Monic Gabrielle Cecconi-Botella (born 30 September 1936) is a French pianist, music educator and composer.
Life
She was born in
Courbevoie
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and studied at the
Paris
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Conservatoire with
Maurice Duruflé
Maurice Gustave Duruflé (; 11 January 1902 – 16 June 1986) was a French composer, organist, musicologist, and teacher.
Life and career
Duruflé was born in Louviers, Eure in 1902. He attended Rouen Cathedral Choir School from 1912 to 1918, ...
,
Jean Rivier
Alexis Fernand Félix Jean Rivier (21 July 1896 – 6 November 1987) was a French composer of classical music in the neoclassical style.
The son of , a co-inventor of Armenian paper, he composed over two hundred works, including music for orche ...
and
Henri Dutilleux
Henri Paul Julien Dutilleux (; 22 January 1916 – 22 May 2013) was a French composer of late 20th-century classical music. Among the leading French composers of his time, his work was rooted in the Impressionistic style of Debussy and R ...
. After completing her studies, she worked as professor of music theory at the Conservatoire of
Aubervilliers
Aubervilliers () is a communes of France, commune in the Seine-Saint-Denis departments of France, department, Île-de-France regions of France, region, northeastern suburbs of Paris, France.
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Localisation
Aubervilliers is one of th ...
. In 1983, she became a professor of music analysis at the Paris Conservatoire.
In 1966, Cecconi-Botella won a First at the
Prix de Rome
The Prix de Rome () or Grand Prix de Rome was a French scholarship for arts students, initially for painters and sculptors, that was established in 1663 during the reign of Louis XIV of France. Winners were awarded a bursary that allowed them t ...
. Her opera ''Noctuaile'' won a Grand Prix du Disque. In 2008, she founded the Festival Seasons of the Voice in
Gordes
Gordes (; ) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. The residents are known as ''Gordiens.'' The nearest big city is Avignon; smaller cities nearby include Cavaillon, L'Isle-s ...
,
Provence
Provence is a geographical region and historical province of southeastern France, which stretches from the left bank of the lower Rhône to the west to the France–Italy border, Italian border to the east; it is bordered by the Mediterrane ...
.
Works
Cecconi-Botella explores multi-media arts in her compositions. Selected works include:
*''Bucolique'' for flute and piano
*''Cérémonie'' for viola and piano
*''Noctuaile'' opera in two parts, libretto by René David
*''He Signed Vincent'' (about the life of
Vincent van Gogh
Vincent Willem van Gogh (; 30 March 185329 July 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art. In just over a decade, he created approximately 2,100 artworks ...
)
*''The Woman of the Ogre'', opera, book by Pierrette Fleutiaux
*''Operaclown'', children's opera, libretto by René Pillot
*''Pirlipipi'', children's opera, libretto by
Pierre Gripari
Pierre Gripari (7 January 1925, Paris – 23 December 1990, Paris) was a French writer.
Life
Born to a Greek father and a mother, he was orphaned in 1944 and had to interrupt his studies and support himself with various jobs. He served in the a ...
*''Triangle Crystal'', children's opera, book by Françoise Arquetout
References
Further reading
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External links
Monic Cecconi-Botella website
1936 births
20th-century French classical composers
Conservatoire de Paris alumni
French women opera composers
French music educators
French opera composers
Living people
People from Courbevoie
Prix de Rome for composition
French women music educators
20th-century French women composers
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