Jean-Pierre Rivière

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Jean-Pierre Rivière (born July 22, 1929 in Mérignac , † November 17, 1995 near Montpellier ) was a French composer .

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Rivière studied harmony with Jean Gallon and Henri Challan , counterpoint and fugue with Noël Gallon , accompaniment with Nadia Boulanger , composition with Tony Aubin , music analysis with Olivier Messiaen , music aesthetics and education with Alexis Roland-Manuel , music history with Norbert Dufourcq at the Conservatoire de Paris and orchestral direction with Louis Fourestier . He received first prizes in the subjects of harmony, fugue and composition and in 1957 won the First Second Grand Prix de Rome .

During a study visit to the Casa de Velásquez in Madrid 1956-57, Rivière's symphony Les Sorcières du Pré au Bouc was composed with the subtitle Hommage à Goya . On his return he taught at the Bordeaux Conservatory from 1959 to 1960. At the invitation of François Bernier, he taught for a year at the Québec Conservatory from 1967-68. 1983–84 he directed the École nationale de musique de Maçon and 1989–90 the École départementale de musique de Haute-Saône . In 1980 he was appointed to the Nancy Conservatory, where he taught for twelve years. The composer Pierre Thilloy was among his students here .

In 1987 Rivière opened the Center International l'Ermitage-Luthézieu in Belmont-Luthézieu with the architect Gérard Rousseau , which organized concerts and offered music courses. Heart disease forced him to close the center in 1992 and give up teaching. On November 17, 1995, he died of a heart attack while on a train journey to Montpellier.

Works

  • Les Sorcières du Pré au Bouc (Hommage à Goya) , Symphony, 1957
  • Pour un Don Quichotte , opera, world premiere at Piccola Scala 1961
  • Ré mineur for tuba and piano, 1979
  • Tenroc for cornet or trumpet and piano, 1982
  • Rapsody for trombone and piano, 1984
  • Géronimo for wind quintet, WP 1992
  • Burlesque
  • Divertimento
  • Le Chevalier Kurt
  • Concertino sax
personal data
SURNAME Rivière, Jean-Pierre
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French composer
DATE OF BIRTH July 22, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Mérignac
DATE OF DEATH November 17, 1995
Place of death Montpellier