Marc-André Dalbavie

Marc-André Dalbavie (born February 10, 1961 at Neuilly-sur-Seine) is a French composer.^[1] He had his first music lessons at age 6^[2] and later studied at the Conservatoire de Paris. In 1985 he joined the research department of IRCAM where he studied digital synthesis, computer assisted composition and spectral analysis. In the early 1990s he moved to Berlin. Currently he lives in the town of St. Cyprien and teaches orchestration at Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris.

In 1994 he was awarded the Rome Prize. The same year he was one of three composers who won the Ernst von Siemens Music Prize. In 1998, the Cleveland Orchestra appointed him the composer-in-residence (a Daniel Lewis Fellow) for two years. In 2004, he was made a Chevalier des Arts et Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture.

Selected works

Compositions by Dalbavie are published by Éditions Gérard Billaudot and Éditions Jobert.

Orchestra

• Les miroirs transparents (1986)
• Concertino (1994)
• The Dream of the Unified Space, Concerto for orchestra (1999)
• Concertate il suono (2000)
• Color (2002)
• Rocks under the Water (2002)
• Sinfonietta (2005)
• Variations orchestrales (2006)
• La source d'un regard (2007)
• Melodia (2009)

Concertante

• Diadèmes for viola solo, instrumental ensemble and electronic ensemble (1986)
• Concerto for violin and orchestra (1996)
• Antiphonie, Double Concerto for clarinet, basset horn and orchestra (1999)
• Concerto for piano and orchestra (2005)
• La marche des transitoires for oboe and ensemble (2005)
• Concerto for flute and orchestra (2006)
• Concertino for piano and string orchestra (2007)
• Oboe Concerto (2009-10)

Chamber music

• Les paradis mécaniques for piccolo, flute, 2 clarinets, 2 trumpets, horn, 2 trombones, tuba and piano (1986)
• Élégie for flute solo (1990)
• Petit interlude for tuba or bass saxhorn solo (1992)
• Petit interlude for viola and piano (1992)
• In Advance of the Broken Time for flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello and piano (1994)
• Nonetto for clarinet, bassoon, horn, string quintet and piano (1996)
• Palimpseste, Sextet for flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello and piano (2002)
• Axiom, Quartet for clarinet, bassoon, trumpet and piano (2004)
• Trio for violin, horn and piano (2005)
• Chant Récitation Danse for 6 percussionists (2007)
• Piano trio no. 1 (for piano, violin, and cello) (2008)

Vocal

• Seuils for soprano, orchestra and electronics (1991)
• Correspondances for soprano, alto, baritone, chamber ensemble and electronics (1997)
• Sextine Cyclus for soprano and chamber orchestra (2000)
• Ligne de fuite for solo voice (2001); words by Guy Lelong
• Sonnets sur un poème de Louise Labbé for countertenor and orchestra (2008); words by Louise Labé

Choral

• Instances for chorus (12 voices) and orchestra (1989)
• Offertoire for male chorus and orchestra (1995, for the Requiem of Reconciliation)
• Mobiles for chorus and orchestra (2001); words by Guy Lelong

References

• Marc-André Dalbavie's biography (at Billaudot's website), accessed 12 January 2010.

Notes

1. ^ Anne Sédès, Marc-André Dalbavie, New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, accessed 12 January 2010.
2. ^ Marc-André Dalbavie's biography

External links

• Éditions Gérard Billaudot

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