klein, Martin Margiela, Marc Jacobs
Styleminimal, innovative, electronic.[1][2]
Websitewww.fredericsanchez.com

In 2005 he was appointed Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French ministry of Culture.[10]

Career overview

Fashion

Frédéric Sanchez's career began in 1988, when fashion designer Martin Margiela invited him to design the soundtrack for his debut show,[11] and he since worked with various designers and brands such as Prada, Comme des Garçons, Marc Jacobs, Calvin Klein, Hermès, Jil Sander, Jean Paul Gaultier, Givenchy, Louis Vuitton, Martine Sitbon or Helmut Lang.[2][11][12] He is a long-term collaborator to the Festival international de mode et de photographie in Hyères, France.[13][14] Since its creation in 2013 he has been included in Business of Fashion's annual index of the 500 key people shaping the fashion industry.[1]

Art and collaborations

Sanchez has designed and curated several installations and pieces, which have been displayed or performed in museums and institutions such as the Musée du quai Branly, the Musée du Louvre, the Mudam, the Grand Palais, the Foire internationale d'art contemporain (FIAC), and the parisian gallery Serge Le Borgne.[9][12][15][16][17] He has collaborated with visual artists Louise Bourgeois, Jack Pierson, Bettina Rheims, Susanna Fritscher, and Orlan ; film directors Larry Clark and Ange Leccia, architects Herzog & de Meuron, and Odile Decq.[1][17][18][19] In 2008, he curated the Gainsbourg 2008 exhibition at Paris’ Cité de la Musique.[20][21] In 2010, he directed his first art film, Le Soldat Sans Visage.[22]

Music and film

Frédéric Sanchez supervised the music on three feature films, 2000 Deauville American Film Festival's Prix Michel d'Ornano winner Le Secret directed by Virginie Wagon, 2001 Berlin Film Festival's Golden Bear winner Intimacy directed by Patrice Chéreau,[23] and 2008 Filmfest München's German Cinema Award for Peace winner Die Frau des Anarchisten directed by Peter Sehr and Marie Noëlle.[24] In 2001, he released a music compilation featuring artists such as Mirwais, Fischerspooner, Chilly Gonzales, Peaches and Chicks On Speed.[25]

Selected works

Installations
  • La Salamandre (2004) - Sound installation - Contrepoint exhibit - Musée du Louvre, Paris
  • Ondes visibles (2004) - Sound installation - Nave reopening - Grand Palais, Paris
  • Console (2004) - Sound performance - FIAC - Grand Palais, Paris
  • Castles In The Air (2007) - Sound installation - Galerie Serge Le Borgne, Paris
  • Gainsbourg 2008 (2008) - Curator - Cité de la Musique, Paris
  • une utile illusion (2008) - Sound installation - Galerie Serge Le Borgne, Paris

Artistic Collaborations

References
  1. "Frédéric Sanchez, BoF 500". Business of Fashion. July 9, 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  2. Noakes, Tim (June 2, 2015). "Frédéric Sanchez's Synth Hero mix". Dazed. Retrieved 10 November 2015. Since 1988 he has created some of the most innovative soundtracks for the world's biggest fashion shows. In the past year alone he has scored runway collections for Prada, Jil Sander, Comme des Garçons, Calvin Klein, Miu Miu, Alexander Wang, Thomas Tait and many more. Designers come to Sanchez because he is an expert in creating the perfect atmosphere to complement their clothes.
  3. Trebay, Guy (October 2, 2002). "FASHION DIARY; That Final Flourish, The Music". The New York Times. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  4. Yotka, Steff (November 10, 2015). "The Sound of Margiela: Frédéric Sanchez Remembers Creating the Soundtracks for Martin Margiela's First Shows". Vogue. Condé Nast. Archived from the original on November 12, 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2015. Today, Frédéric Sanchez is among the most respected sound designers in the world.
  5. Israel, Katrina. "We chat to music maestro Frédéric Sanchez, plus our top 20 soundtracks from the A/W 2015 women's shows". Wallpaper. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
  6. "The cult composer behind the most iconic runway moments". Dazed. 27 July 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2015. With his carefully curated soundtracks blasting out from the speakers of Prada, Comme des Garçons, Margiela and Miu Miu, Frédéric Sanchez has become a catwalk icon in his own right. Whether he's transporting you to another time with his live compositions or mixing up Metallica and Beyoncé, his vast and varied tastes have changed the game for fashion soundtracks.
  7. Fitzpatrick, Tommy (November 5, 2015). "Making Frédéric Sanchez's Fashion Show Mixes". Business Of Fashion. Retrieved November 13, 2015. Sanchez has since made a career out of collaborating with designers on a conceptual level, his carefully-curated, cerebral soundtracks cementing his place as one of fashion’s most respected show music producers.
  8. Jones, Daisy (September 23, 2015). "Stream London Fashion Week's most electrifying soundtrack". Dazed. Retrieved 10 November 2015. Nobody epitomises the sound of fashion more than Frédéric Sanchez, the cult Parisian producer who has been lending his musical talents to the runways of Prada, Comme des Garçons, Margiela and Miu Miu for over 25 years.
  9. Woo, Kin (July 8, 2014). "Frédéric Sanchez, Show Music Maestro". AnOther. Retrieved 10 November 2015. In the two decades plus he’s spent as one of the most respected illustrateur sonore working today (...)
  10. "Nomination ou promotion dans l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres, juillet 2005" [Nomination or promotion into the order of Arts and Letters, July 2005.]. Ministère de la Culture. (in French). July 14, 2005. Retrieved November 12, 2015.
  11. "Frédéric Sanchez Biography". Official Website. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
  12. "Fall Mixed Up by Frédéric Sanchez". Nowness. May 26, 2010. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
  13. "Hyères 2007". Villa Noailles. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
  14. Paquin, Paquita. "Hyères 2009, morceaux choisis" [Hyères 2009, chosen pieces]. Puretrend (in French). Retrieved November 10, 2015.
  15. Monville, Quentin (July 21, 2014). "Les Inrocks - On y était : les Siestes Électroniques au Musée du Quai Branly" [We were there : les Siestes Electroniques at Musée du Quai Branly]. Les Inrockuptibles (in French). Retrieved November 10, 2015.
  16. Clemens, Nicolas; Stephenson, Sarah. "The Louvre introduces living art". Artfacts.net. Retrieved November 10, 2015. The author of this audio-installation, Frederic Sanchez, continues his work in the Louvre, which started in 1988, through the connection between sound illustration and the world of art (Louise Bourgeois/ The Foundation of the Museum of Contemporary Art Grand Duc Jean, Luxembourg/ The Museum of the Louvre).
  17. Monvoisin, Alain (2008). Dictionnaire international de la sculpture moderne & contemporaine [International dictionary of modern and contemporary sculpture] (in French) (1st ed.). p. 470. ISBN 978-2-84105-211-0. Retrieved November 12, 2015. « A partir de 1998, il envisage son travail en collaboration avec des cinéastes, telle Virgine Wagon pour son film Le Secret, des commissaires d’exposition ou des conservateurs de musées (Bal(l)ade, promenade virtuelle et sonore pour le Mudam du Luxembourg, 2001), des architectes comme Odile Decq (Less Aesthetics more Ethics, 2000) ou des artistes - Louise Bourgeois (C’est le murmure de l’eau qui chante, 2003), Orlan (Bien que, oui mais, 2003) ou Ange Leccia, réalisant la bande sonore de son film Nymphea avec Laetitia Casta (2006). Puis il franchit une autre étape en abordant la sculpture sonore proprement dite avec des oeuvres qui sont non plus des illustrations mais des créations effectueés en fonction de lieux comme le musée du Louvre (La Salamandre, 2004) ou le Grand Palais (Ondes visibles, en collaboration avec une installation de miroirs de Thierry Dreyfus, 2005). Séléction d’expositions : 2002, Sainte-Anastase, Paris; 2007, Cent8-Serge Le Borgne, Paris. »
  18. Ambroise, Laure; Capdevielle, Marie-Anne (2001). "Jalouse N°37, page 74". Patrimoine des Editions Jalou. Les Editions Jalou. Archived from the original on November 18, 2015. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
  19. Rosenberg, David. "Finding Models Who Aren't Defined by Gender". Slate. November 17, 2012. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
  20. Holman, Rachel (March 3, 2013). "Twenty years on, Gainsbourg remains France's favourite 'enfant terrible'". France 24. Retrieved November 10, 2015. Frédéric Sanchez, who curated "Gainsbourg 2008" in Paris, describes him as, "one of the most important artists of the 20th century".
  21. Litchfield, John (October 23, 2011). "Je t'aime (again): The French love affair with Serge Gainsbourg". The Independent. Retrieved November 10, 2015. The curator of the exhibition, Frédéric Sanchez, describes the choice of Gainsbourg as a "consecration" and an "apotheosis".
  22. "Frédéric Sanchez, Sonic Reverie". Nowness. May 26, 2010. Retrieved November 10, 2015. The Sound Artist Gets Dreamy With Bach for His New Film "Le Soldat Sans Visage"
  23. Médioni, Gilles. "Le Styliste des Sons" [The Sound Stylist.]. L’Express (in French). Retrieved November 16, 2015.
  24. "Die Frau Des Anarchisten". Worldcat. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
  25. Birchmeier, Jason. "Frédéric Sanchez". Allmusic. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
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