Édith Canat de Chizy
Encyclopedia
Edith Canat de Chizy is a French
composer. She was born in Lyon
, and studied art, archeology and philosophy at the Sorbonne University and then music at the Paris
Conservatoire with Maurice Ohana
and Ivo Malec
. She continued her studies in electroacoustics at the Conservatoire and with the Groupe de Recherches Musicales.
After completing her studies, de Chizy worked as a music educator, becoming director of a conservatory in Paris. She was elected a member of the Academy des Beaux-Arts of Paris in 2005.
French people
The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...
composer. She was born in Lyon
Lyon
Lyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais....
, and studied art, archeology and philosophy at the Sorbonne University and then music at the Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
Conservatoire with 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...
and Ivo Malec
Ivo Malec
Ivo Malec is a Croatian composer and music educator. One of the earliest Yugoslav composers to obtain high international regard, his works have been performed by symphony orchestras throughout Europe and North America. A graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts Zagreb and the Conservatoire de Paris,...
. She continued her studies in electroacoustics at the Conservatoire and with the Groupe de Recherches Musicales.
After completing her studies, de Chizy worked as a music educator, becoming director of a conservatory in Paris. She was elected a member of the Academy des Beaux-Arts of Paris in 2005.
Honors and awards
- SACEM Great Symphonic Prize (2004)
- Tribune Internationale des Compositeurs Prize (1990)
- SACEM Hervé Dugardin prize (1987)
- Georges Enesco prize (1990)
- Paul-Louis Weiller prize (1992)
- SACD “Jeune talent musique” Prize (1998)
- Exceptional distinction, Prince Pierre de Monaco competition (1999)
- Chevalier des Arts et Lettres (1994)
- Nominated at the Victoires de la Musique (2000)
Works
- Moving (Aeon 210)
- Alive string quartet
- Les Rayons du jour viola concerto
- Exultet, violin concerto
- Moïra, cello concerto
- Yell for orchestra