Musician / Designer
Clément Himbert, lead designer at Yitai Studio, works at the intersection of music, visual arts, technology, and scenography.
Originally trained as a classical musician, he studied at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris, where he graduated in saxophone, chamber music, and pedagogy. He later joined the selective joint doctoral program with Paris-Sorbonne University, where his thesis received the highest honors. His research focuses on collaborative creation, interpretation, repertoire, and both ancient and contemporary performance practices.
A winner of international competitions (1st Prize at the Pacem in Terris competition in Bayreuth), he performs as a soloist (with the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra, the National Orchestra of Athens) and collaborates with various ensembles and orchestras in a wide range of repertoires. Actively involved in contemporary creation, he has worked with Pierre Boulez and Mauricio Kagel, and composers such as Régis Campo, Ryo Daïnobu, and Gérard Pesson have dedicated works to him.
Introduced to digital arts during his studies at the Paris Conservatoire and through collaborations with IRCAM, he explores hybrid forms of expression and was awarded first place at the Innovatoires competition in Paris. Yitai Studio continues along the lines of these explorations.
He is currently a professor at Soochow University and a Selmer and D’Addario artist.
