Brice Perda

A brass player and multi-instrumentalist (guitar, trombone, tuba, saxhorn, sousaphone, flugabone, flugelhorn, ondes Martenot, etc.), Brice Perda is primarily a tuba player. After musical training at the CRR de Cergy-Pontoise and theater training, he perfected his skills on the tuba with François Thuillier. A singer and songwriter, Perda set the tales of the Dragulinu company to music from 2002 to 2013. He participates in various song and contemporary music groups as an instrumentalist and backing vocalist, and he also accompanies Chloé Lacan, Ottilie [B], Nicolas Jules, Valentin Vander, Danny Buckton Trio, Mathieu Barbances, and others. An improviser trained in soundpainting, Perda works as a soloist with the Metismatic quartet, and as a guest or substitute in all kinds of jazz ensembles, from trios to big bands (Surnatural Orchestra, Itiberê Orquestra Família, Gil Evans Paris Workshop, Paul Jarret A.L.E, Julien Daïan Quintet, Spat’Sonore, Les Musiques à Ouïr, etc.). As a sousaphonist, he has developed a groove that has led him to play in numerous brass bands of various styles (Le Gros Tube, Balaphonics, Lazcar Volcano, Omega, Grizz-Li, etc.), in France, Germany, Morocco, Brazil, Japan, Mali, Russia, the United Kingdom, Spain, Cyprus, etc.). Throughout his travels, Perda has also developed a passion for Brazilian choro, which he studied in Rio de Janeiro during workshops with the Escola Portátil and the Trio Madeira Brasil. Since 2017, his taste for sonic experimentation has led him to “augment” his brass instruments with effects pedals, notably with Lucie Antunes’ Sergeï Ensemble. Live performance in the broadest sense (such as theater, storytelling, dance, film-concert, pictorial performance, and street performance) constitutes his main playing field.