Gerard Pape is artistic director of CLSI as well as a composer-performer. Over many years he has performed in many festivals and concerts all over Europe, Japan, Mexico, Canada and the USA...
His first performing experiences started with theater. He was an actor and stage director in different plays of his own as well as of other writers. The idea of strong, direct expression with voice and body which began for him in the theatrical field, then extended to his interpretation of sound projection, as well as playing live electronics, speaking/singing or performing with different acoustical instruments and sounding objects. His sound projection repertoire includes such composers as Iannis Xenakis, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Éliane Radigue, Luigi Nono as well as his own music.
Since November, 2025, Gerard Pape has returned to stage performance in his works ARTAUD LE MOMO and ARTAUD VARIATIONS , portraying Antonin Artaud in these two works. Even more recently in April 2025, Gerard Pape has started a collaboration with the international performance artist, Josef Ka, creating live electronic music for her action performance, NEW LIGHT. In June 2026, Pape also created electronic music for Josef Ka’s WASTELAND-WINDLAND , SKIN, and REFINISHED TANGO REHEARSALS 1 and 2. In December 2025, Gerard Pape participated in a Butoh Dance performance based on his electronic piece, HELIOPHONIE. In June 2026, He made his début as a dancer/performer in Josef Ka’s REFINISHED TANGO REHEARSALS 1 and 2.