- Born
- Height5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
- Charles-Henri Avelange is mostly known for his symphonic music scores. He started making music with his first electric keyboard when he was 9 years old. Even though he is now able to compose for a hundred-piece orchestra, he never had formal training in music composition and only trusts his ears. When the time came for university studies, he decided to focus on sound engineering so that he could master all the technical aspects of musical composition and recording. He graduated from the Superior Institute of Sound Technics (ISTS, Institut Supérieur des Techniques du Son) in France in 2004.
When he was only 22, Charles-Henri was already being compared to composers like Hans Zimmer. Gilles Tinayre, the President of the French Film Composers' Association, called him the "French Hans Zimmer" and strongly recommended he go to the United States where he could find far better professional opportunities than in France. His career as a film composer started just after his arrival at the United States in March, 2005. His first contact with the American people inspired such great feelings in him that he created a symphony for a CD called "The Age of Heroes" - 11 themes resounding like those of a big action motion picture, in a symphonic Hollywood movie style, as a tribute to all kinds of American heroes.
Charles-Henri is one of the few independent artists distributed at a national level by Barnes & Noble corporation. After he became a BMI registered artist and a member of the Seattle Composers Alliance, his CD became an official fund raiser for the Washington State Council of Fire Fighters (W.S.C.F.F). He has been personally recognized and complimented by the President of the International Association of Fire Fighters (I.A.F.F), Harold Shaitberger, as well as Washington State Governor, Christine Gregoire.
Numerous corporations have benefited from Charles-Henri's music, including Microsoft Corp., the Lion's Foundation. and Kostov Productions. Charles-Henri recently had the opportunity to score a documentary set during World War II, titled "Roystone at War" and produced by Exposure TV in England. Charles-Henri appeared on the well-known French TV show, "Nice Morning", where he talked about his incredible adventure in the United States, and how his CD "The Age of Heroes" was linked to the American fire fighters.
Charles-Henri now applies the skills which have taken him to success with his music upon the broader and deeper oceans of producing.
- IMDb mini biography by: HI/2008
- Extensive use of leitmotifs in scores
- Thundering orchestral theme pieces
- Was personally interviewed (by phone) by Deepak Chopra to talk about his first album The Age of Heroes on Dr. Chopra's Syrius radio show in July 2006.
- Met producer Harvey Bernhard at his Palm Desert mansion in March 2007. After listening to his music, he wrote a few days later a letter to Charles-Henri qualifying him as "a talent beyond belief".
- He grew up in a 12th century Knights Templar castle in the greater Carcassonne area (France), with a dungeon full of giant bats that were the last species of their kind in Europe.
- He created and produced The SIFF Orchestra -- a 60 piece orchestra created for the Seattle International Film Festival Opening Night. It performed live music composed by Charles-Henri Avelange for the first time in the festival's history during the 38th SIFF Opening Night in front of a full house at McCaw Hall.
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