Vincent Royer

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Vincent Royer at a concert with the Scott Fields Feartet in the Loft (Cologne) in 2012

Vincent Royer (born January 22, 1961 in Strasbourg) is a French violist and composer . He gives concerts worldwide as a soloist and chamber musician. He gives master classes , is a member of various ensembles and teaches as a professor of chamber music at the “Conservatoire Royal de Liège” .

Life

Royer first learned the piano from the concert pianist and Schumann interpreter Hélène Boschi . At the age of 13 he switched to the viola and took lessons from Claude Ducroqc.

As a scholarship holder of the Ministère de la Culture Paris, he passed the state music teacher examination in 1987 and received his degree in viola as a major at the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg . He obtained his diploma in 1989 at the Cologne University of Music and Dance , also majoring in viola. He studied with Ulrich Koch in Freiburg, Rainer Moog in Cologne and Serges Collot in Paris. After graduating, he founded the group ALEA - an ensemble for collective composition and improvisation - together with the Brazilian pianist Paulo Álvares . In 1991 he received the Prix ​​Xenakis de Paris as part of the Lucero Festival .

In 1995 he received a grant from the French Ministry of Culture as Artist in Residence in the Bourse Lavoisier artist residence at the Banff Center for the Arts in Canada .

From 1995 to 2009 Royer gave master classes at the Académie d'été de Jeunesses Musicales de Croatie in Grožnjan . From 2003 to 2009 he taught at the Conservatoire royal de Mons and at the Conservatoire royal de Liège . In 2006 Royer recorded the first recording of Horațiu Rădulescu's complete works for viola. The recording was awarded the highest rating by the specialist magazine "Crescendo".

From 2007 to 2009 Vincent Royer taught workshops at universities in Chicago , Los Angeles (California Institute of the Arts and University of California Santa Barbara) and Brussels .

In 2008 Vincent Royer won the Coup de Cœur de l'Académie Charles Cros . The prize is awarded by the Charles Cros Academy . It is considered the French equivalent of the US NARAS, which awards the Grammy Awards every year. Two recordings were awarded, the 2007 CD “Didascalies” with works by the composer Luc Ferrari and the CD “Lignes” with chamber music works by Jean-Luc Fafchamps , released in 2008 .

“Didascalies” , which was created together with the Belgian pianist Jean-Philippe Collard-Neven, is regarded by experts as a reference for Ferrari's music. The recordings also received high recognition in the trade press. The French music magazine Le Monde de la musique awarded “Lignes” the highest rating.

Three years later he received the Coup de Cœur again. This time for the album "Giacinto Scelsi Volume 9: The Works for Viola" , which includes works for viola and voice by the Italian composer and poet Giacinto Scelsi from 1955 to 1964.

In 2010 he gave a master class for the American Federation of Composers with Alex Waterman at the International House Philadelphia.

Since 2010 Vincent Royer has also been professor of chamber music at the “Conservatoire Royal de Liège” in Belgium.

He gave further masterclasses in 2013 at the Cologne University of Music and Dance, in 2014 at the Music Academy of the City of Basel , in 2015 at the Festival Viola Moderna at the Folkwang University and in the same year at the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal .

composition

The moment of sound research plays a central role in his compositions. “Traverse” was honored by the “International Computer Music Conference” in Berlin in 2000, and in 2003 “Lumen” (2003) for viola and electronics was created at the “Center Henri Pousseur” in Liège, with which Royer has been associated since 2001 . Together with the computer scientist and composer Gerhard Eckel, he developed improvisations for viola with electronics and a viola sound catalog in Banff and at the ZKM (Karlsruhe).

Works

  • Catalog des sons, Chinook (1995), premiered
  • Chinook II for strings and tape (1996), premiered
  • la rivière du silence (2001), premiered
  • Lumen for Alto & Electronics (2003), premiered
  • Dix ailes for cello, harp, percussion (2004), premiered
  • l'Amour fou for ensemble and tape (2009), premiered
  • Préludes à l'Amour fou for mezzo, viola and piano (2011), premiered
  • Akasha for viola ensemble (2014), premiered

Chamber music

He was a member of the Scott Fields String Feartet from 2011 to 2014 . His current formations in the field of improvisation are the Quatuor Brac, the duo Gratkowski-Royer and a duo with the architect and video artist Matthias Siegert.

Ensembles

Vincent Royer was co-founder of Ensemble ALEA in 1989 and principal violist in Ensemble Köln from 1989 to 1992. Since 1990 he has been a member of the Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne and since 1991 a member of the European Lucero Ensemble. He is also a regular guest with Ensemble Modern , Ensemble Musikfabrik and Ensemble Noamnesia Chicago.

Discography

  • Éphémère ... (CD) Luc Ferrari, Brunhild Ferrari, Vincent Royer (2015, Mode 285)
  • Gentle Electronics (CD / DVD) Jean-Luc Fafchamps (2015, SubRosa 397)
  • La chute du rouge (CD) Christophe Bertrand (2015, Motus 214008)
  • Hall des chars (CD) Quatuor BRAC (2014, blumlein records)
  • String Feartet (CD) Scott Fields (2013, Between the lines)
  • le parfum des cordes (CD) Marcel Cominotto (2013, Azur classical)
  • Instants chavirés (CD) Quatuor BRAC (2012, blumlein records)
  • ... Lignes ... (CD) Jean-Luc Fafchamps (2011, Fuga Libra 537)
  • Giacinto Scelsi - The Viola Works (CD) Vincent Royer & Séverine Ballon (2011, Mode 231)
  • Frail Lumber (CD) Scott Fields (2010, NotTwo)
  • Didascalies 2 (Vinyl LP) Luc Ferrari (2010, SubRosa SRV305)
  • Moersbow / Ozzo (CD) Scott Fields & Multiple Joyce Orchestra (2011, Clean Feed Records CF236CD)
  • The Viola Works (CD) Giacinto Scelsi (2008, Mode 231)
  • Didascalies (CD / DVD) Luc Ferrari (2007, SubRosa 261)
  • Horatiu Radulescu: Intimate Rituals (CD) Vincent Royer & Gerard Causse (complete works for viola) (2006, SubRosa 248)
  • The book of Scenes (CD) David Shea (2005, SubRosa 224)
  • Le marteau sans maître (CD) Pierre Boulez (2001, CordAria)
  • Fever / Ji-Virus (CD) Michael Riessler (2000, Wergo WER63092)
  • Traverse (CD) Vincent Royer / Gerhard Eckel (1999, HDK Berlin)
  • Song of the Earth (CD) Gustav Mahler (1989, Canterino CNT 1031)

Dedicated works

His solo activity as an interpreter is shaped by personal collaboration with composers. The most important are Pascal Dusapin , Luc Ferrari , Gérard Grisey , Victor Kissine , Jean-Luc Fafchamps , Claude Ledoux , Horațiu Rădulescu , Michael Riessler , Vinko Globokar , Fabrizio Cassol , David Shea , Robert HP Platz , Frederic D'Haene , Christophe Bertrand and Ken Ueno .

As a result of this collaboration, various works were dedicated to Royer.

  • Malika Kishino : Monochrome Garden VI (2015)
  • Christophe Bertrand: Arashi (2007)
  • Vinko Globokar: Métamorphoses paralèlles (2005)
  • David Shea: The Book of Scenes (2005)
  • Fabrizio Cassol: Anima Libera (2004)
  • Robert Platz: Empty Center (2004)
  • Jean-Luc Fafchamps: Z1 (2003), Streetmusic (2009)
  • Luc Ferrari: Rencontres fortuites (2003), Didascalie (2004), Tautologos 3 (2005)
  • Horatiu Radulescu: Agnus Dei (1991) and Lux Animae (2000)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e biography of Vincent Royer
  2. ↑ a b c d e curriculum vitae in tabular form ( memento of the original dated December 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / dl.dropboxusercontent.com
  3. ^ Workshops by Vincent Royer
  4. ↑ a b artist vita at reiheM - concert series for contemporary music , electronics and new media - Cologne
  5. ^ The American Composers Forum, Philadelphia Chapter
  6. ↑ Vincent Royer at the Conservatoire Royal de Liège
  7. ^ University of Music and Dance Cologne
  8. ↑ "Voyage au coeur du son" the extended string technics of Horatiu Radulescu ( Memento of the original from December 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fhnw.ch
  9. ↑ New music and improvisation workshop at Folkwang University ( Memento from September 30, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  10. ↑ Conservatoire de musique de Montréal
  11. ↑ Compositions by Vincent Royer
  12. ^ Artist biography - Institute for Electronic Music and Acoustics - IEM
  13. ↑ Vincent Royer at the Quatuor Brac
  14. ↑ Video of the performance INTERPLAY by the duo Gratkowski-Royer
  15. ^ Video on improvisation by the Royer-Siegert duo at the CAMP 2010 FESTIVAL in the Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe
  16. ↑ Biography at Mode Records, New York
  17. ↑ discography
  18. ↑ Monochromer Garten VI (2015) dedicated to V. Royer
personal data
SURNAME Royer, Vincent
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French violist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH January 22, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Strasbourg