Guillaume Connesson
Guillaume Connesson is a French composer born in 1970 in Boulogne-Billancourt, France.
Biography
Connesson studied the piano, music theory, music history and choir conducting in Conservatoire National de Région in Boulogne-Billancourt and composition by Marcel Landowski during six years from 1989.
With Dominique Rouits, in Conservatoire National de Région of Paris, he also studied the orchestral conducting and with Alain Louvier, the orchestration.
As a composer, he asserts influences as various as François Couperin, Richard Wagner, Richard Strauss, Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, Igor Stravinsky, Olivier Messiaen for the Turangalîla-Symphonie and Saint François d'Assise, Henri Dutilleux for his Métaboles, Steve Reich and also John Adams but also movie composers such as Bernard Herrmann or John Williams or the funk style of James Brown.
From 2001 to 2003, he was composer in residence at Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire, for which he wrote the vocal symphony Liturgies de l'ombre and the symphonic poem L'appel au feu.
He is currently composer associated with Royal Scottish National Orchestra and played by the American and English orchestras such as Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Houston Symphony Orchestra and BBC Symphony Orchestra. From 2009, he is composer in residence at Orchestre de Pau, Pays de Béarn.
Connesson teaches orchestration at the Conservatoire National d'Aubervilliers-la Courneuve.
Selected works
Guillaume Connesson is published by Éditions Billaudot.
- Stage music
- Orchestral
- Oniris (1991)
- Night-Club (1996)
- Feux d'artifice (1998)
- Enluminures (1999)
- Scènes Nocturnes for string orchestra (2001)
- Trilogie cosmique
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- Supernova (1997)
- Une lueur dans l'âge sombre (2005)
- Aleph (2007)
- The Ship of Ishtar for string orchestra (2009)
- Concertante
- Yu Yan for erhu and orchestra (2007)
- Concerto for cello and orchestra (2008)
- Constellations, Concerto for viola and orchestra (2009)
- The Shining One, Concerto for piano and orchestra (2009)
- Chamber and instrumental music
- Disco-toccata for clarinet and cello (1994)
- Double Quatuor for flute, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet and string quartet (1994)
- Deux Images antiques for clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, percussion, violin and double bass (1996)
- Jurassic Trip for flute, clarinette, 2 pianos, percussion and string quintet (1998)
- Sextuor for oboe, clarinet, violin, viola, double bass and piano (1998)
- initials dances for piano solo (2001)
- Le rire de Saraï for flute and piano (2001)
- Techno-parade for flute, clarinet and piano (2002)
- Toccata nocturne for flute and cello (2002)
- Toccata for harp solo (2003)
- Riffs for trumpet solo (2004)
- La Solitaire for viola da gamba solo (2004)
- Constellation de la Couronne boréale for viola and piano (2005)
- L'île de Pâques, Prélude for piano (2006)
- Les Chants de l'Atlantide, 3 Pieces for violin and piano (2007)
- Constellation de la Couronne australe for viola and piano (2008)
- Les Chants de l'Agartha, 3 Pieces for cello and piano (2008)
- String Quartet (2010)
- Vocal
- De l'Espérance for soprano and piano (1999); poem of Charles Péguy
- Liturgies de l'ombre for soprano and orchestra (2000); poem of Charles Péguy
- Nuit obscure for baritone and piano (2000); poem of Saint-Jean de la Croix
- I'll not weep for alto and piano (2001); poem of Emily Brontë
- Le Livre de l'amour for mezzo-soprano and orchestra (2001); poems of Lord Byron, Emily Brontë and Germain Nouveau
- My sweet sister for mezzo-soprano and piano (2001); poem of Lord Byron
- Medea for soprano, clarinet, cello and piano (2004); text of Jean Vauthier
- Trois merveilles du monde for baritone and piano (2008); poems of Victor Hugo
- Timouk, Musical Tale for narrator and five instruments on a booklet of Yun Sun Limet (2010)
- Vivre for soprano and piano (2010); poem of Typhanie Vigouroux
- Choral
- Laudate Pueri for mixed chorus a cappella (2002)
- Athanor for soprano, baritone, mixed chorus and ensemble or orchestra (2003)
- Au commencement, for children's chorus and instrumental ensemble (2004)
- Deux chœurs for female chorus a cappella (2005); poems of Olivier Tanguy
- La cathédrale aux étoiles, Cantata in 3 acts for mixed chorus, children chorus and orchestra (2006); text of Valérie de la Rochefoucauld
- Sphaera for chorus and orchestra (2006), or for chorus, piano 4 hands and percussion (chamber version) (2010); Latin text by Richard Crashaw
- Musique pour Oscar, 7 children's choruses a cappella, or with harp and cello (2007)
- Funeratio for mixed chorus a cappella, or with instrumental ensemble (2011)
- Teaching music
- Remix for strings orchestra and 6 percussionnists (1998)
- Et un sourire for children's chorus and string orchestra (1998); poem of Paul Éluard
- Film scores
Discography
- Cosmic Trilogy - The Shining One - With Éric Le Sage, Stéphane Denève and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra (Chandos)
- Athanor-Supernova - Monograph of orchestral music and choral (Densité 21)
- Laudate pueri - Motet for mixed chorus with six voices a capella (Accord)
- Techno Parade (CD + DVD) - Monograph of chamber music - With Mathieu Dufour, Paul Meyer, Éric Le Sage... (BMG - RCA)
Interpreters
Principal musicians or orchestral formations which interpret regularly the music of Guillaume Connesson:
Awards and distinctions
- 2006 - Grand Prix Lycéen des Compositeurs
- 2005 Choc du Monde de la Musique and 10 de Classica for the CD Techno Parade
- 2001 - Bourse de la Fondation Natexis
- 2000 - Prix de la SACEM
- 1999 - Prix Nadia et Lili Boulanger
- 1998 - Prix Cardin de l'Institut de France pour Supernova
External links
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French composer |
| Date of birth |
5 May 1970 |
| Place of birth |
Boulogne-Billancourt, France |
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