Emmanuel Séjourné is a musician of international renown who leads a triple career as a composer, percussionist and teacher. His career ranges from classical music to improvised music. He has been awarded prizes for Best Music for Drama at the Festival d’Avignon, the Prix de l’Academie du Disque Français, as well as the Repertoire Prize, awarded by the French Music Publishers, for his composition Khamsin. The percussionist Aurélien Gignoux won the Victoires de la Musique 2021 by playing Attraction by E.Séjourné.

His music is rhythmic, romantic, energetic, inspired both by the Western classical tradition and by popular culture (jazz, rock, extra-Européan).

Many orchestras include his music in their repertoire, including RadioSinfonieOrchester Stuttgart, Bamberg Symphonie Orchester, Philharmonisches Orchester Freiburg Nagoya Philharmonic, Osaka Philharmonic, Sinfonia Toronto,Croatian Radio Television Symphony, Luxembourg Philharmonic, Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, Orchestre de la Suisse Italienne, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Camerata de Bourgogne, Sofia Soloists, Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre d’Auvergne, de Cannes, Nice, Pau, Mulhouse, Bochumer Symphoniker, Wurttembergisches Kammerorchester and Paris Brassband, as well as numerous additional ensembles.