Fabien Lévy

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Fabien Lévy (born December 11, 1968 in Paris ) is a French composer .

Life

From 1996 to 2001 he studied at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris , among others composition with Gérard Grisey and Marco Stroppa , analysis with Michaël Levinas , comparative musicology with Gilles Léothaud and orchestration with Marc-André Dalbavie . Lévy received his doctorate from the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales . In addition to his musical training, he also acquired specialist degrees in mathematics and theoretical economics . In these departments he worked as a researcher and lecturer until 1994.

From 1998 to 2001 he worked at IRCAM . During this time he is teaching at the musicological institute of the Sorbonne . Between 2004 and 2006 he taught orchestration at the "Hanns Eisler" University of Music in Berlin . From 2006 to 2012 he was Assistant Professor of Composition at Columbia University in New York . 2012–2017 Fabien Lévy was Professor of Composition at the Detmold University of Music . Since October 2017 he has been Professor of Composition at the "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" University of Music and Theater in Leipzig .

Works

Fabien Lévy has composed solo works, chamber music, electroacoustic music, ensemble pieces and works for orchestra. His works are performed by artists all over Europe and the United States , including the Berliner Rundfunksymphonieorchester, the Tokyo Sinfonieorchester, the Ensemble recherche , the Ensemble Argento and the new Vocalsolisten Stuttgart . The instrumental works are published by Billaudot Verlag (Paris) (1998–2008), Ricordi Germany (2008–2018) and, from 2018, Edition Peters .

Works

  • 1996: Les deux ampoules d'un sablier peu à peu se comprennent , for amplified solo harp
  • 1996: Dr.B. for baritone and bassoon . Music theater, inspired by The Schachnovelle by Stefan Zweig
  • 1997: L'air d'ailleurs-Bicinium for alto saxophone and band
  • 1998: By, in memoriam G. Grisey for saxophone quartet
  • 1999: Coïncidences for ensemble of 33 musicians
  • 1999: Où niche l'hibou? small teaching pieces for a young student and his teacher (versions for two saxophones or two flutes or two clarinets )
  • 2001: Hérédo-ribotes for solo viola and 51 orchestral musicians
  • 2002: Soliloque sur [X, X, X et X] Commentary from a computer on a concert that it misunderstood
  • 2003: Risâla fî-l-hob wa fî'lm al-handasa [“Little Treatise on Love and Geometry”] for flute, clarinet, euphonium or tenor saxophone, violin and violoncello
  • 2004: Les murmures d'une orchidée solitaire for two guqin , Chinese flutes , Hammond organ , harp, violin and violoncello
  • 2006: Tre volti del volubile Ares for brass band
  • 2006: Querwüchsig for ensemble
  • 2007: Lexèmes hirsutes for solo violoncello
  • 2007: Pour Orchester for large orchestra
  • 2009: à propos for flute, clarinet, piano , violin and violoncello
  • 2010: à peu près de for 2 trumpets
  • 2012: Après tout for vocal ensemble and instrumental ensemble
  • 2013: Danse polyptote for accordion and violoncello
  • 2013: Towards the Door We never opened for saxophone quartet
  • 2014: à tue-tête for nine space-distributed wind instruments
  • 2015: As Gregor and Griselda , Canon for six voices
  • 2016: Now I have nothing left , for soprano , accordion , clarinet , electric guitar and piano
  • 2017: Quand Friselda et son voisin , canon for six voices
  • 2018: Murmur mein Blut , for soprano and piano
  • 2019: De l'art d'induire en erhur , for three amplified voices and symphony orchestra
  • 2019: Chroniques déchantées , for accordion and piano

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personal data
SURNAME Lévy, Fabien
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French composer
DATE OF BIRTH December 11, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris