Annette Vande Gorne
Encyclopedia
Annette Vande Gorne is a Belgian
electroacoustic music
composer currently living in Ohain
, Belgium.
, Belgium. She initially studied music at the conservatories of Mons
and Brussels
, and privately with Jean Absil
. After discovering the acousmatic music
developed by Pierre Schaeffer
, she became interested in the music of Schaeffer as well as François Bayle
and Pierre Henry
. She moved to Paris in order to study at the conservatoire with Schaeffer and Reibel. On returning to Belgium she founded the Association de Musiques et Recherches and the Métamorphoses d'Orphée studio. She also launched a series of concerts and an acousmatics festival called L’Espace du son in Brussels
in 1984. Since 1986 she has taught in Liège
, Brussels, Mons (Visscher 2001).
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
electroacoustic music
Electroacoustic music
Electroacoustic music originated in Western art music during its modern era following the incorporation of electric sound production into compositional practice. The initial developments in electroacoustic music composition during the mid-20th century are associated with the activities of composers...
composer currently living in Ohain
Ohain
Ohain may refer to:* Ohain, Belgium* Ohain, Nord, France* Hans von Ohain, one of the inventors of the jet engine...
, Belgium.
Biography
Annette Vande Gorne was born in CharleroiCharleroi
Charleroi is a city and a municipality of Wallonia, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. , the total population of Charleroi was 201,593. The metropolitan area, including the outer commuter zone, covers an area of and had a total population of 522,522 as of 1 January 2008, ranking it as...
, Belgium. She initially studied music at the conservatories of Mons
Mons
Mons is a Walloon city and municipality located in the Belgian province of Hainaut, of which it is the capital. The Mons municipality includes the old communes of Cuesmes, Flénu, Ghlin, Hyon, Nimy, Obourg, Baudour , Jemappes, Ciply, Harmignies, Harveng, Havré, Maisières, Mesvin, Nouvelles,...
and Brussels
Brussels
Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
, and privately with Jean Absil
Jean Absil
Jean Absil was a Belgian modernist music composer, organist, and professor at the Brussels Conservatory.- Biography :...
. After discovering the acousmatic music
Acousmatic music
Acousmatic music is a form of electroacoustic music that deals specifically with acousmatic sound as a compositional resource. The practice has a historical basis in musique concrète. It can be created using non-acoustic technology, exists only in a recorded format , and is composed for reception...
developed by Pierre Schaeffer
Pierre Schaeffer
Pierre Henri Marie Schaeffer was a French composer, writer, broadcaster, engineer, musicologist and acoustician of the 20th century. His innovative work in both the sciences —particularly communications and acoustics— and the various arts of music, literature and radio presentation after the end...
, she became interested in the music of Schaeffer as well as François Bayle
François Bayle
François Bayle is a composer of Musique concrète or acousmatic music.In the 1950s he studied with Olivier Messiaen, Pierre Schaeffer and Karlheinz Stockhausen. In 1960 he joined the Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française, and in 1966 was put in charge of the Groupe de Recherches Musicales...
and Pierre Henry
Pierre Henry
Pierre Henry is a French composer, considered a pioneer of the musique concrète genre of electronic music.-Biography:...
. She moved to Paris in order to study at the conservatoire with Schaeffer and Reibel. On returning to Belgium she founded the Association de Musiques et Recherches and the Métamorphoses d'Orphée studio. She also launched a series of concerts and an acousmatics festival called L’Espace du son in Brussels
Brussels
Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
in 1984. Since 1986 she has taught in Liège
Liège
Liège is a major city and municipality of Belgium located in the province of Liège, of which it is the economic capital, in Wallonia, the French-speaking region of Belgium....
, Brussels, Mons (Visscher 2001).
Recordings
- Exils (empreintes DIGITALesEmpreintes DIGITALesempreintes DIGITALes is a record label founded in 1990 and based in Montreal which specialises in contemporary electroacoustic music, acousmatic and musique concrète.In 2005, empreintes DIGITALes shifted from CD to DVD-Audio.- Composers :* Mathew Adkins...
, IMED 0890, 2008) - Impalpables (empreintes DIGITALesEmpreintes DIGITALesempreintes DIGITALes is a record label founded in 1990 and based in Montreal which specialises in contemporary electroacoustic music, acousmatic and musique concrète.In 2005, empreintes DIGITALes shifted from CD to DVD-Audio.- Composers :* Mathew Adkins...
, IMED 9839, 1998) - Le ginkgo; Architecture nuit; Noces noires (SONARt, IMSO 9504, 1995)
- Tao (empreintes DIGITALesEmpreintes DIGITALesempreintes DIGITALes is a record label founded in 1990 and based in Montreal which specialises in contemporary electroacoustic music, acousmatic and musique concrète.In 2005, empreintes DIGITALes shifted from CD to DVD-Audio.- Composers :* Mathew Adkins...
, IMED 9311, 1993)
List of works
- Action / Passion (1987), ballet music for a choreography by Patricia Kuypers
- Aglavaine et Selysette (1989)
- Architecture nuit (1988), text by Werner Lambersy
- Bruxelles bivoque (1997)
- Ce qu'a vu le vent d'Est (2003)
- Cosmographie (2003), work for a sculptural installation by Anne Liebabergh
- Énergie / Matière (1985)
- Les énergies (2003)
- Exil, chant II (1983), text by Saint-John PerseSaint-John PerseSaint-John Perse was a French poet, awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1960 "for the soaring flight and evocative imagery of his poetry." He was also a major French diplomat from 1914 to 1940, after which he lived primarily in the USA until 1967.-Biography:Alexis Leger was...
- Faisceaux (1985), piano, and tape
- Figures d'espace (2004)
- Folie de Vincent (1983), incidental music for the theater play Sulphur Sun by Philippe Marannes
- Fragments de lettre à un habitant du Centre (2002), text by Kamal Ben Hameda
- Le ginkgo (1994), text by Werner Lambersy
- Lamento ou la délivrance du cercle (1980–82)
- Les mélanges (2004)
- Le montage (2003)
- Musiques pour Henri IV (1980), incidental music for the theater play by Pirandello
- Noces noires (1986), text by Werner Lambersy
- Paysage / vitesse (1986), ballet music for Nuit Hexoise, a choreography by Odile Duboc
- Les polyphonies (2004)
- Tao (1983–91)
- Vox Alia (1992–2000)
- Yawar Fiesta (2006–07), acousmatic opera
Sources
- Visscher, Eric de. 2001. "Vande Gorne, Annette". The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley SadieStanley SadieStanley Sadie CBE was a leading British musicologist, music critic, and editor. He was editor of the sixth edition of the Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians , which was published as the first edition of the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians.Sadie was educated at St Paul's School,...
and John TyrrellJohn Tyrrell (professor of music)John Tyrrell was born in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia in 1942. He studied at the universities of Cape Town, Oxford and Brno. In 2000 he was appointed Research Professor at Cardiff University....
. London: Macmillan Publishers.