Jean-Pascal Chaigne
Encyclopedia
Jean-Pascal Chaigne is a French
composer.
Following initial studies at the Conservatoire National de Région de Tours
and the University of Tours, he was admitted to the Paris Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (Paris Conservatory) where he obtained first prizes in analysis, harmony, orchestration, counterpoint and 20th century music writing. He then entered the composition class of the conservatoire, studying with Emmanuel Nunes
and Stefano Gervasoni
, obtaining in 2009 a unanimous first prize in composition. He is currently professor of composition and orchestration at the Conservatoire d'Annecy
.
France
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composer.
Following initial studies at the Conservatoire National de Région de Tours
Tours
Tours is a city in central France, the capital of the Indre-et-Loire department.It is located on the lower reaches of the river Loire, between Orléans and the Atlantic coast. Touraine, the region around Tours, is known for its wines, the alleged perfection of its local spoken French, and for the...
and the University of Tours, he was admitted to the Paris Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (Paris Conservatory) where he obtained first prizes in analysis, harmony, orchestration, counterpoint and 20th century music writing. He then entered the composition class of the conservatoire, studying with Emmanuel Nunes
Emmanuel Nunes
-Biography:Nunes was born in Lisbon, where he studied composition, first from 1959 to 1963 at the Academia de Amadores de Música with Francine Benoit, and then with Fernando Lopes Graça at the University . He then attended courses at the Darmstädter Ferienkurse , and in 1964 moved to Paris...
and Stefano Gervasoni
Stefano Gervasoni
Stefano Gervasoni is an Italian composer.A protégé of Luigi Nono, Gervasoni studied at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milan. In 1995 he became composer in residence at the Villa Médicis in Rome...
, obtaining in 2009 a unanimous first prize in composition. He is currently professor of composition and orchestration at the Conservatoire d'Annecy
Annecy
Annecy is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.It lies on the northern tip of Lake Annecy , 35 kilometres south of Geneva.-Administration:...
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Solo instrument
- Hymne I (2010) for flute
- L'énigme et son sommeil (2011, on Kardia by Claude Royet-JournoudClaude Royet-JournoudClaude Royet-Journoud is a contemporary French poet and artist living in Paris .-Overview:Royet-Journoud's publications in French include his tetralogy, published between 1972 and 1997: Le Renversement, La Notion d'Obstacle, Les Objets contiennent l'infini, and Les Natures indivisibles...
) for soprano - Objets I (2007) for bass clarinet
- Vertical et blanc I (2006-2009) for cello
- Vertical et blanc II (2009) for viola
- Vertical et blanc III (2009- revised 2011) for violin
Chamber music
- Césure : le corps (2010) for mezzo-soprano and violin
- Hymne VI (2010) for flute, piano and percussion
- Vertical et blanc – Triptyque pour A.-M. A. (2009) for string trio
- La voix extrême la lumière (2010) for mezzo-soprano, cello and harpsichord
- Strates (2010) for mezzo-soprano, viola, cello and harpsichord
- Trois mouvements for string quartet (2009)
- Répétition (2004- revised 2010) for mezzo-soprano, string trio and harpsichord
- Objets III (in progress) for soprano, clarinet, trumpet, violin, cello, percussion and piano
- Objets II (2008) for eight cellos
Cycles
- Objets cycle:
- —Objets I for bass clarinet
- —Objets II for eight cellos
- —Objets III for soprano, clarinet, trumpet, violin, cello, percussion and piano
- Mezza Voce cycle, on Mezza Voce by Anne-Marie AlbiachAnne-Marie AlbiachAnne-Marie Albiach is a contemporary French poet and translator.-Overview:Anne-Marie Albiach's poetry is characterized by, among other things, an inventive use of spacing on the printed page...
:
- —Césure : le corps for mezzo-soprano and violin
- —Vertical et blanc I for cello
- —La voix extrême la lumière for mezzo-soprano, cello and harpsichord
- —Vertical et blanc II for viola
- —Strates for mezzo-soprano, viola, cello and harpsichord
- —Vertical et blanc III for violin
- —Répétition for mezzo-soprano, string trio and harpsichord
Discography
- « Dédicaces » (2010): Jean-Marc Fessard, bass clarinet (Quantum – Codaex); Objets I for bass clarinet is recorded on this CD