Franck Evin

<p><span style="color: rgb(40, 40, 40);">Franck Evin was born in Nantes. He began his career at the age of 19 as a pianist, playing for singers at the Café Théâtre Le Connétable. At this time, he began to take an interest in lighting designs then he turned himself to a new area: a combination of music and technique. Thanks to a grant awarded by the French Ministry of Culture he went to work in Lyon at the Opera as Chief electrician assistant. There, he worked with artists such as Ken Russell and Robert Wilson. In 1986 he started to work as lighting designer at the Düsseldorf Schauspielhaus. This year marked the beginning of a close relationship with Werner Schröter and the start of experimental projects in abandoned facilities of the Ruhr area with Eberhard Kloke and the Bochumer Symphonik