Charles Chaynes

Charles Chaynes (born 11 July 1925 in Toulouse) is a French composer.

Biography

Chaynes studied at the Conservatoire de Paris with Darius Milhaud and Jean Rivier. In 1951 he won the Prix de Rome with the cantata Et l'homme se vit les portes rouvrir. During his stay at the Villa Medici in Rome he wrote the First Concerto for String Orchestra and the Ode for a Tragic Death.

In 1956 he became a producer at the Radiodiffusion Télévision Française (RTF). In 1964 he succeeded Marius Constant as head of the channel France Musique. From 1975 to 1990 he headed the service de la création musicale at Radio France.

In addition to several operas, one symphony and chamber works Chaynes composed numerous concertos, etc. for trumpet, violin, piano and organ, and two orchestral concerts. In 1966 he composed a concerto for organ, string orchestra, timpani and percussio for the organist Marie-Claire Alain . His Piano Concerto was premiered in 1967 by Yvonne Loriod.

Chaynes was inter alia the Grand Prix Musical of Paris (1965), the Prix du Disque of the Académie du disque français (1968, 1970, 1975 and 1981), the Prix de la Tribune internationale des compositeurs UNESCO (1976), the Prix Musical de la SACD (1988) and the Orphée d'Or of the Académie du Disque Lyrique (1996 and 2003). He was awarded officer of the Legion of Honour, the Ordre national du Mérite and Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. In 2005 he became a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts^[1].

Selected works

• Concerto for organ, string orchestra, timpani and percussion (1966)
• Piano Concerto (1966)
• Alternances for viola and piano (1966)

References

1. ^ [1]

External links

Charles Chaynes at Allmusic

Persondata
Name	Chaynes, Charles
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	11 July 1925
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death