Yves Prin
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Yves Prin is a French composer and conductor of classical music.
and conducting with Louis Fourestier at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris where he won several first prizes.
He started his career as a pianist, but upon meeting Bruno Maderna
(assistant at the Mozarteum, Salzburg from 1968 to 1969), decided to turn towards conducting. This association with the Italian maestro was the reason for his final decision to dedicate his work mostly to contemporary music.
Yves Prin was subsequently guest conductor of the orchestras of the Residentie (The Hague) and of Haarlem in the Netherlands (1968–1973), then music director of the Orchestre Philharmonique des Pays de la Loire (1970–1974), of the Atelier Lyrique du Rhin (1974–1980) and of the Nouvel Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France (1981–1982). He worked at Ircam of Pierre Boulez
in Paris for the composer's cursus in 1978. He has recorded more than a dozen records (Etcetera, REM, Adès, Salabert Actuel, MFA, Accord ...) and conducted many pieces by composers from all over the world : from Claudio Monteverdi
, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
, Franz Schubert
, Maurice Ravel
, Claude Debussy
... to Iannis Xenakis
, Mauricio Kagel
, Luciano Berio
, Karlheinz Stockhausen
, Bruno Maderna
... He has premiered operas by Georges Aperghis
, François-Bernard Mâche
, Ahmed Essyad, Michaël Levinas, Paul Méfano
, Philippe Hersant, Henri Pousseur
, Maurice Ohana
, Claude Prey, André Boucourechliev
and has led revivals of many others.
He was in charge of coordination for contemporary music and music theater for Radio France from 1983 to 1986. From 1983 to 1999 he was the producer at Radio France for the contemporary music concert series, and .
In addition, from 1992 to 1999, he was acting producer of Radio France's Festival which features first performances.
Yves Prin pursues a parallel career as composer (published in particular by Editions Durand). He developed his own dramatic language and has a special lyrical vision of music. His catalogue includes today forty works including 5 concertos and 41 melodies divided into several cycles. Since 1999 Yves Prin has dedicated himself to his own music and to his performing activities as a pianist and a conductor.
He has received the Prix Florent-Schmitt de l'Académie des Beaux-Arts (1997).
Life
He studied piano with Yves NatYves Nat
Yves Nat was a French pianist and composer.-Biography:Yves Nat was born in Béziers and showed an early aptitude for both piano and composition. By the age of seven he was allowed to improvise each Sunday at the organ of Béziers' cathedral during mass...
and conducting with Louis Fourestier at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris where he won several first prizes.
He started his career as a pianist, but upon meeting Bruno Maderna
Bruno Maderna
Bruno Maderna was an Italian conductor and composer. For the last ten years of his life he lived in Germany and eventually became a citizen of that country.-Biography:...
(assistant at the Mozarteum, Salzburg from 1968 to 1969), decided to turn towards conducting. This association with the Italian maestro was the reason for his final decision to dedicate his work mostly to contemporary music.
Yves Prin was subsequently guest conductor of the orchestras of the Residentie (The Hague) and of Haarlem in the Netherlands (1968–1973), then music director of the Orchestre Philharmonique des Pays de la Loire (1970–1974), of the Atelier Lyrique du Rhin (1974–1980) and of the Nouvel Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France (1981–1982). He worked at Ircam of Pierre Boulez
Pierre Boulez
Pierre Boulez is a French composer of contemporary classical music, a pianist, and a conductor.-Early years:Boulez was born in Montbrison, Loire, France. As a child he began piano lessons and demonstrated aptitude in both music and mathematics...
in Paris for the composer's cursus in 1978. He has recorded more than a dozen records (Etcetera, REM, Adès, Salabert Actuel, MFA, Accord ...) and conducted many pieces by composers from all over the world : from Claudio Monteverdi
Claudio Monteverdi
Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi – 29 November 1643) was an Italian composer, gambist, and singer.Monteverdi's work, often regarded as revolutionary, marked the transition from the Renaissance style of music to that of the Baroque period. He developed two individual styles of composition – the...
, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , baptismal name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart , was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music...
, Franz Schubert
Franz Schubert
Franz Peter Schubert was an Austrian composer.Although he died at an early age, Schubert was tremendously prolific. He wrote some 600 Lieder, nine symphonies , liturgical music, operas, some incidental music, and a large body of chamber and solo piano music...
, Maurice Ravel
Maurice Ravel
Joseph-Maurice Ravel was a French composer known especially for his melodies, orchestral and instrumental textures and effects...
, Claude Debussy
Claude Debussy
Claude-Achille Debussy was a French composer. Along with Maurice Ravel, he was one of the most prominent figures working within the field of impressionist music, though he himself intensely disliked the term when applied to his compositions...
... to Iannis Xenakis
Iannis Xenakis
Iannis Xenakis was a Romanian-born Greek ethnic, naturalized French composer, music theorist, and architect-engineer. He is commonly recognized as one of the most important post-war avant-garde composers...
, Mauricio Kagel
Mauricio Kagel
Mauricio Kagel was a German-Argentine composer. He was notable for his interest in developing the theatrical side of musical performance .-Biography:...
, Luciano Berio
Luciano Berio
Luciano Berio, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI was an Italian composer. He is noted for his experimental work and also for his pioneering work in electronic music.-Biography:Berio was born at Oneglia Luciano Berio, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (October 24, 1925 – May 27, 2003) was an Italian...
, Karlheinz Stockhausen
Karlheinz Stockhausen
Karlheinz Stockhausen was a German composer, widely acknowledged by critics as one of the most important but also controversial composers of the 20th and early 21st centuries. Another critic calls him "one of the great visionaries of 20th-century music"...
, Bruno Maderna
Bruno Maderna
Bruno Maderna was an Italian conductor and composer. For the last ten years of his life he lived in Germany and eventually became a citizen of that country.-Biography:...
... He has premiered operas by Georges Aperghis
Georges Aperghis
Georges Aperghis is a Greek composer working primarily in the field of experimental music theater but has also composed a large amount of non-programmatic chamber music...
, François-Bernard Mâche
François-Bernard Mâche
François-Bernard Mâche is a French composer of contemporary music. Born into a family of musicians, he is a former student of Émile Passani and Olivier Messiaen and has also received a diploma in Greek archaeology and a teaching certificate...
, Ahmed Essyad, Michaël Levinas, Paul Méfano
Paul Méfano
Paul Méfano , is a French composer and conductor.-Biography:Paul Méfano pursued musical studies at the École Normale de Musique de Paris, and then later at the Paris Conservatory , where he was a student of Andrée Vaurabourg-Honegger, Darius Milhaud, and Georges Dandelot...
, Philippe Hersant, Henri Pousseur
Henri Pousseur
Henri Pousseur was a Belgian composer.-Biography:Pousseur studied at the Academies of Music in Liège and in Brussels from 1947 to 1953. He was closely associated with Pierre Froidebise and André Souris...
, Maurice Ohana
Maurice Ohana
Maurice Ohana was an Anglo-French composer of Sephardic Jewish origin.Ohana was born in Casablanca, Morocco. He was a British citizen until 1976, as his father had been born in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar. He originally studied architecture, but abandoned this in favour of a...
, Claude Prey, André Boucourechliev
André Boucourechliev
André Boucourechliev was a French composer of Bulgarian origin.Born in Sofia, Boucourechliev studied piano at the Conservatory there. Subsequently he studied in Paris at the École Normale de Musique de Paris, where he later taught piano...
and has led revivals of many others.
He was in charge of coordination for contemporary music and music theater for Radio France from 1983 to 1986. From 1983 to 1999 he was the producer at Radio France for the contemporary music concert series
In addition, from 1992 to 1999, he was acting producer of Radio France's Festival
Yves Prin pursues a parallel career as composer (published in particular by Editions Durand). He developed his own dramatic language and has a special lyrical vision of music. His catalogue includes today forty works including 5 concertos and 41 melodies divided into several cycles. Since 1999 Yves Prin has dedicated himself to his own music and to his performing activities as a pianist and a conductor.
He has received the Prix Florent-Schmitt de l'Académie des Beaux-Arts (1997).
Concertante
- Concerto Grosso for Flute, Violin, Clarinet, and Chamber Orchestra Dioscures (1977, rev. 1984)
- Capriccio for Violin and Chamber Orchestra Éphémères (1973, rev. 1992)
- Flute Concerto Le Souffle d'Iris (1986, rev. 1992)
- Tuba Concerto (1993)
- Piano Concerto In Praise of Flight (1997, rev. 2000)
Chamber/Instrumental
- Concerto for Percussion and Brass (1970)
- Actions-Simultanées I (1972)
- String Quartet La Barque (1992)
Sources
- American Record GuideAmerican Record GuideThe American Record Guide is a classical music magazine. It has reviewed classical music recordings since 1935.Since 1992, with the incorporation of the Musical America editorial functions into ARG, it started covering concerts, musicians, ensembles and orchestras in the US.The magazine prides...
(March 2002). "Guide to Records: Dioscures; Ephemeres; Souffle d'Iris" - Tommasini, Antony. "Composer From Paris, A Premiere In the Rain". New York Times (July 15, 1996)