Saxophonist, composer, arranger and educator Denis Guivarc’h studied with Pierrick Pédron at the Saint-Brieuc conservatoire and then at the CIM in Paris. His work combines jazz, sound creation, studio production and composition for contemporary dance.
Following a first recording with Eddy Louiss’s Multicolor Feeling in 1991, he performed with Magic Malik in Human Spirit and then the Magic Malik Orchestra. Their twenty-year collaboration produced seven albums and international tours, from Marciac and the North Sea Jazz Festival to Montréal, London’s Barbican Centre and New York’s Knitting Factory. He has also worked with Paco Sery, Steve Coleman, Nelson Veras, Pierre de Bethmann, Bojan Z, Julien Lourau, Baptiste Trotignon, Louis Moutin, Jean-Pierre Smadj, Minino Garay and Anga Díaz.
He released Exit and Reverse under his own name and continues to collaborate with artists including Jérémy Lirola, Herer and Melem.
His work with choreographer Léo Lérus includes the music for Gounouj (2023) and Ici (2025), for the Ballet de l’Opéra national du Rhin. He also develops interactive sound systems using movement sensors and Max-MSP, alongside his work in studio production, arranging and remixing.
At the American School of Modern Music, he teaches computer music and music production and leads jazz workshops and section work. He has also taught composition, writing and improvisation at Pôle Supérieur 93 since 2019, and founded the computer music class at the Montreuil conservatoire in 2016.