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Christophe Bertrand
Christophe Louis-Pascal Bertrand (24 April 1981 – 17 September 2010) was a French composer of contemporary classical music. Biography Bertrand, born in Wissembourg, was a French pianist and composer of mainly chamber works born in 1981. After earning gold medals for piano and chamber music at the Conservatoire de Strasbourg, he performed and recorded with the Ensemble "Accroche-Note" and the Ensemble "In Extremis" of which he was a co-founder. He collaborated with composers such as Ivan Fedele and Pascal Dusapin. He studied composition since 1996, under the supervision of Ivan Fedele at the Strasbourg Conservatoire, obtaining with distinction his diploma in 2000. His compositions, conducted among others by Pierre Boulez, Jonathan Nott, Hannu Lintu, Marc Albrecht have been performed by several ensembles and soloists such as the Ensemble Intercontemporain, Arditti Quartet and the Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg. His compositions have been played internationally, am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Françoise Kubler
Françoise Kubler (born in 1958) is a French operatic soprano who has distinguished herself both as an interpreter of New Music and in the field of free improvisation. Career Kubler, who studied at the Conservatoire de Strasbourg and then met Cathy Berberian and Dorothy Dorow, founded the ensemble ''Accroche Note'' in 1981 with Armand Angster, a formation which is mainly dedicated to improvisation. Her repertoire as a classical singer ranges from Franz Schubert to classical modernism and contemporary repertoire. She has worked with composers such as John Cage, Franco Donatoni, Iannis Xenakis, Robert Crumb and György Ligeti and renowned orchestras such as the Ensemble InterContemporain or the Ictus Ensemble, also conducted by Pierre Boulez, David Robertson and Peter Eötvös. Kubler has premiered numerous vocal compositions, some of which are also available in their interpretation on records, for example by Ivo Malec, Marc Monnet, Georges Aperghis, James Dillon, Annett ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Classical Composers
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Contemporary Classical Composers
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21st-century French Composers
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2010 Deaths
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1981 Births
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Godefroy Vujicic
Godefroy Vujicic (born 1975 in Paris) is a French contemporary classical cellist. Biography Born into a family of musicians (his father, Jezdimir Vujicic, was a violinist of Serbian origin, Godefroy Vujicic successively obtained two first prizes for cello and chamber music at the , two first prizes "with distinction" in the same disciplines at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels then the higher education diploma of the Conservatoire de Paris. He played for Europe Day in 1994, in trio with a Croatian pianist and a Bosnian violinist at the Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe, aired live on Euronews. On this occasion, Jacques Delors, president of the European Commission, congratulated him for this "Exemplary understanding approach". He interpreted the complete six Cello Suites by Johann Sebastian Bach for the opening of the Festival du "Mois Molière" (2000 edition) in Versailles in commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the death of the composer, followed by a tour of radio and televi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
