Georges Aperghis

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Georges Aperghis ( Greek Γιώργος Απέργης - Giórgos Apérgis ; born December 23, 1945 in Athens ) is a Greek composer .

Life

The son of the sculptor Achille Aperghis and the painter Irène Aperghis trained largely self-taught as a painter and composer. In 1963 he moved to Paris , where he married the actress Édith Scob in 1965 . Musically he was influenced by composers such as Pierre Schaeffer , Pierre Henry and Iannis Xenakis , John Cage and Mauricio Kagel .

In 1971, La Tragique histoire du nécromancien Hieronimoet et de son miroir, his first work for musical theater , of which he became the most prominent representative in France, appeared.

In 1976 he founded the theater group Atelier Théâtre et Musique (ATEM) in Bagnolet (since 1991 at the Théâtre des Amandiers in Nanterre ). More than twenty pieces were performed here before the group broke up, including La bouteille à la mer (1976), Conversations (1985), Enumérations (1988), Jojo (1990), H (1992), Sextuor (1993) and Commentaires ( 1996).

Honors, memberships

Compositions

Stage works

  • La Tragique histoire du nécromancien Hieronimo et de son miroir (1971). Musical theater piece for marionettes, an actress, mezzo-soprano, lute, cello and tape. Libretto :?
  • Pandaemonium (1973). Opera in one act. Libretto: Georges Aperghis. Premiere 1973 Avignon
  • De la nature de l'eau (1974). Musical theater piece. Libretto:?
  • Jacques le Fataliste (1974). Opera in 3 acts. Libretto: Henri Mary (after Diderot's Jacques le fataliste ). Premiere 1974 Lyon
  • Sports et rebondissements (1974)
  • Histoire de Loups (1976). Opera in one act. Libretto: Marie-Noëlle Rio (based on Sigmund Freud ). Premiere 1976 Avignon
  • Fragments. Journal d'un Opéra (1977). Music theater piece in one act. Libretto: Michel Deutsch. Premiere 1978 in Strasbourg
  • Je vous dis que je suis mort (1978). Opera in one act. Libretto: François Regnault . Premiere 1979 Paris
  • Quai n ° 1 (1978). Musical theater piece. Libretto: Marie-Noëlle Rio. Premiere 1979 Colmar
  • Les Sept crimes de l'amour (1979). Music theater scenes for a film by Michel Fano
  • De la nature de la gravité (1979/80). Libretto: Georges Aperghis (after Leonardo da Vinci )
  • Les Guetteurs de sons (1981). Music theater scene for 3 percussionists
  • L'Écharpe rouge (1984). Opera. Libretto: Alain Badiou . Premiere 1984 Avignon
  • Yo-yo . Opera(?). Libretto: Georges Aperghis, Ph. Miniana. Premiere 1990 Paris
  • Sextuor - L'Origine des espèces (1992). Musical theater piece. Libretto: François Régnault, Georges Aperghis
  • Tristes tropiques (op. 106; 1990-95). Opera in 3 acts. Libretto: Catherine Clément (based on the book of the same name [1955] by Claude Lévi-Strauss )
  • Commentaires (1996/97). Musical theater piece. Libretto: Philippe Minyana
  • Entre chien et loup ( Twilight ; 1999). Musical theater piece. Libretto: (based on Paul Klee , Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Franz Kafka )
  • Machinations (2000). Musical theater piece. Libretto: François Regnault , Georges Aperghis
  • Le Petit chaperon rouge ( Little Red Riding Hood ; 2001). Musical theater piece. Libretto:? (after Charles Perrault )
  • Avis de Tempete (2004). Opera. Libretto: Georges Aperghis, Peter Szendy (based on Herman Melville , Franz Kafka , Victor Hugo and others)
  • Paysage sous surveillance (2002). Musical theater piece. Libretto:? (after Heiner Müller )

Film music

  • La Fable des continents (1990; for the film of the same name by Hugo Santiago and Georges Aperghis), for voice and orchestra. Text:?
  • Heysel (2002; to the film of the same name by Thierry De Mey), for ensemble (18 players)
  • Happy End (2007; based on an animated film by Hans Op de Beeck, Bruno Hardt and Klaas Verpoest). Text: Charles Perrault

Vocal compositions

A cappella

  • Récitations (1978) for female voice. Text:?
  • Solo (1983) for actress (for Édith Scob ). Text:?
  • Six Tourbillons (1989) for female voice. Text:?
  • Monomanies (1991). 7 songs for female voice. Texts:? (French poems from the 16th century)
  • Cinq Calme-plats (1992) for female voice. Text:?
  • Rondo (1994) for soprano and mezzo-soprano. Text:?
  • 14 Jactations (2001) for baritone. Text:?
  • Petrrohl (2001) for 6 solo voices. Text:?
  • Pubs (1 & 2). Phonèmes parlés ou chantés (2002) for soprano. Text:?
  • Wölfli cantata (2005; 5 movements) for 6 solo voices and mixed choir (10S.9A.9T.8B). Texts: Adolf Wölfli

With instrument (s)

  • Concerto grosso (1971/72) for mezzo-soprano, baritone, bass, actress, 19 instrumentalists and tape. Text:?
  • BWV (1973) for soprano, mezzo-soprano, countertenor, tenor, 2 baritones and 21 instrumentalists. Text:?
  • Récitatif de concours (1975) for voice, flute, clarinet, violoncello and piano. Text:?
  • Les Lauriers sont coupés (1975) for soprano, mezzo-soprano and 5 instrumentalists (flute, oboe / cor anglais , bassoon, trombone and viola). Text:?
  • Il gigante golia (1975) for soprano and orchestra (43 players). Text: (after a Sardinian motet)
  • New version (1990) for soprano, clarinet, piano and percussion
  • Le Rire physiologique (1982) for baritone and piano. Text: Raymond Devos
  • Liebestod (1981-87). Oratorio . Libretto: Georges Aperghis (based on Bettina von Arnim ). WP 1982 Metz
  • Cinq Couplets (1988) for soprano and double bass clarinet. Texts:?
  • Déclamations (1990) for baritone, double bass clarinet and orchestra (78 players). Text:?
  • Tingel Tangel (1990) for soprano, cymbal and accordion . Text:?
  • Ritournelles (1992) for 2 baritones and 9 instrumentalists (piccolo, bass clarinet, timpani, piano, mandolin, guitar, harp, violoncello and double bass). Text:?
  • L'Adieu (1993) for alto and orchestra. Text:?
  • Simulacre II (1994) for soprano, bass clarinet, percussion and marimbaphone
  • Simulacre III (1994) for soprano, 2 clarinets and marimbaphone (or for soprano, clarinet, viola and marimbaphone)
  • The Hamlet machine (1999/2000). Oratorio. Libretto:? (after Heiner Müller , French by Jean Jourdheuil)
  • La nuit en tête (2000) for soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, violoncello, percussion and piano. Text:?
  • Dark Side (2003) for mezzo-soprano and ensemble (18 players). Texts: after Aeschylus (from the Orestie , French by François Regnault )
  • Contretemps (2006) for soprano and ensemble (22 players). Text:?

Piano works

  • Simata (1969/71) for prepared piano (or harpsichord)
  • Cinq petits moments brefs (1988) for harpsichord
  • À tombeau ouvert (1997) for piano
  • Les secrets élémentaires (1998) for piano
  • Printmusic (2001/02) for piano
  • Pièces pour jeunes pianistes (2004) for piano
  • Alter-Face (2004) for 2 pianos
  • Dans le Mur (2007) for piano and tape
  • Conversation X (2010) for voice and piano

Chamber music

Solos

  • Le corps à corps (1978) for percussion
  • 280 mesures (1979) for clarinet
  • Quatre récitations (1980) for violoncello
  • Fidélité - Tryptique n ° 3 (1982) for harp
  • Le coup de foudre - Tryptique n ° 1 (1982) for percussion
  • En un tournemain (1987) for viola
  • Ruins (1994) for trombone (or tuba)
  • Sonata (1994) for violoncello
  • Simulacre IV (1995) for bass clarinet
  • Volte-face (1997) for viola
  • Alter ego (2001) for tenor saxophone
  • IX (2001/02) for violin
  • the only line (2008) for violin
  • Parlando (2009) for double bass

Duos

  • Pièce (1970) for 2 violoncellos
  • Compagnie - Tryptique n ° 2 (1982) for harp and percussion
  • À bout de bras (1989) for oboe and clarinet (or for 2 clarinets)
  • Cinq Pièces (1994) for Espérou ("sick violoncello") and violoncello
  • Quatre Pièces fébriles (1995) for marimbaphone and piano
  • Profils (1998) for violoncello and zarb (drum)
  • Requiem furtif (1998) for violin and claves
  • Rasch (2001) for violin and viola

Trios

  • Études d'harmoniques (1976) for 2 violins and violoncello
  • Faux mouvement (1995) for string trio
  • Trio (1996) for clarinet, violoncello and piano
  • Façade-trio (1998) for 2 bass clarinets and percussion
  • Trio Funambule (2014) for saxophone, piano and percussion

Quartets

  • Signaux (1978) for 4 instruments of the same timbre and register
  • Dix Pièces (1986) for string quartet

Quintets

  • Mouvement pour quintette (1975), for clarinet, piano, violin, viola and violoncello
  • Crosswind (1997) for viola and saxophone quartet

sextet

  • Kryptogramma (1970) for 6 percussionists

Septet

Octets

  • Totem (1997) for 8 cellos
  • In extremis (1998) for flute, horn, tuba, percussion, piano, viola, cello and double bass

Pieces for solos and ensemble

  • Parenthèses (1977) for percussion and ensemble (16 players)
  • Babil (1996) for clarinet and ensemble (15 players)
  • Le Reste du temps (2003) for violoncello, cymbal and ensemble (9 players)
  • Bloody Luna (2007) for violoncello and ensemble (14 players)

Pieces for ensemble / orchestra

  • Puzzles (1971) for 12 players
  • From time to time (1971) for 16 players
  • Hommage à Jules Verne (1971/72) for 18 players
  • The walls have ears (1972) for orchestra (72 players)
  • Ascoltare stanca (1972) for 18 players
  • Variations (1973) for 14 players
  • Pièce pour douze (1991) for 12 players
  • Strasbourg instantanés. 39 pièces pédagogiques (1998/99) for various occupations
  • Teeter-Totter (2008) for 13 players

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Press release of the Art Foundation from September 7, 2011
  2. ↑ Codex Flores
personal data
SURNAME Aperghis, Georges
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Greek composer
DATE OF BIRTH December 23, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Athens