Since 1975, Claude Hermitte has regularly composed vocal works inspired by various poets and writers (Il Cantico delle Creature on the text by François d'Assise, Le Savon after Francis Ponge, Plupart du temps, Flaques de verre, Sources du vent on the poems of Pierre Reverdy, Sirandanes after JMG Le Clézio...). The contemporary language of his instrumental music is often influenced by jazz, popular music and acousmatic composition procedures (Hommage à Max Ernst for orchestra, Discours de l'homme rouge after Mahmoud Darwish...). Finally, acousmatic music often highlights the work of certain contemporary or very old artists (sound work on Les Métamorphoses from Ovide, Eloge de la caresse from Les mille et une nuits, Le chant du monde from Giono, Musiques et Minorités with the text of Sutö, Les Robots Abusifs after Boris Vian, Hommage à Luc Ferrari, Objets trouvés after Ellsworth Kelly, Cy Twombly, Zao Wou-Ki, Nicolas de Staël, JS Bach, WA Mozart...) Through his compositions and his musical experiences, he seeks, in various styles and formations, to tend towards a humanist art. He likes living in Marseille and he likes to share his life with SoSo, Tom-toum and Zoum-zoum.