Geoffroy Drouin was born in Paris in 1970.  Geoffroy Drouin received his diploma in composition from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris, where he studied with Gérard Grisey and Marco Stroppa (Award for Composition, Orchestration and Analysis). He also followed a composition session at the Abbaye de Royaumont in 2002 with Brian Ferneyhough and Jonathan Harvey.  Chosen by the IRCAM reading panel, he participated to the Composition and Computer Music Cursus program in 2003. He holds a Master’s degree from the EHESS (Ecole des Hautes Etudes en sciences Sociales). His work has been programmed and perfommed by ensembles and institutions such as the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Court-Circuit, l’Itinéraire, TM+, 2e2m, the Nieuw Ensemble of Amsterdam, IRCAM, the Présences festivals, Why Note, Musik der Jahrhundert. He is teaching at Université de Versailles, and is codirecting seminaries on composition in IRCAM since 2008, under the Entretemps association.