Philippe Manoury
Philippe Manoury (born June 19, 1952 in Tulle ) is a French composer .
Life
Manoury was a piano student of Pierre Sancan and studied composition at the Conservatoire de Paris with Gérard Condé , Max Deutsch , Michél Philippot and Ivo Malec . From 1975 he studied computer -aided composition with Pierre Barbaud .
From 1978 he held courses and conferences on contemporary music at various universities in Brazil. In 1980 he joined IRCAM , where he worked as a lecturer and for years under Miller Puckette worked on the development of MAX , the basic visual programming language for live interactive games. Since 2004 he has taught at the University of California San Diego.
Works
- Focus for small ensemble, 1973
- Sonata for two pianos, 1973, 1994
- Cryptophonos , 1974
- Puzzle for ensemble, 1975
- Numéro cinq for piano and ensemble, 1976
- Quatuor à cordes , 1978
- Le Tempérament variable for clarinet and small ensemble, 1978
- Numéro huit for orchestra, 1978, 1984
- Zeitlauf , 1982
- Instantanés , 1983-86
- Aleph for four voices and orchestra, 1985–87
- Musique II , 1986
- Musique I , 1986
- Petit Aleph for flute, 1986
- Jupiter for flute and electronics, 1987
- Pluton , 1988
- Deux mélodies , 1988
- Le Livre des Claviers, pièce II: duo de marimbas , 1988
- Le Livre des claviers , 1988
- La Partition du ciel et de l'enfer , 1989
- Xanadu for soprano and clarinet, 1990
- Neptune , 1991
- En écho , 1993
- Prelude and Wait for large orchestra, 1995
- 60e Parallèle , opera based on a libretto by Michel Deutsch , 1995–97
- Fragments pour un portrait for three instrumental groups, 1998
- Sound and Fury for large orchestra, 1999
- K ... , opera for singers, orchestra and live electronics, 2001
- Slova for mixed chamber choir a cappella, 2002
- Fragments d'Héraclite for chamber choir a cappella, 2003
- La Frontière , chamber opera for six singers, nine musicians and live electronics, 2003
- Noon for coloratura soprano, mixed choir, live electronics and large orchestra, 2003
- Blackout for contralto and instrumental ensemble, 2004
- Stringendo , string quartet, premiered 2010 by the Arditti quartet at the Donaueschinger Musiktage
Web links
- Literature by and about Philippe Manoury in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Manoury, Philippe |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 19, 1952 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Grommet |