François Fayt
François Fayt (born February 18, 1946 in Argences, Département Calvados ) is a French composer .
biography
François Fayt studied music at the Conservatory in Versailles and later at the École normal de musique de Paris . He attended courses with Marcel Ciampi and Aldo Ciccolini . He studied composition with Eugene Kurtz at the Universities of Michigan and New York .
In 1984, his meeting with the director of the Théâtre national de Marseille La Criée, Marcel Maréchal, allowed him to write music for the theater, especially for the Théâtre du Rond-Point des Champs-Élysées in Paris, and an opera, L'Arbre de mai , premiered in 1993 in a production by Pierre Constant with sets by Roberto Platé and under the musical direction of Frédéric Chaslin . At the same time he composed symphonic music, vocal music and chamber music . His Ellison's Quatuor was premiered in 2004 at the Festival L'Été musical d'Horrues (Belgium) by the Brussels String Quartet.
Jean-Marc Luisada and the Australian String Quartet commissioned him to compose a piano quintet for the 2000 Millennium celebrations in Sydney . Svetlin Roussev, soloist of the Orchester philharmonique de Radio France , and Jean-Marie Luisada ordered a composition for violin and piano, Épilogue .
In the field of sacred music, Fayt composed a Requiem , a Gospel of John (2007) and a Stabat mater that premiered at the 2009 Festival of Saint-Riquier under the direction of Jean-Paul Penin .
Works (selection)
Operas
- L'Arbre de May (1993)
- Le sang noir (German title: The Black Blood ) based on the novel of the same name by Louis Guilloux (world premiere in 2014 at the Erfurt Theater )
Church music
- requiem
- Gospel of John (2007)
- Stabat mater (2009)
Chamber music
- Piano Quintet (1999)
- Ellison's Quatuor (2004)
- Epilogue , sonata for violin and piano (2004)
Piano music
- Sonata Ostinato (1981)
- Journal symphonique (1991)
Songs
- L'Heure grise , four songs for baritone and piano based on poems by Michel Laré, Jean-Pierre Quinsac and Robert Desnos (1994)
Web links
- Biography on ELPE-Musique (French), accessed November 26, 2014.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fayt, François |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 18, 1946 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Argences , Calvados department |