Christian Zanési, born May 22, 1952, in Lourdes, France, is a French composer of electroacoustic and electronic music. After studying at the University of Pau from 1974 to 1975 and at the Conservatoire de Paris under Pierre Schaeffer and Guy Reibel from 1976 to 1977, he joined the Groupe de recherches musicales in 1977. He produced projects including the radio programme Electromania and the festival Présences électronique, and served for many years as artistic director of the GRM until July 2015, after which he worked as an independent electronic musician. His discography includes Le paradoxe de la femme-poisson, Stop! l'horizon / Profil-Désir / Courir, Arkheion—which received a Diapason d'or—the collaborative album GRM Experience (2004) with Mika Vainio and Christian Fennesz, Magnetic Landscape, Paysage électronique avec train, and Frontières (2016) with Arnaud Rebotini.
