Yves Prin (born 3 June 1933) is a French composer and conductor of classical music.

Life

Prin was born on 3 June 1933 in

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. He studied piano with Yves Nat and conducting with Louis Fourestier at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris where he won several first prizes. He started his career as a pianist, but upon meeting

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(assistant at the Mozarteum, Salzburg from 1968 to 1969), decided to turn towards conducting. This association with the Italian maestro was the reason for his final decision to dedicate his work mostly to contemporary music. Prin was subsequently guest conductor of the orchestras of the Residentie (The Hague) and of Haarlem in the Netherlands (1968–1973), then music director of the Orchestre Philharmonique des Pays de la Loire (1970–1974), of the Atelier Lyrique du Rhin (1974–1980) and of the Nouvel Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France (1981–1982). He worked at Ircam of

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in Paris for the composer's cursus in 1978. He has recorded more than a dozen records (Etcetera, REM, Adès, Salabert Actuel, MFA, Accord) and conducted many pieces by composers from all over the world: from

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, to

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. He has premiered operas by

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, François-Bernard Mâche, Ahmed Essyad, Michaël Levinas, Paul Méfano,

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, Claude Prey,

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and has led revivals of many others. He was in charge of coordination for contemporary music and music theater for Radio France from 1983 to 1986. From 1983 to 1999 he was the producer at Radio France for the contemporary music concert series , and . In addition, from 1992 to 1999, he was acting producer of Radio France's Festival , which features first performances. Prin pursues a parallel career as composer (published in particular by Editions Durand). He developed his own dramatic language and has a special lyrical vision of music. His catalogue includes today forty works including 5 concertos and 41 melodies divided into several cycles. Since 1999 Prin has dedicated himself to his own music and to his performing activities as a pianist and a conductor. He has received the Prix Florent-Schmitt de l'Académie des Beaux-Arts (1997).

Works

Orchestral

*''Actions-Simultanées II'' (1972)

Concertante

*Concerto Grosso for Flute, Violin, Clarinet, and Chamber Orchestra ''Dioscures'' (1977, rev. 1984) *Capriccio for Violin and Chamber Orchestra ''Éphémères'' (1973, rev. 1992) *Flute Concerto ''Le Souffle d'Iris'' (1986, rev. 1992) *Tuba Concerto (1993) *Piano Concerto ''In Praise of Flight'' (1997, rev. 2000)

Chamber/Instrumental

*Concerto for Percussion and Brass (1970) *''Actions-Simultanées I'' (1972) *String Quartet ''La Barque'' (1992)

References

Sources

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American Record Guide The ''American Record Guide'' (''ARG'') is a classical music magazine. It has reviewed classical music recordings since 1935. History and profile The magazine was founded by Peter Hugh Reed in May 1935 as the ''American Music Lover''. It chan ...

'' (March 2002)
"Guide to Records: ''Dioscures''; ''Ephemeres''; ''Souffle d'Iris''"
* Tommasini, Anthony
"Composer From Paris, A Premiere In the Rain"
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New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''NYT'') is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of ...

'' (July 15, 1996)

External links

Official website
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