Charles Chaynes
Charles Chaynes (born July 11, 1925 in Toulouse , † June 24, 2016 in Saint-Mandé ) was a French composer .
Life
Chaynes studied at the Conservatoire de Paris with Darius Milhaud and Jean Rivier . In 1951 he won the Premier Grand Prix de Rome with the cantata Et l'homme se vit rouvrir les portes . During his stay at the Villa Medici in Rome from 1952 to 1955, which was associated with the award, he composed his First Concerto for String Orchestra and the Ode for a Tragic Death .
In 1956 he became a producer for the radio diffusion Télévision Française (RTF). In 1964 he succeeded Marius Constant as head of the France Musique channel , and from 1975 to 1990 he headed the service de la création musicale at Radio France .
In addition to several operas, a symphony and chamber music works, Chaynes composed numerous instrumental concerts, including a. for trumpet, for violin, for piano and for organ as well as two orchestral concerts. In 1966 he composed a concerto for organ, string orchestra, timpani and percussion for the organist Marie-Claire Alain . His piano concerto was premiered in 1967 by Yvonne Loriod .
Chaynes received u. a. the Grand Prix Musical of the City of Paris (1965), the Prix du Disque of the Académie du disque français (1968, 1970, 1975 and 1981), the Prix de la tribune internationale des compositeurs of the UNESCO (1976), the Prix musical de la SACD (1988) and the Orphée d'Or of the Académie du Disque Lyrique (1996 and 2003). He was honored as an officer of the Legion of Honor , the Ordre national du Mérite and Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and in 2005 succeeded Marius Constant as a member of the Académie des Beaux Arts .
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| SURNAME | Chaynes, Charles |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 11, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Toulouse , France |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 24, 2016 |
| Place of death | Saint-Mandé , France |