Serge Nigg
Serge Nigg (born June 6, 1924 in Paris ; † November 12, 2008 there ) was a French composer .
Life
From 1941 onwards, Serge Nigg studied harmony with Olivier Messiaen and counterpoint with Simone Plé-Caussade at the Paris Conservatory . In 1945 he met René Leibowitz , who introduced him to dodecaphony . After a concerto for piano and winds and one for piano and strings (both 1943) and the symphonic poem Timour , his Variations pour piano et 10 instruments from 1946 were the first strictly dodecaphonically composed work by a French composer. It was premiered at the Festival International de Musique dodécaphonique , which Leibowitz organized in 1947.
In 1956 Nigg, who occasionally composed film scores, became a member of the French Radio Music Committee . From 1967 to 1982 he was a member of the Music Directorate of the French Ministry of Culture , after which he took over a class for instrumentation and orchestration at the Conservatory and became President of the Société Nationale de Musique . In 1989 he became a member and in 1995 President of the Académie des Beaux-Arts .
Works
- Concerto pour piano et instruments à vent , 1943
- Concerto pour piano et orchester à cordes , 1943
- 1ère sonate pour piano , 1943
- Timour , symphonic poem, 1944
- Variations pour piano et 10 instruments , 1946
- Quatre mélodies sur des poèmes de Paul Éluard , 1950
- Billiards , ballet, 1950
- Pour un poète captif , symphonic poem, 1951
- 1st Concerto pour piano et orchester , 1954
- Concerto pour violon et orchester , 1960
- Concerto pour flûte et orchester à cordes , 1960
- Jérôme Bosch Symphony , 1960
- Histoire d'œuf, conte musical after Blaise Cendrars , 1961
- Pour un Tombeau d'Anatole , 1961
- Visages d'Axël , 1965-67
- Fulgur , 1970
- 2ème concerto pour piano et orchester , 1971
- Fastes de l'imaginaire , 1974
- Mirrors for William Blake , 1979
- Million d'oiseaux d'or , 1981
- Quatuor à cordes
- Du clair au sombre , cycle for soprano and chamber orchestra based on poems by Paul Éluard
- Arioso for cello and piano, 1987
- Concerto No. 1 for viola and orchestra, 1987–1988
- Poème pour orchester , 1990
- Sonate pour piano et violon , 1996
- Tumultes for piano, 1998
- Deux images de nuits for piano, 1999
- Concerto No. 2 for viola and orchestra, 2000
Filmography
- 1961: Who are you, Dr. Worry? (Qui êtes-vous, Monsieur Sorge?)
- 1962: She did not ask about tomorrow (La croix des vivants)
- 1962: The fight on the island (Le combat dans l'île)
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nigg, Serge |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 6, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 12, 2008 |
| Place of death | Paris |