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Sylvie Oussenko (born 5 June 1945) is a contemporary French
mezzo-soprano A mezzo-soprano (, ), or mezzo ( ), is a type of classical music, classical female singing human voice, voice whose vocal range lies between the soprano and the contralto voice types. The mezzo-soprano's vocal range usually extends from the A bel ...
and writer.


Biography

Born in
Saint-Leu-la-Forêt Saint-Leu-la-Forêt () is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department, in the northwestern outer suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. In 2021, it had a population of 15,979. History In 1806, the commune of Saint-Leu-la ...
, after a classical baccalaureate degree (Latin-Greek), Oussenko entered the
Institut Catholique de Paris The Institut catholique de Paris (, abbr. ICP), known in English as the Catholic University of Paris (and in Latin as ''Universitas catholica Parisiensis''), is a private university located in Paris, France. History: 1875–present The Institut ...
, then at the Sorbonne for a degree in philosophy, while taking singing lessons with Paul Derenne, then with in Cologne and drama classes with Dominique Rozan, sociétaire of the Comédie-Française. She made her stage debut in 1977 as Mélisande in Debussy's '' Pelléas et Mélisande'' at Besançon. She worked on the repertoire with
vocal coach A vocal coach, also known as a voice coach (though this term often applies to those working with speech and communication rather than singing), is a music teacher, usually a piano accompanist, who helps singers prepare for a performance, often al ...
Irène Aïtoff Irène Aïtoff (30 July 1904 – 5 June 2006) was a French pianist and vocal coach. Biography Born in Saint-Cast-le-Guildo, Saint-Cast (Côtes-d'Armor), Aïtoff was admitted in the Conservatoire de Paris after having been introduced to Alfred ...
, with whom she gave her first recital devoted to lieder and melodies by
Franz Liszt Franz Liszt (22 October 1811 – 31 July 1886) was a Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist, conductor and teacher of the Romantic music, Romantic period. With a diverse List of compositions by Franz Liszt, body of work spanning more than six ...
in 1978: many others followed. At the same time, she obtained a postgraduate diploma in musicology and psychology at the
Paris-Sorbonne University Paris-Sorbonne University (also known as Paris IV; ) was a public university, public research university in Paris, France, active from 1971 to 2017. It was the main inheritor of the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Paris. In 2018, it m ...
. Then, opting for recital and oratorio, she created many melodies by Roger Calmel,
Georges Delerue Georges Delerue (12 March 1925 – 20 March 1992) was a French composer who composed over 350 scores for cinema and television. Delerue won numerous important film music awards, including an Academy Award for '' A Little Romance'' (1980), three Cà ...
, Lucie Robert-Diessel, Noël Lee, Pierrette Mari, etc. that she recorded for the Cologne radio station (WDR III). She works on an ongoing basis with pianists Françoise Tillard, Noël Lee, Lucie Robert-Diessel, and conductor Dominique Fanal. Since the 1990s, she has devoted part of her activities to pedagogy and literature: since 2007, she has published fiction, poetry and music writings on a regular basis. She is also the author of several plays. In 2013, the ''Quatre Mythologiques'' are put on music by Michel Decoust, song cycle on poems by Sylvie Oussenko (excerpts from the collection ''Pèlerinages''). On 10 December 2013, she married baritone
Gabriel Bacquier Gabriel Bacquier (; 17 May 1924 â€“ 13 May 2020) was a French operatic baritone. One of the leading baritones of the 20th century and particularly associated with the French and Italian repertoires, he was considered a fine singing actor equ ...
.


Distinctions

* Chevalier of the
Ordre des Arts et des Lettres The Order of Arts and Letters () is an order of France established on 2 May 1957 by the Minister of Culture. Its supplementary status to the was confirmed by President Charles de Gaulle in 1963. Its purpose is the recognition of significant ...


Publications

* ''Les Madrigaux de Bellone'' (short stories), éditions France Univers, 2007 * ''Chopin'', , 2009 * ''L'Opéra tout simplement'', Eyrolles, 2009 * ''Schumann'', Eyrolles - 2010 * ''Pèlerinages'', preface and illustrations by Gabriel Bacquier (poem), France Univers, 2010. * ''Gabriel Bacquier, le génie de l'Interprétation'' (biographical essay), éditions MJW Fédition, 2011.Cf
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Ludwig Tieck Johann Ludwig Tieck (; ; 31 May 177328 April 1853) was a German poet, fiction writer, translator, and critic. He was one of the founding fathers of the Romanticism, Romantic movement in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Early life Tieck w ...
: ''Les Fils Aymon'', ''Les Amours de la Belle Maguelone et de Pierre de Provence'', ''La légende de Mélusine'', Montpellier, éditions Grèges, 2008


Discography

* ''Mélodies italiennes'' with Thierry Macé, piano (Concord, 1997) * Berlioz' '' Les nuits d'été'' and Wagner's ''
Wesendonck Lieder , WWV 91, is the common name of a set of five songs for female voice and piano by Richard Wagner, (''Five Poems for a Female Voice''). He set five poems by Mathilde Wesendonck while he was working on his opera ''Tristan und Isolde''. The songs ...
'' with Noël Lee, piano (Tam Attitudes, 2001)


References


External links

*Sylvie Oussenko o
Eyrolles



Sylvie Oussenko

''Rencontre littéraire avec Gabriek Pasquier et Sylvie Oussenko''
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