David Chaillou is a French

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, born in 1971.

Biography

Chaillou is a senior lecturer at the

University of Lille The University of Lille (, abbreviated as ULille, UDL or univ-lille) is a French public research university based in Lille, Hauts-de-France. It has its origins in the University of Douai (1559), and resulted from the merger of three universities ...

His music has been released by

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, Gérard Billaudot and

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s. Chaillou's works have been broadcast among others by

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(Switzerland), RAI3, and RBBKultur. His music combines for some a form of modern impressionism and post-minimalism.

Works

Concert pieces

Solo instruments

* ''Les mains nues'' for piano. World premiere by Moisès Fernàndez Via. La Puda. Festival Les Serenates d'Estiu * ''Empreintes'' for piano. World premiere by François-Frédéric Guy au Beethovenfest, Beethoven Hall, Bonn (Allemagne) * ''Une voix'' for piano. World premiere by Nina Barkalaya au Conservatoire Tchaikovsky, Moscou * ''Diableries'' for piano. Public world premiere by Jeffrey Grice at the Sorbone amphithéâtre Richelieu, Paris. Published by Gérard Billaudot ISBN: M-043-07351-2. * ''Légende'' for piano * ''Mirages'' for piano * ''Blocs'' for piano * ''Temps inverses'' for piano * ''Pluie blanche'' for piano * ''Temps inverses'' for piano * ''Plein air'' for piano * ''Final'' for piano * ''Au piano de Sibelius'' for piano * ''Seul'' for cello. World premiere by Emmanuel Bellanger at the

Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris The Conservatoire de Paris (), or the Paris Conservatory, is a college of music and dance founded in 1795. Officially known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (; CNSMDP), it is situated in the avenue Jean Ja ...

. Published by Gérard Billaudot * ''Solo for cello'', World premiere in 2020 * ''Solliloquy'' for flute solo * ''Solo Solo'' for violin, premiered by Valeria Zorina (dédicataire) at the Madrid National Auditorium in 2019.

Chamber music

* ''Gulf stream'' for string quartet. Commande of orchestre de Bretagne for the 100 years anniversary of the writer

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. Gérard Billaudot Publishing * ''Sur un visage'' for wind sextet * ''Rappoport'' for string trio with voice. Commande of Ariam Ile de France, selected for the 30 years anniversary of Ariam. Premiered at the Cité internationale des Arts of Paris. * ''Duo violon violoncelle'' premierded by Christophe Pantillon and Clara Fleider, Austrian radio (ORF). Mozarteum

Orchestral

* ''Symphonie du bout des terres'', commande of Orchestre de Bretagne. Conducted by

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. Gérard Billaudot Publishing. * ''Rhapsodie pour orchestre'' * ''Paris miniature'' (Paris IXème arrondissement), mouvement concertant for violin and orchestra. Commande of

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. Premiered at Auditorium Saint-Germain, Paris (Orchestre du Conservatoire supérieur de Paris, conducted by Xavier Delette

Vocal

* ''Nunc Dimittis'' for a cappella choir. Premiered by the Choeur sacré de Paris (conducted by Till Ally) * ''Magnificat'' for mixed choir and organ. Commande for the 500 years anniversary of La Trinité-des-Mont, Roma. Premiered at La Trinité-des-Monts * ''Une mélodie'' upon a text by Pauline Bernon-Bruley for countertenor and piano * ''Prose du suaire'' upon a text by

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for three women voices. Premiered by the Trio Chrysilis (Isabelle de Biron, Sylvie Deguy, Christine Raphaël) at the Maison de l’Amérique latine, Paris * ''Mémoire de Loire'' upon a text by Michel Chaillou for mezzo, an actor, mixed choir and instrumental ensemble. Premiered at Salle Vasse with Jean-Louis Vicart and Isabelle Sokoja. * ''Le chêne et le roseau'' according to

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for cembalo and children's choir * ''Tableaux'', melody from a poetry by

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premiered at the Musée d’Orsay, Paris (

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, Julien Beaudiment). Broadcast by France Musique

Stage music

* ''Little Nemo'' opera all audience in 3 acts (libretto Arnaude Delalande, Olivier Balazuc) * ''Conrad'' original music for a series of shows for France-Culture (

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). Produced by Philippe Taroni * ''Léger au front'' for three instruments and magnetic tape with

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and Patrice Alexandre. Commission of the Marne county and the conseil général of Champagne-Ardenne, France. * ''Philomène et les ogres'' tale for children upon a text by Arnaud Delalande, premiered by

Jean-Pierre Marielle Jean-Pierre Marielle (12 April 1932 – 24 April 2019) was a French actor. He appeared in more than a hundred films in which he played very diverse roles, from a banal citizen (''Les Galettes de Pont-Aven''), to a World War II hero (''Les Milles ...

and Agathe Nathanson

Music for motion pictures

* ''A la lisière'' directed by Fabianny Deschamps * ''La mort de Jean-Philippe Gatien'' directed by Christophe Régin on a screenplay of

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* ''Caserne'' 52 minutes directed by François Barat. Broadcast on France 3 * ''Léger au front'' 52 minutes directed by Philippe Lanfranci. Broadcast on La chaine Histoire * ''David et la mort de Marat'' directed by Martin Fraudeau, produced by Caméra Lucida / Arte production)

Music for young audiences and educational pieces

* ''Philomène'' with Jean-Pierre Marielle et Agathe Nathanson. Theatre version (2015) * ''L’orchestre d’Odilon Le Grillon'' (quintett and narrator) CD-book Gallimard Jeunesse. Selected by the

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* ''Trois petites miniatures'' for piano, commande of Argenteuil, premiered at Argenteuil, France * ''Philomène et les Ogres'' piece for flute, percussions, piano and children's choir narrated by

. CD-book Gallimard Jeunesse

Music films

* ''Nocturne'', directed by Grégoire Pont and produced by Stéphan Aubé for the

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, Denmark (2018) * ''Solo'', interpreted by Annabelle Berthomé-Reynolds (violin), directed by Philippe Mottet (2020).

Recent works

* ''Little Nemo''(libretto by Arnaud Delalande and Olivier Balazuc), an opera first performed at

Angers-Nantes Opéra The Angers-Nantes Opéra was created in January 2003 through the fusion of the opera companies of Angers and of Nantes Nantes (, ; ; or ; ) is a city in the Loire-Atlantique department of France on the Loire, from the Atlantic Ocean, At ...

and the

Opéra de Dijon The Opéra de Dijon is an opera company and arts organization in Dijon, France. It administers both the Grand Théâtre de Dijon and the Auditorium de Dijon which are its main performance venues. In addition to operas, the organization also stages ...

in 2017 with the mezzo-sopran
Chloé Briot
and the Ensemble Ars Nova.The opera was awarded the Prix de l’Association Beaumarchais (SACD). * ''Léger au front'', music theatre performed at the

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in Paris in 2018 with the sculptor Patrice Alexandre, staging by

. ''Léger au front'' has been performed in German by

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in Vienna (Theater Odeon), Bonn (LVR museum), The Carinthian Summer Music Festival (2015). ''Léger au front'' is Laureate of the French National Centenary Committee. * ''Tableaux'', a song to a poem by

first performed at the Musée d’Orsay in Paris. * ''Solo'' for violon, first performed by Valeria Zorina at the Auditorio Nacional de Música in Madrid in 2019.

Discography

* ''Légendes'' by Laura Mikkola, piano. Monographic CD published by Fuga Libera/Outhere (2020). * ''Les mains nues'' by Moisès Fernandez Via,

Lili Boulanger Marie-Juliette Boulanger (; 21 August 189315 March 1918), professionally known as Lili Boulanger (), was a French composer and musician who was the first female winner of the Grand Prix de Rome composition prize. Her older sister was the noted ...

, David Chaillou and

Federico Mompou Frederic Mompou Dencausse (), or Federico Mompou (16 April 1893 – 30 June 1987), was a Spanish composer and pianist. Life Early years Mompou was born in Barcelona to the lawyer Frederic Mompou and his wife, Josefina Dencausse, who was of ...

. Published by Urtext Digital classics (2015) * ''Paroles de violoncelle'' by Christophe Pantillon, David Chaillou. ‘’Seul’’, monologue for violoncelle. Published by Gramola (2013) * ''Paris-Vienne-Moscou'' par Aron Quartett, David Chaillou,

Maurice Ravel Joseph Maurice Ravel (7 March 1875 – 28 December 1937) was a French composer, pianist and conductor. He is often associated with Impressionism in music, Impressionism along with his elder contemporary Claude Debussy, although both composer ...

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. Published by Preiser Records (2010) * ''Philomène et les ogres'', fantastic tale read by

and Agathe Nathanson, set to music by David Chaillou. Published by

Gallimard Jeunesse Gallimard Jeunesse is a French publisher of children's books. It is a subsidiary of Éditions Gallimard. It is the publisher of the French versions of ''Harry Potter'' by J.K. Rowling, the catalogue of Roald Dahl, ''The Little Prince'' by Anto ...

* ''L'orchestre d'Odilon le Grillon.''text Antoon Krings Published by Gallimard Jeunesse

Publications

* ''Napoléon et l'Opéra'' (Fayard publishing)

Awards and distinctions

* 2004 – Grand prix of the

Fondation Napoléon The Fondation Napoléon (English: Napoleon Foundation) is a registered French nonprofit organization established on 12 November 1987. The foundation supports the study of the First French Empire and Second French Empire. It also focuses on the ...

for his book ''Napoléon et l'Opéra'' (Fayard publishing) * 2014 – Laureate of the French National Centenary Committee for ''Léger au front ''. * 2015 - Awarded of the Prix de l’Association Beaumarchais (SACD) for ''Little Nemo'', children 'opera.

References

External links

Official website of the composer

Éditions Billaudot website

Éditions Fayard website. Presentation of David Chaillou

Fayard publishing website. Page dedicated to the book ''Napoléon et l'Opéra''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chaillou, David 1971 births Living people Composers from Paris French male classical composers 20th-century French classical composers 21st-century French classical composers 20th-century French male musicians 21st-century French male musicians