Denys Bouliane

Denys Bouliane (born May 8, 1955 in Grand-Mère , Québec ) is a Canadian composer.

Life

From 1972 to 1979 Bouliane studied piano with Robert Weisz , composition with Jacques Hétu , Alain Gagnon and José Evangelista , analysis with Roger Bédard and counterpoint with Jeanne Landry at Laval University . From 1978 to 1980 he worked here as an assistant. In 1980 he took part in the Darmstadt summer courses and then in Mauricio Kagel's class for new music theater at the Cologne University of Music . Until 1985 he studied with György Ligeti at the Hamburg University of Music and Theater .

In the late 1970s, Bouliane was program director of the Association de musique actuelle de Quebec . During his studies in Germany he toured Europe with Ensemble Köln as director of sound engineering . From 1990 to 1993 he was on the board of the Cologne Society for New Music . In addition, he was composer in residence of the Orchester symphonique de Québec from 1992 to 1995 and then of the Philharmonic Orchestra Heidelberg until 1996 .

In 1991 he founded the Série B in Cologne , an ensemble of nine musicians who experiment with acoustic and electronic instruments. In 1995 he founded the Rencontres de Musique Nouvelle , a series of annual summer courses that he leads with Lorraine Vaillancourt . In the same year he became a member of the artistic committee of the Société de Musique Contemporaine de Quebéc (SMCQ).

The collaboration with Denis Marleau and the choreographer Édouard Lock resulted in performances of Georg Büchner's Woyzeck (Belgium 1993) and Frank Wedekind's Lulu (Montreal 1995–96) for dance theater, for which Bouliane composed the music. Together with Walter Boudreau , he was artistic coordinator and conductor of the Québec-Musiques-au-présent festival for contemporary music from 1998 to 2000 . Together with him he conducted the Millennium Symphony in summer 2000 , a monumental work by nineteen composers for 350 musicians.

Since 2004, Bouliane has been artistic coordinator of the MusiMarch Festival , organized by McGill University , SMCQ and the Orchester symphonique de Montréal , and since 2003 artistic director of the Montréal-nouvelles musiques Biennale together with Boudreau . Between 2002 and 2006 he was Composer in Residence of the National Arts Center Orchestra . Since 1995 he has been Professor of Composition at McGill University.

Works

• Quatre Chants (texts by Émile Nelligan , Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau , Alain Grandbois ) for soprano, cello and piano, 1974–75
• Quintets à vent for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon, 1976
• Climats for chamber ensemble, 1978
• Jeux de Société for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon, piano and glockenspiel, 1979–80
• Douze tiroirs de demi-vérités pour alléger votre descente for piano and orchestra, 1981–82
• Une foire imaginée for four percussion sets and large orchestra, 1982
• Jappements à la lune (text by Claude Gauvreau ) for 32 mixed voices and orchestra, 1982
• Comme un silène entr'ouvert for piccolo, oboe, bass clarinet, trombone, double bass, piano, synthesizer and tape, 1983–85
• Rituel lapidaire, en souvenance… for cor anglais and percussion, 1984
• Paraphrase en pente douce sur le Hareng Saur de Charles Cros (texts by Charles Cros , André Breton ) for tape, 1984
• Pilu where are you for tape, 1985
• Organum for tape (collaboration with the sculptor Christa Feuerberg ), 1985
• Speaking of which… et le Baron perché? for two bass clarinets, two contrabassoons, two horns, trumpet, two trombones and double bass, 1985
• A certain chinese cyclopaedia for flute, horn, clarinet, cor anglais and bassoon, 1986
• Le cactus rieur et la demoiselle qui souffrait d'une soif insatiable for large orchestra, 1986
• Neuf Résidus for two electric pianos, 1986–87
• Das Affenlied (text by Gottfried Benn ) for soprano, 1988
• Concerto for Orchestra (Variations without a theme) , 1988-95
• Some have trompinets (text by Boris Vian ) for soprano and bass clarinet, 1989–90
• Trois petits simiodrames for clarinet, violin, viola, cello and percussion, 1990
• Une soirée Vian , meta-cabaret for soprano, baritone, instruments and live electronics, 1990–91
• Paysage Qu… for two clarinets, two trumpets, two trombones, violin, viola, cello, double bass and two percussion sets, 1992
• German landscape for two clarinets, two trumpets, two trombones, violin, viola, cello, double bass and two percussion sets, 1992–93
• Woyzeck incidental music for orchestra and tape, 1993
• De Sophie à Léon (own text after Leo and Sofia Tolstoi) for soprano, violin and large orchestra, 1993
• Entre chien et loup for oboe, two percussion sets and string orchestra, 1994
• Pour parer la parade! for orchestra and tape, 1994
• Des caresses… for alto flute, violin, viola, cello and double bass, 1994
• Appels-Rappels for four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, tuba and percussion, 1994–95
• Passacaglia without a topic , 1995
• Lulu , incidental music for violin, piano and tape, 1995–96
• Concerto for piano and large orchestra, 1995–97
• Du fouet et du plaisir for piano and small orchestra, 1996–97
• Contredanse du silène Badouny for piano, 1998
• La symphonie du millénaire for choirs, orchestra, carillon, 15 church bells, 2000 carillon players, two fire engines, large orchestra and tape (with 18 other composers), 1999–2000
• Passacaglia without a Theme , Ballet (Choreography: Édouard Lock ), 2000
• Le sexe des ans for bass clarinet and orchestra, 2000
• Qualia sui for violin, cello and piano, 2001
• Rumore sui , string quartet, 2002–03
• La Neige est blanche mais l'eau est noire , 2003
• Tetrapharmakos , Triple Concerto for violin, cello, piano and large orchestra, 2003–04
• Tremore sui , sonata for violin and piano, 2004–05