Alexandre Dratwicki (born 31 January 1977 in Thionville,

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) is a contemporary French musicologist.

Biography

Scientific director of the Palazzetto Bru Zane –

Centre de musique romantique française The Centre de musique romantique française ("centre for French Romantic music") is a French-administered cultural institution, research centre and concert hall, in Venice, in north-eastern Italy. It is housed in the Palazzetto Bru Zane, an annex t ...

(Venice), holder of a doctorate in musicology from the Paris-Sorbonne University in 2003) and former resident of the Académie de France à Rome (Villa Médicis), Alexandre Dratwicki is a graduate from the

Conservatoire de Paris The Conservatoire de Paris (), also known as the Paris Conservatory, is a college of music and dance founded in 1795. Officially known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP), it is situated in the avenue ...

(

esthetics Aesthetics, or esthetics, is a branch of philosophy that deals with the nature of beauty and taste, as well as the philosophy of art (its own area of philosophy that comes out of aesthetics). It examines aesthetic values, often expressed thr ...

). He has taught music history and

musical analysis Musical analysis is the study of musical structure in either compositions or performances. According to music theorist Ian Bent, music analysis "is the means of answering directly the question 'How does it work?'". The method employed to answer ...

in several French universities (Paris IV - Sorbonne, Lille, Poitiers, Rouen) and was a

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for Radio France (''La Querelle des Bouffons'' and ''Sortez les jumelles'' in 2006–2007) with his twin brother . In 2006–2008, he was artistic advisor to the

Opéra-Comique The Opéra-Comique is a Paris opera company which was founded around 1714 by some of the popular theatres of the Parisian fairs. In 1762 the company was merged with – and for a time took the name of – its chief rival, the Comédie-Italienne ...

(Paris). Alexandre Dratwicki has been trained as a clarinetist and

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at the

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and Nancy conservatories. He also received various awards in music history, musical analysis,

orchestration Orchestration is the study or practice of writing music for an orchestra (or, more loosely, for any musical ensemble, such as a concert band) or of adapting music composed for another medium for an orchestra. Also called "instrumentation", orc ...

and

chamber music Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a palace chamber or a large room. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small numb ...

. As a musicologist, he has published notably at Actes Sud, , and Symétrie. His work ''Un nouveau commerce de la virtuosité (1780–1830)'', published by the latter earned him the 2007

Prix des Muses Prix was an American power pop band formed in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1975 by Tommy Hoehn and Jon Tiven. The group ended up primarily as a studio project. Its recordings were produced by Tiven along with former Big Star member Chris Bell, who als ...

for essay. In 2013 he received a prize of the Napoléon foundation for the record-book ''La Mort d'Abel'' by Kreutzer, which he directed. As a researcher, he is particularly interested in the notions of virtuosity (direction of the collective ''Le concerto pour piano français à l'épreuve des modernités'', Actes Sud & Palazzetto Bru Zane, 2015) and musical academism (codirection with Julia Lu of the Concours du prix de Rome for music. 1803–1968, Symétrie & Palazzetto Bru Zane, 2011). Since 2009, through his activity at the Palazzetto Bru Zane, which consists of rediscovering unknown works and forgotten composers, He participates in productions or co-productions leading to the (re) creation of French works in concert and on the stage, extended in general by the publication of recordings. In this context, Alexandre Dratwicki has been conducting the series "Musics of the Prix de Rome" launched at Glossa and continued in the series of record-books of Palazzetto Bru Zane since 2010 (

Debussy (Achille) Claude Debussy (; 22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918) was a French composer. He is sometimes seen as the first Impressionist composer, although he vigorously rejected the term. He was among the most influential composers of the ...

, Saint-Saëns,

Charpentier Charpentier () is the French language, French word for "carpenter", and it is also a French surname; a variant spelling is Carpentier. In English, the equivalent word and name is "Carpenter (surname), Carpenter"; in German, "Zimmermann (disambigua ...

, d’Ollone, Dukas). In 2012, he started the series "Opéras français" of the Palazzetto Bru Zane (with '' Amadis de Gaule'' by JC Bach and ''La Mort d'Abel'' by Kreutzer) and subsequently, in 2014, that of the "Portraits" (with ''Théodore Gouvy'').

Publications

(sélection).

Books

* ''Un nouveau commerce de la virtuosité : émancipation et métamorphoses de la musique concertante au sein des institutions musicales parisiennes (1780-1830)'', preface by Jean Gribenski, Lyon, Symétrie, 2006. Prix des Muses 2007 (category: musicological essay) , * ''

Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 17565 December 1791), baptised as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. Despite his short life, his ra ...

'', Paris, Le Cavalier bleu (series: ''Idées reçues''), 2006 . *''Mozart. Paris, 1778'', in collaboration with Benoît Dratwicki, Versailles, Centre de musique baroque de Versailles, 2006.

Direction of collective works

* Le concerto pour piano français à l'épreuve des modernités'', Actes Sud & Palazzetto Bru Zane, 2015 . * '' Le surnaturel sur la scène lyrique : du merveilleux baroque au fantastique romantique'', codirected with Agnès Terrier, Lyon, Symétrie, 2012. Prix des Muses 2011 (mention) . *'' Le Concours du prix de Rome de musique (1803-1968)'', codirected with Julia Lu, Lyon, Symétrie, 2011 . *'' L’invention des genres lyriques français et leur redécouverte au XIX'', codirected with Agnès Terrier, Lyon, Symétrie, 2010, . *'' Hérold en Italie'', Lyon, Symétrie, 2009 . *'' L’Artiste et sa muse'', codirected with Christiane Dotal, Paris, Somogy, 2006, .

Critical editions of literary sources

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Castil-Blaze François-Henri-Joseph Blaze, known as Castil-Blaze (1 December 1784 – 11 December 1857), was a French musicologist, music critic, composer, and music editor. Biography Blaze was born and grew up in Cavaillon, Vaucluse. He went to Paris ...

: Histoire de l’opéra-comique'', copublished with Patrick Taïeb, Lyon, Symétrie, 2012 . *''

Théodore Dubois Clément François Théodore Dubois (24 August 1837 – 11 June 1924) was a French Romantic composer, organist, and music teacher. After study at the Paris Conservatoire, Dubois won France's premier musical prize, the Prix de Rome in 1861. He bec ...

: Journal'', copublished with Charlotte Segond-Genovesi, Lyon, Symétrie, 2012 . *''Hérold en Italie'', édition critique de la correspondance italienne de Hérold between 1813 and 1821, Lyon, Symétrie, 2009 .

Direction of book-records

Series ''Opéra français''. *''

Félicien David Félicien-César David (13 April 1810 – 29 August 1876) was a French composer. Biography Félicien David was born in Cadenet, and began to study music at the age of five under his father, whose death when the boy was six left him an impoverish ...

: Herculanum'', Venice, Palazzetto Bru Zane (series: Opéra français), 2015. *'' Antonio Salieri : Les Danaïdes'', Venice, Palazzetto Bru Zane (series: Opéra français), 2015. * '' Camille Saint-Saëns : Les Barbares'', Venice, Palazzetto Bru Zane (series: Opéra français), 2014. *''

Charles-Simon Catel Charles-Simon Catel (10 June 1773 – 29 November 1830) was a French composer and educator born at L'Aigle, Orne. Biography Catel studied at the Royal School of Singing in Paris. He was the chief assistant to François-Joseph Gossec at the or ...

: Les Bayadères'', Venice, Palazzetto Bru Zane (series: Opéra français), 2014. *'' Victorin Joncières: Dimitri'', Venise, Palazzetto Bru Zane (series: Opéra français), 2014. *''

Jules Massenet Jules Émile Frédéric Massenet (; 12 May 1842 – 13 August 1912) was a French composer of the Romantic era best known for his operas, of which he wrote more than thirty. The two most frequently staged are '' Manon'' (1884) and ''Werther' ...

: Le Mage'', Venice, Palazzetto Bru Zane (series: Opéra français), 2013. *'' Antonio Sacchini: Renaud'', Venice, Palazzetto Bru Zane (series: Opéra français), 2013. *''

: Thérèse'', Venice, Palazzetto Bru Zane (series: Opéra français), 2013. *''

Johann Christian Bach Johann Christian Bach (September 5, 1735 – January 1, 1782) was a German composer of the Classical period (music), Classical era, the eighteenth child of Johann Sebastian Bach, and the youngest of his eleven sons. After living in Italy for ...

: Amadis de Gaule'', Venice, Palazzetto Bru Zane (series: Opéra français), 2012. *''

Rodolphe Kreutzer Rodolphe Kreutzer (15 November 1766 – 6 January 1831) was a French violinist, teacher, conductor, and composer of forty French operas, including ''La mort d'Abel'' (1810). He is probably best known as the dedicatee of Beethoven's Violin Sona ...

: La Mort d’Abel'', Venice, Palazzetto Bru Zane (series: Opéra français), 2012. Prix de la

Fondation Napoléon The Fondation Napoléon is a foundation, registered as a French non-profit organization (reconnue d'utilité publique) on November 12, 1987. It's mission is to encourage and support study and interest in the history of the First and Second French E ...

, 2013 . Series ''Musiques du prix de Rome'' *'' Paul Dukas et le prix de Rome'', Venise, Palazzetto Bru Zane (series: Musiques du prix de Rome), 2015. *''

Max d'Ollone Maximilien-Paul-Marie-Félix d'Ollone (13 June 1875 – 15 May 1959) was a 20th-century French composer. Life and career Born in Besançon, d'Ollone started composing very early, entering the Paris Conservatoire at 6, winning many prizes, rece ...

et le prix de Rome'', cowritten with Patrice d’Ollone, Venice, Palazzetto Bru Zane (series: Musiques du prix de Rome), 2013. *''

Gustave Charpentier Gustave Charpentier (; 25 June 1860 – 18 February 1956) was a French composer, best known for his opera ''Louise''.Langham Smith R., "Gustave Charpentier", ''The New Grove Dictionary of Opera.'' Macmillan, London and New York, 1997. Life and ca ...

et le prix de Rome'', cowritten with Michela Niccolai, San Lorenzo, Glossa (series: Musiques du prix de Rome), 2011. *''

Camille Saint-Saëns Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns (; 9 October 183516 December 1921) was a French composer, organist, conductor and pianist of the Romantic music, Romantic era. His best-known works include Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso (1863), the Piano C ...

et le prix de Rome'', San Lorenzo, Glossa (series: Musiques du prix de Rome), 2011 . *''

Claude Debussy (Achille) Claude Debussy (; 22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918) was a French composer. He is sometimes seen as the first Impressionist composer, although he vigorously rejected the term. He was among the most influential composers of the ...

et le prix de Rome'', codirected with Denis Herlin, San Lorenzo, Glossa (series: Musiques du prix de Rome), 2009. Series ''Portraits'' *''

'', Venice, Palazzetto Bru Zane (series: Portraits), 2015. *'' Théodore Gouvy'', Venice, Palazzetto Bru Zane (series: Portraits), 2014. *series ''Hervé Niquet -

Le Concert Spirituel Le Concert Spirituel is a French ensemble specialising in works of baroque music, played on period instruments. Founded by Hervé Niquet in 1987, it is named after the 18th-century concert series Concert Spirituel. The group performs internationa ...

'' at Glossa *'' Johann Christoph Vogel: La Toison d'or'', San Lorenzo, Glossa, 2013. *''

: Sémiramis'', San Lorenzo, Glossa, 2012.''Reste-t-il des chefs-d'œuvre inconnus ?''
on ''

Le Figaro ''Le Figaro'' () is a French daily morning newspaper founded in 1826. It is headquartered on Boulevard Haussmann in the 9th arrondissement of Paris. The oldest national newspaper in France, ''Le Figaro'' is one of three French newspapers of reco ...

'' (27 June 2011)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dratwicki, Alexandre 1977 births People from Thionville Living people 21st-century French musicologists Conservatoire de Paris alumni Paris-Sorbonne University alumni