We listened to a lot of classical, folk and jazz, and I later became intrigued by the musics of other cultures with wildly different instruments and sonorities, and so sound colors galore were always available. The discovery of contemporary music and electronic music then blew the door open even wider to the wonderful world of timbre as a musician making some attempts at music composition: I just wanted to explore new and fascinating sound worlds.

The world of music is a resplendent and colorful world. In analogy with the visual world in which we live, the sounds that surround us are presented in an immensity of tones and varied nuances. When sounds are used to produce music, performed by musicians, instrumentalists and singers, the variety of tonal colors that they have at their disposal contributes to creating a wide universe of sound details, which enrich the communication of the musical content that the musicians share with their listeners.

I first learned about the word "timbre" in my middle school physics class… listening to more contemporary classical music a few years later, "timbre" attained a more human quality to me, distinct from the other dimensions…