Thomas Bangalter

• Thomas Bangalter is a French musician, born in 1975 to a dancer mother and a composer father
• founded the duo Daft Punk (1993-2021) with Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo
• Daft Punk's album Random Access Memories won the Grammy award for Album of the Year in the United States in 2014
• recent works by Thomas Bangalter include the ballet score Mythologies, staged with choreography by Angelin Preljocaj
• the ballet was premiered in Bordeaux in July 2022 and toured in France and Italy, including a run of performances at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris
• has collaborated with artists including Hofesh Shechter, Spike Jonze, Giorgio Moroder, Michel Gondry, Stevie Wonder, Leiji Matsumoto, Peter Lindbergh, Richard Phillips, Kanye West, Nile Rodgers, Julian Casablancas, Paul Williams, Pharrell Williams, Gonzales, Arcade Fire, Matthieu Chedid, The Weeknd, Disney Studios and Gaspar Noe
• awarded the Chevalier des Arts et Lettres in 2010
• Thomas Bangalter lives and works in Paris

Works by Thomas Bangalter include:
Mythologies (2022) ballet for orchestra
L’accouchement (2022) tableau for orchestra
Le Minotaure (2022) tableau for orchestra
Pas de deux (2022) tableau for orchestra

"I consider music composition to be an experimental and empirical attempt to solve a mysterious equation. Yet the result remains transcendent, far beyond the limits of experience."
Thomas Bangalter