Stéphan Aubé

Stéphan Aubé
Stéphan Aubé in 2011
Born	Stéphan Aubé (1971-11-11) 11 November 1971 Poissy, France
Nationality	French
Occupation	Music video director, pianist
Notable work	DVD Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jésus, Digital Concert Hall, Jean-François Zygel TV' shows
Website	http://www.stephanaube.com

Stéphan Aubé (born 11 November 1971) is a French Music video director for classical music and pianist.

Biography

Stéphan Aubé starts to study piano at the age of five.

He studied at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional of Boulogne-Billancourt in which he won the first prize in Geneviève Ibanez's class, then at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional of Paris with Billy Eidi and Pierre Reach. He studied also with Jacques Rouvier and chamber music repertory with Paul Meyer and Éric Le Sage.

As a director, he worked for many French TV channels included arte,^[1][2] France Télévisions,^[3][4] Mezzo TV,^[5][6][7] TV5^[8] or for the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art (Denmark),^[9] the French label Abeille musique,^[10] the French sponsor Mécénat Musical Société Générale (for which he won several prices^[11]) and medici.tv.^[12][13]

And also for many labels, as Universal Classics,^[14] Naïve Records,^[15] RCA Red Seal / Sony Music, Outhere...

He works regurlarly for the Berlin Philharmonic Digital Concert Hall and for the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Denmark.^[16]

In 2013, a new website called Louisiana Music is dedicated for all the musical clips he directed for the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art.

In 2014, France Télévisions asked him to direct a concert conducted by John Eliot Gardiner (Monteverdi's Vespers) at the Chapelle royale of Versailles, one of the first concert filmed in multicameras live in 4K (UHD) and binaural sound.

Recently he directed a film on the Bach Goldberg Variations with the pianist Alexandre Tharaud for Warner / Erato and arte.

Works

TV Shows

La leçon de musique de Jean-François Zygel

• Episode Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with Paul Meyer and Quatuor Ébène
• Episode Franz Schubert with Nora Gubisch, Laurent Alvaro and quatuor Ébène

Les clefs de l'orchestre de Jean-François Zygel

• Episode Symphony 103 of Joseph Haydn with Ton Koopman
• Episode Boléro of Maurice Ravel with Kazushi Ono
• Episode Pastoral symphony of Ludwig van Beethoven with Paul Mc Creesch
• Episode New World Symphony of Anton Dvorak with Myung-Whun Chung

Others

• J.S. Bach : "Variations Goldberg" with Alexandre Tharaud (arte)
• Salon de musique opus 16 with Julie Fuchs, Julien Chauvin and les musiciens du Cercle de l'Harmonie (arte concert)
• A day in the life of Patricia Kopatchinskaja, video direction of the filming of the Berlin Philharmonie's concert

Berlin Philharmonic's Digital Concert Hall

• Elijah of Felix Mendelssohn - conducted by Seiji Ozawa
• Schoenberg - Brahms - conducted by Sir Simon Rattle
• Maurice Ravel's Piano Concerto in G major interpreted by Hélène Grimaud and conducted by Tugan Sokhiev
• Bach - Mozart - Haydn - interpreted and conducted by András Schiff
• Rachmaninov - Malher - conducted by Sir Simon Rattle
• Piano Concerto No. 2 of Brahms - interpreted by Leif Ove Andsnes and conducted by Bernard Haitink
• Debussy, Dvorak, Schoenberg and Elgar conducted by Sir Simon Rattle
• Debussy, Messiaen, Tchaikovsky conducted by Christian Thielemann
• Brett Dean Premiere of The Last Days of Socrates - Michael Tippett, A Child of Our Time conducted by Sir Simon Rattle

Concerts

• Charpentier Te Deum at Saint John's Co-Cathedral, Malta - Ensemble Correspondances under conducting of Sébastien Daucé - France 2 (broadcast live on Culture Box)^[17]
• J.S. Bach : "Variations Goldberg" with Alexandre Tharaud - Arte
• 100 years commemoration of armenian genocide, concert under conducting of Alain Altinoglu at the Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris. - France Télévisions (live)
• Concert of Sergey Khachatryan and the Orchestre de Paris conducted by Gianandrea Noseda at the Salle Pleyel - arte (live on arte concerts website)
• Les Légendes d'Arménie conducted by Alain Altinoglu at the Opéra Comique of Paris - France Télévisions (live)
• Vêpres solennelles de la Vierge from Claudio Monteverdi with the Monteverdi Choir and The English Baroque Soloists under the conducting of John Eliot Gardiner. Filmed in Ultra High Definition (Live France Télévisions)
• The night of Fantomas in live from the Theatre du Chatelet, Paris. 5 Films (1913) from the French director Louis Feuillade remastered by Gaumont with musical accompaniment under the musical direction of Yann Tiersen (for arte live web and ZDF)
• Les Salons de musique with Julie Fuchs and the musicians of the Cercle de l'harmonie in live on Arte Live Web
• Tamara Stefanovich, Thomas Bloch and the Junge Philharmonie Orchestra from Berlin conducted by Kristjan Järvi (live on the Digital Concert Hall)
• Patricia Kopatchinskaja and the Staatskapelle of Berlin conducted by Pablo Heras-Casado - Berlin Philharmonic Concert Hall - For a film by Claus Wischmann - arte
• Alice Sara Ott plays the concerto en sol by Ravel with the Munich Philharmonic conducted by Lorin Maazel - arte
• Nils Frahm in concert at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art (Denmark) for the Louisiana Channel
• Francesco Tristano Schlimé in concert at La scène Bastille, Paris (live for the website of abeillemusique.com)
• Concerts at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art (Denmark)
• Musique à l'Empéri Festival with Emmanuel Pahud, Paul Meyer and Eric Le Sage - Several seasons

Operas

• Atys en folie parody of Atys by Lully for singers and puppeteers at the Teatru Manoel, Malta - Staged by Jean-Philippe Desrousseaux and produced by the Centre de musique baroque de Versailles
• Don Giovanni of Mozart at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo with Erwin Schrott staged by Jean-Louis Grinda - France 3 (live on Culture Box)
• Alcina of Haendel at La Monnaie, Brussels (Belgium) with Sandrine Piau staged by Pierre Audi under the conducting of Christophe Rousset - France 3 (live on Mezzo Live HD)
• Ernani of Verdi at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo with Ludovic Tézier staged by Jean-Louis Grinda - France 3
• Idomeneo of Mozart at the Theater an der Wien, Vienna (Austria) with Richard Croft staged by Damiano Michieletto under the conducting of René Jacobs (live on Mezzo Live HD)
• Medea of Connesson at the Opéra de Vichy with Alexia Cousin staged by Jean-Claude Amyl

DVD

La leçon de musique de Jean-François Zygel

• Episode Mozart
• Episode Schubert

Les clefs de l'orchestre de Jean-François Zygel

• Episode Symphony 103 of Joseph Haydn
• Episode Boléro of Ravel
• Episode Pastoral symphony of Beethoven
• Episode New World Symphony of Anton Dvorak

Other DVD

• Alcina by Haendel staged by Pierre Audi - With Sandrine Piau and Les Talents Lyriques under conducting of Christophe Rousset released by Alpha Classics (Outhere)
• Vespro della beata vergine by Monteverdi under conducting of John Eliot Gardiner (DVD and Blu-ray) - released by Alpha Classics (outhere)
• Bach Goldberg Variations with the pianist Alexandre Tharaud - Warner Music / Erato
• Turangalîla-Symphonie by Olivier Messiaen interpreted by the Berlin Junge Philharmonie Orchestra under the conducting of Kristjan Järvi
• Chamber music of the French composer Guillaume Connesson - Collection Pierre Bergé
• Works by the great romantics with Daishin Kashimoto, Éric Le Sage, Paul Meyer, François Salque and Jing Zhao - Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
• Frescobaldi Dialogues performed by Francesco Schlime - Abeille musique
• Joseph Kosma, chansons - Zig-Zag Territoires
• Vingt regards sur l'enfant-Jésus by Olivier Messiaen performed by Roger Muraro - Accor / Universal Music Classic
• Techno Parade Chamber music of Guillaume Connesson - RCA Red Seal / Sony Music
• Iannis Xenakis, Autour de la percussion with Pedro Carneiro - Zig-Zag Territoires
• Intégrale des sonates pour piano of Scriabine - Mécénat Musical Société Générale
• La musique, une passion, un partage - Mécénat Musical Société Générale

Documentaries

• Lorin Maazel meets Alice Sara Ott (arte / ZDF)
• Roger Muraro : Un regard sur Olivier Messiaen
• Autour de la percussion de Iannis Xenakis
• Joseph Kosma, autour de l'enregistrement
• Musique à l'Empéri, un vent de liberté
• Entretien avec Guillaume Connesson
• La musique, une passion, un partage

Louisiana Museum of Modern Art

Boris Giltburg Five Minute Music Library Serie

• Mussorgsky - The Promenades
• Schumann - The Sphinxes
• Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto
• Tchaikovsky - Double Octaves
• Beethoven - The Contra E
• Beethoven - Boogie-Woogie
• Rachmaninov - Variation 18
• Liszt - The Motifs

Musical Clips

• 4 videoclips with Emmanuel Pahud : Bach, Allegro from Sonata in A minor - Debussy, Syrinx - Ferroud, Jade from Trois pieces for solo flute - Tchaikovsky, Lensky’s Aria from Eugene Onegin
• Christian Poltéra - Bach, Suite n°1, Sarabande
• Karen Gomyo and Christian Poltéra - Honegger, Sonatine for violin and cello
• Karen Gomyo - Piazzola, Tango-Étude for violin
• Sergey Malov - Bach, Invention 1 - Sinfonia 6
• Denis Kozhukhin - Prokofiev, Precipitato (3rd movement from 7th Sonata for piano) - First Prize at the 3rd Festival Pasqua de Cervera (Spain)
• Boris Giltburg - Rachmaninov, Prelude op. 23 N°7 - 4014 awarded as Best Music Video of american festival Directors Circle Festival of Shorts
• Palle Mikkelborg - Capricorne

Concerts

• Brahms - Trio with clarinet, cello and piano with Paul Meyer, Jing Zhao and Eric Le Sage
• Brahms - Trio with horn, violin and piano with Bruno Schneider, Daishin Kashimoto and Eric Le Sage
• Fauré - Quartet with piano with Daishin Kashimoto, Lise Berthaud, François Salque and Eric Le Sage
• Haendel - Passacaille with Daishin Kashimoto and Jing Zhao
• Schumann - Quartet with piano with Daishin Kashimoto, Lise Berthaud, François Salque and Eric Le Sage
• Schumann - Quintet with piano with Guy Braunstein, Daishin Kashimoto, Lise Berthaud, François Salque and Eric Le Sage
• Weber - Grand Duo Concertant with Paul Meyer and Eric Le Sage

Musical clips for several labels

• Chamber Music of Francis Poulenc with Paul Meyer, Eric Le Sage, François Salque...
• Chamber Music of Guillaume Connesson (Techno Parade, initial dances, Sextuor, Chants de l'Agartha, Chants de l'Atlantide, Constellations...) with Eric Le Sage, Paul Meyer, Jérôme Pernoo, Jérôme Ducros...
• Leonard Bernstein - Orchestre Lamoureux conducted by Yutaka Sado (West Side Story, On the Town, Wonderful Town...)
• Erik Satie - Orchestre Lamoureux conducted by Yutaka Sado
• Chansons of Joseph Kosma - Published by Zig-Zag Territoires
• Rebonds B de Iannis Xenakis - Published by Zig-Zag Territoires
• Bach Panther of Stéphane Delplace

Other films

• Capt'Actions of Ivan Fedele in Théâtre Mogador, Paris
• Enregistrement du Clavier bien tempéré de Johann Sebastian Bach interpreted by Andreï Vieru
• Enregistrement des Sept dernières paroles du Christ en croix de Joseph Haydn - Ensemble Accentus - Laurence Equilbey
• Festival Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo
• Concours Avant-scènes à Radio France
• Quatuor Ardeo en concert Déclic à Radio France
• Enregistrement des Sonates de Johannes Brahms interpreted by Lise Berthaud
• 25 ans du Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et Danse de Lyon
• La Chambre Philharmonique et Emmanuel Krivine en concert in Cité de la Musique, Paris
• Musiques des cours ottomane et européennes by Chimène Seymen in Institut du Monde Arabe
• Festival & Rencontres de musique de chambre du Larzac
• Musique entre deux temps, les Percussions de Strasbourg
• Théâtre des Bouffes du nord, un autre visage
• Festival Aspect des musiques d'aujourd'hui / Caen, "Made in Hungaria"
• Les Enfants en scène, l'opéra s'invite à l'école
• Concours International de piano d'Orléans / Concert de prestige 2009
• Enregistrement du Quintette à deux violoncelles de Schubert with Alain Meunier and the quatuor Psophos

Achievements

• Dauphin de Bronze in Festival Comunica de Deauville for 2 films of internal communication of Mécénat Musical Société Générale (2000)
• Prix Frères Lumière in Festival international des médias audiovisuels corporate du Creusot for the DVD of the 15 years of Mécénat Musical Société Générale (2003)
• 'Top Com d'Or of Paris (2004)
• Diapason d'Or, Choc du Monde de la Musique and 10 de répertoire Classica for the DVD Techno Parade (2005)
• Choc du Monde de la Musique for the DVD Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jésus by Olivier Messiaen with Roger Muraro (2005)
• Choc Classica for the DVD Musique de chambre by Guillaume Connesson (2011)
• First Prize for the music clip Precipitato starring the pianist Denis Kozhukhin at the 3rd 3ème Festival Pasqua de Cervera, Spain (2013)
• Best Music Video in american festival Directors Circle Festival of Shorts for the film 4014 (2015)
• Diapason d'Or for the DVD Vespro della Beata Vergine by Monteverdy under conducting of John Eliot Gardiner (2016)

External links

• Stéphan Aubé on IMDb
• Official website
• Website of the Digital Concert Hall
• Official Website of the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
• Louisiana Music Official Website

References