Monic Cecconi-Botella

Monic Gabrielle Cecconi-Botella (b. 30 Sept 1936) is a French pianist, music educator and composer. She was born in Courbevoie and studied at the Paris Conservatoire with Maurice Durufle, Jean Rivier and Henri Dutilleux. After completing her studies, she worked as professor of music theory at the Conservatoire of Aubervilliers, and in 1983 became a professor of music analysis at the Paris Conservatoire.^[1][2]

In 1966 Cecconi-Botella won a First at the Grand Prix de Rome.^[3] Her opera Noctuaile won a Grand Prix du Disque French Academy. In 2008 she founded the Festival Seasons of the Voice in Gordes, Provence.^[4]

Works

Cecconi-Botella explores multi-media arts in her compositions. Selected works include:

• Bucolique for flute and piano
• Cérémonie for viola and piano
• Noctuaile opera in two parts, libretto by René David
• He Signed Vincent (about the life of Vincent Van Gogh)
• The Woman of the Ogre, opera, book by Pierrette Fleutiaux
• Operaclown, children's opera, libretto by René Pillot
• Pirlipipi, children's opera, libretto by Pierre Gripari
• Triangle Crystal, children's opera, book by Françoise Arquetout

References

1. ^ Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994) (Digitized online by GoogleBooks). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers. http://books.google.com/books?id=IvoQQU1QL_QC&pg=PA112&dq=Monic+Cecconi-Botella+Maurice&hl=en&ei=LhE3TZ-GDMT48AbQzcDBAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Monic%20Cecconi-Botella%20Maurice&f=false. Retrieved 20 January 2011. 
2. ^ Boenke, Heidi M. (1988). Flute music by women composers: an annotated catalog. 
3. ^ Dees, Pamela Youngdahl (2004). A Guide to Piano Music by Women Composers: Women born after 1900. 
4. ^ "Monic Cecconi-Botella". http://www.moniccecconibotella.fr. Retrieved 20 January 2011. 

External links

• Monic Cecconi-Botella website

Persondata
Name	Cecconi-Botella, Monic
Alternative names
Short description	Composer
Date of birth	30 September 1936
Place of birth	Courbevoie, France
Date of death
Place of death