Pierre Hujoel (traditional Chinese: 胡月) is a Belgian composer, pianist and vocalist.
Biography
editHujoel was born in Brussels, Belgium in 1979. He learned singing and music theory at an early age and followed Belgian pianist Evelyn Groynne's teaching during his teenage, who enabled him to perform his compositions in public.[1] In 2001, he obtained a First Prize in classical piano at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels in Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden's class, a First Prize in harmony at the Royal Conservatory of Mons in Jean-Pierre Deleuze's class and, in 2007, a master's degree in musical composition at the Royal Conservatory of Mons in Claude Ledoux's class. He then moved to Taipei, Taiwan in order to learn Chinese at National Taiwan Normal University and compose music for the local contemporary art and television.[2][3] Meanwhile, he started collaborating with Belgian-French film director Joachim Olender.[4] In 2009, he engaged in an ongoing piano-, voice- and electronics-based project.[5][6] Between 2009 and 2021, he toured the world with various acts, such as electronic music duo April Red 紅, world music artist 蘇珮卿 Paige Su and singer-songwriter卜星慧 Emily Pu, as well as his own: 胡月 Western Moon, Children in Love, Hujoel.[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] He published three studio albums (two LP's and one EP) and was involved in the publication of two (one LP and one EP). In 2019, he joined Taiwan-based acapella group AWKwapella 尷尬美聲. He currently teaches master's course in harmony at the Royal Conservatory of Mons, focuses on his solo project and keeps making film music.[15][16]
Discography
edit- 紅 (2013) (HighNote Records)
- 胡月 Western Moon (2014)
- Children in Love (2016) (Taiwan Ministry of Culture) (HighNote Records, StreetVoice)
- Her (2016) (Taiwan Colors Music)
- My World is Yours (2019) (StreetVoice)
Film Music
edit- Sarabande, documentary from Belgian director Thomas Joiret (2005)
- 紙道, exhibition from 台北樹火紀念紙文化基金會 Taipei Suho Paper Museum (2005)
- Languages d’épiderme, art film from Belgian artist Roger Remacle (2006) (Communauté française de Belgique)
- Paper + Ink, A Dialogue in Time, exhibition from 台北樹火紀念紙文化基金會 Taipei Suho Paper Museum (2007)
- 巴黎 台北 單車萬歲, documentary from French-Taiwanese director Jean-Robert Thomann (2009) (Taiwan Public Television)
- Bloody Eyes, fiction from Belgian director Joachim Olender (2011) (Le Fresnoy - Studio national des arts contemporains)
- Lab 1030 Schaerbeek, documentary from Belgian director Ta Yang Hsu (2011) (Commune de Schaerbeek)
- Tarnac. Le chaos et la grâce, art film from Belgian director Joachim Olender (2012) (Le Fresnoy - Studio national des arts contemporains)
- 盼望, art film from Taiwanese director 林淑雲 Alma Lin (2012) (National Taiwan University of Arts)
- As a Mirror, art film from Taiwanese director 林淑雲 Alma Lin (2012) (National Taiwan University of Arts)
- Utoya. Fragments d’une archive fictionnelle, live performance from Belgian director Joachim Olender (2015) (Centre Pompidou)
- No Biggie, animation film from Taiwanese director C.H. Fanchiang (2015) (Tainan National University of the Arts)
- Bliss/Cybermoutons, VR game from French artist Léa Rogliano (2017)
- Shift, art film from French director Léa Rogliano (2017)
- Le Musée de Berlin, art film from Belgian director Joachim Olender (2018) (Le Fresnoy - Studio national des arts contemporains)
- Ce que l'oeil ne voit pas, documentary from French director Léa Rogliano and Pierre Hujoel (2021)
References
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- ^ "Taiwan seen through European eyes - Taipei Times". www.taipeitimes.com. 2006-12-22. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
- ^ "[ ART JOURNAL ] The house that paper built - Taipei Times". www.taipeitimes.com. 2008-02-13. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
- ^ Regine (2013-04-03). "Chaos and grace". We Make Money Not Art. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
- ^ "胡月到台灣 誓圓音樂夢". 喀報 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 2020-08-06.
- ^ "Music: Breaking up with the avant-garde - Taipei Times". www.taipeitimes.com. 2011-02-25. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
- ^ "HyRead ebook 臺中市立圖書館-My plus+加分誌 [第53期]:宇宙人來了". taichunggov.ebook.hyread.com.tw. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
- ^ "中比古典電音雙人組 ─ Children in Love《Children in Love 》". Blow 吹音樂 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 2016-03-14. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
- ^ "Taiwan EDM Act RED To Perform At Malaysia's "We Love Asia" Festival in Kuala Lumpur". PRWeb. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
- ^ "文化艺术 - 红乐团的坎城梦". RFI - 法国国际广播电台 (in Simplified Chinese). 2014-12-31. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
- ^ "HER TOUR 聽她制樂高歌，看她興風作浪" (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 2020-08-06.
- ^ 自由時報. "〈台北都會〉耕耘電子音樂10餘年 DJ Code獲國際肯定- 2017春節專區 - 自由電子報". features.ltn.com.tw. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
- ^ "現場直擊：The Next Big Thing 大團誕生 開發場 1 ＠ Legacy Taipei". Blow 吹音樂 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 2016-03-15. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
- ^ "樂迷瘋傳！貴人散步音樂節最終陣容超狂". 加點音樂誌 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 2019-09-24. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
- ^ "The future place for human beings: a zoological garden". MODERN TIMES REVIEW. 2021-05-18. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
- ^ Ethique versus numérique, avec Léa Rogliano et Pierre Hujoel, retrieved 2023-03-08