Lucie Robert-Diessel
Lucie Robert-Diessel (born October 3, 1936 in Rennes ; † August 25, 2019 in Paris ) was a French composer and pianist .
Career
Diessel began her education at the age of twelve at the conservatory in her hometown. She then studied at the Conservatoire de Paris , where she received first prizes in seven subjects and in 1965 she won the Premier Grand Prix de Rome together with Thérèse Brenet .
After the three-year stay at the Villa Medici in Rome associated with the award, Robert-Diessel taught harmony, music theory and piano at the Conservatoire de Paris from 1972 to 2001. She has also performed as a pianist all over Europe, the USA, Canada and Japan and made numerous radio recordings for the BBC , RAI , WDR and the Swiss radio DRS .
She composed works for piano, chamber music, songs, choral and orchestral works, as well as more than twenty pieces for saxophone solo, saxophone and piano, saxophone ensembles as well as saxophone and other instruments, including a double concerto for saxophone, piano and orchestra. In 2002 Dialogue Sinfonique was created , a concerto for saxophone and string quintet, woodwind quintet, piano and timpani, which was premiered the following year by Steven Jordheim .
Web links
- Lucie Robert-Diessel at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Entry on Lucie Robert in Fichier des personnes décédées , accessed on July 5, 2020.
- ^ "Lucie Robert-Diessel", Sax , Mule & Co , Jean-Pierre Thiollet , Anagrams Ed., 2004, s. 170
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Robert-Diessel, Lucie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Robert, Lucie (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French composer and pianist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 3, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rennes |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 25, 2019 |
| Place of death | Paris |