His influences are at the confluence of music from the first half of the twentieth century (Bartok, Stravinsky, Ives), and contemporary music. His works relates to a wide range of genres: orchestral music for big formations, chamber music, song, with a predilection for the latter: operas and songs with orchestra.

He regularly collaborates with the writer librettist Emmanuel Fandre and visual artist Christine Beard and has been commissioned by prestigious formations such as the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Amstelveen Symphony or the quartet Arriaga.

His favorite performers are cellist Luc Tooten, soprano Valerie Guillorit or the conductor Saskia Boon.

On the occasion of Vincent Van Gogh's 150th birth anniversary, he set to music some of the letters written by the painter to his brother Theo which have been the subject of a collection of melodies, regularly performed by soprano Valerie Guillorit.

John Sernee also collaborating with the festival of La Baume for which he has composed works such as a chamber opera "A day on the Styx" or "The Tuner", on a booklet by Emmanuel Fandre.

He likes to mix genres: theater, music, video and is currently working in collaboration with Christine Beard to the realization of a "video opera" based on spoken melodies.

Here is an excerpt from his Trio A (part I):

Vincent Bourgin (awarded "young talent") tell us (gently):

I am 29 years old. I spent about 7 years in Conservatory in my "formative years" (7 / 14 years ...), may be the most important ! Then I started the electric guitar, but this time without a single minute of course.

And then, two years ago, I discover CAM(Computer-Assisted Music), and it is through this medium that I started to "compose" which would have been impossible otherwise, I 'd say. But all roads lead to Rome, right?

Here is the bulk. Otherwise I am glad to have found your site, for several reasons: the welcome is warm, and most importantly ... it is the only site dedicated to real composing and writing.

Here is an excerpt of his "Funeral March" (part II):