Grégoire Pont
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‘Grégoire Pont’s remarkable work avoids easy technical effects and always sticks to the truth of text and music’
Classique News, L’Enfant et les sortilèges, Opéra National de Lyon
Grégoire Pont is a visual artist who joins musicians armed with nothing but a pencil. Through live drawing and animation, he translates sound into motion and timing into line, creating images that move in close dialogue with the music onstage.
His subtle approach to storytelling focuses on small, precise gestures which, seamlessly aligned with the music, reveal the work’s emotional underpinnings.
In collaboration with British director James Bonas, Pont has brought his innovative animation techniques to the operatic repertoire. Their original productions of much-loved works including L’Enfant et les sortilèges, L’heure espagnole, Candide, and Die Zauberflöte have received widespread acclaim.
A committed advocate for classical music, Pont views his work as a means of connecting it with a broader audience of children and adults alike.
‘I love working with different people. It’s fascinating to discover the combination of my universe and theirs. You learn more when you collaborate with someone else. Sometimes they have to convince you, or you have to do more work, but in the end it’s more enriching’
