Support and recognition for LGBTQ+ composers
Introducing Célyne Baudino, a composer we think you should get to know.
As an initiative to support and recognize exceptional and innovative LGBTQ+ composers, the OT microgrants provide selected artists with licenses, mentoring, and a platform to showcase their music.
Our first recipient, Célyne Baudino, is a multitasking music queer creature who creates music for film, live performance, and classic contemporary music.
As a composer, they seek to bring together all kinds of textures, merging vocal, acoustic, and electronic sounds into a complex sonic world.
In 2024, with work on numerous short films and animation, Célyne was nominated for the Cannes Festival Sync Awards and also scored for Kill the Horse, which won Best Animated Short film at the 2024 Shanghai Film Festival.
More recently, Célyne has been collaborating with Éditions A.CHAVE to compose the original music for a major 7-episode documentary series produced by Feliz Films in Paris.
We are thrilled to support Célyne and share their incredible work with the world.
About the microgrants
The OT Microgrants initiative aims to support and recognize LGBTQ+ composers by awarding selected artists a package of licenses and mentoring—a microgrant. With each microgrant we will shine a spotlight on the artist's music, and hopefully help to advance their work and extend their professional network.
Why are we doing this? The composer community is slowly becoming more diverse, but it’s still hugely imbalanced, and its doors are not always open for queer composers. Encouraged by OT staff members from the queer community, we’ve initiated these microgrants to provide support and recognition to LGBTQ+ composers of all levels. We believe wholeheartedly that increased diversity will make the composer community more dynamic and vibrant, and ultimately lead to more exciting music.
Would you like to be considered? To apply for a microgrant, please write to: microgrants@orchestraltools.com
This project is audited by dif e.V.