Christian Manen

Christian Manen (born July 3, 1934 in Boulogne-Billancourt ) is a French composer and music teacher .

Manen studied at the Conservatory of Nice and between 1949 and 1961 at the Conservatoire de Paris . Here he was a student of Berthe Duru (solfège), Jules Gentil (piano), Félix Passerone (drums), Marcel Dupré and Rolande Falcinelli (organ and improvisation), Louis Fourestier (orchestral direction ), Noël Gallon (counterpoint and fugue), Henri Challan (Theory of harmony), Norbert Dufourcq (music history) and Tony Aubin (composition). In 1961 he won the Premier Grand Prix de Rome with the cantata La Loreley . This was followed by a stay at the Villa Medici in Rome, which was associated with the award, until 1965.

Manen had been teaching at the Asnières Conservatory since 1954, and since 1965 he was also a professor at the Conservatoire de Paris. He has also taught at the Conservatoire Supérieur de Paris (CNR) and other music schools, including the École supérieure de musique César-Franck . Since 1985 he has given regular lectures at the Académie Internationale d'Été de Nice . His students included Thierry Escaich , Pascal Devoyon , Nicolas Bacri , Pascal Godart , Raphaël Sanchez , Rémi Guillard , Alexandre Tharaud and Cédric Tiberghien .

In 1970 he founded the Orchester des Cadets d'Asnières , which he directed until 1999 and with which he gave almost a hundred concerts in Paris, Europe and the USA. For several years he also directed the Turkish National Orchestra in Istanbul. He also worked as an organist in numerous churches in Paris and since 1960 has been a member of the Union des Maîtres de Chapelle et Organistes . In 1999 he retired from teaching.

Manen composed around 140 works, including orchestral and chamber music, motets and other choral and vocal works and music educational pieces.

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