Bruno Mantovani (born 8 October 1974) is a French

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

. He has been awarded first prizes 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 ...

which he joined in 1993. His work has been commissioned by the French government as well as other organizations. In September 2010 he was appointed to the post of director of the Paris Conservatory.

Biography

At 37, Bruno Mantovani became the director of the

. In October 2018, his new composition ''Threnos'' was premiered at the

Chicago Symphony Orchestra The Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) was founded by Theodore Thomas in 1891. The ensemble makes its home at Orchestra Hall in Chicago and plays a summer season at the Ravinia Festival. The music director is Riccardo Muti, who began his tenure ...

and conducted by

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. In March 2019, he was named music director of the Ensemble Orchestral Contemporain, a position that will start in January 2020.

Awards

* 2010 Claudio-Abbado-Kompositionspreis of the Orchester-Akademie of the

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Works list

Orchestra

* ''Art d'écho'', for orchestra, 2000 * ''Con Leggerezza'', for orchestra, 2004 * ''Concerto pour deux altos et orchestre'', for two violas and orchestra, 2009 * ''Concerto pour deux pianos'', for two pianos and orchestra 2012 * ''Concerto pour violoncelle'', for cello and orchestra, 2005 * ''Fantaisie'', for piano and orchestra, 2010 * ''Finale'', for orchestra, 2007 * ''Jeux d'eau'', for violin and orchestra, 2011 * ''Le Cycle des gris'', for orchestra, 2005 * ''Le Livre des illusions'', for orchestra, 2009 * ''Mit Ausdruck'', for bass clarinet and orchestra, 2003 * ''On the dance floor'', for orchestra, 2003 * ''6 Pièces'' for orchestra, 2005 * ''Postludium'', for orchestra, 2010 * ''Siddharta'', ballet, 2010 * ''Smatroll (Le Lutin)'', for orchestra, 2010 * ''Time Stretch (on gesualdo)'', for orchestra, 2006 * ''Upon one note'', for orchestra, 2011 * ''Zapping'', for flute and orchestra, 2004

Ensemble music

* ''...273...'', for 17 musicians, 2010 * ''Concerto de chambre no.1'', for 17 musicians, 2010 * ''Concerto de chambre no.2'', for 6 musicians, 2010 * ''2 Contrepoints de l'Art de la Fugue'', for 7 cellos, 2007 * ''D'un rêve parti'', for sextet, 2000 * ''Eclair de Lune'', for three ensembles and electronics, 2007 * ''Le Sette Chiese'', for large ensemble, 2002 * ''Les Danses interrompues'', for 6 instruments, 2001 * ''Par la suite'', for flute and ensemble, 2002 * ''Série Noire'', for 14 instruments, 2000 * ''Si près, si loin (d'une fantaisie)'', for two pianos and two ensembles, 2007 * ''Spirit of Alberti'', for ensemble, 2013 * ''Streets'', for ensemble, 2006 * ''Troisième Round'', for saxophone and ensemble, 2001 * ''Turbulences'', for 12 musicians, 1998

Chamber music

* ''All'ungarese'', for violin and piano, 2009 * ''Appel d'air'', for flute and piano, 2001 * ''Blue girl with red wagon'', for string quartet and piano, 2005 * ''D'une seule voix'', for violin and cello, 2007 * ''Da Roma'', for clarinet, viola and piano, 2005 * ''East side, west side'', for five instruments, 2003 * ''Face à face'', for four clarinets, 2010 * ''Happy B.'', for flute, violin, viola and cello, 2005 * ''Haunted Nights'', for clarinet, piano and vibraphone, 2002 * ''Hopla'', for flute and boules de pétanque, 2010 * ''Icare'', for two pianos, 2009 * ''L'Ere de rien'', for flute, clarinet and piano, 2002 * ''L'Incandescence de la bruine'', for saxophone and piano, 1997 * ''METAL'', for two clarinets, 2003 * ''8 Moments musicaux'', for violin, cello and piano, 2008 * ''5 Pièces pour

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'', for cello and piano, 2007 * ''4 Pièces pour quatuor à cordes'', (Bleu, les Fées, L'Ivresse, BWV 1007), 2005 * ''Quelques effervescences'', for viola and piano, 2006 * ''Quintette'', for 2 violins, 2 violas and cello, 2013 * ''Quintette pour

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'', for harp and string quartet, 2007 * ''Un mois d'octobre'', for bassoon and piano, 2001 * ''Un Souffle'', for flute and 4 percussions, 2005 * ''Une autre incandescence'' for clarinet, viola and piano 1998 * ''Until'', for 3 cellos, 2010 * ''You are connected'', for string trio, 2001

Solo

* ''8'20" chrono'', for accordion, 2007 * ''Bug'', for clarinet, 1999 * ''Dédale'', for piano, 2009 * ''Entre Parenthèses'', for piano, 2006 * ''4 Etudes'', for piano, 2003 * ''Früh'', for flute, 2001 * ''Happy hours'', for violin, 2007 * ''Italienne'', for piano, 2001 * ''Jazz Connotation'', for piano, 1998 * ''Le Grand jeu'', for percussion and electronics, 1999 * ''Le Livre de Jeb'', for piano, 2009 * ''Little Italy'', for viola, 2005 * ''4 Mélodies arméniennes'', for flute, 2010 * ''Moi jeu...'', for marimba, 1999 * ''One-Way'', for cello, 2012 * ''Suonare'', for piano, 2006 * ''The worst of'', for piano, 2013 * ''Tocar'', for harp, 2007 * ''Trait d'union'', for clarinet, 2007

Vocal or choral music

* '' Akhmatova (opera)'', opera premiered at

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, 2011 * ''Cantate No.1'', for chorus and ensemble, 2006 * ''Cantate No.2 (sur G. Leopardi)'', for soprano and clarinet, 2008 * ''Cantate No.3 (sur

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)'', for chorus and orchestra, 2012 * ''Cantate No.4'', for cello, accordion and chorus, 2013 * ''Das erschafft der Dichter nicht'', for soprano and ensemble, 2002 * ''L'Autre côté'', opera, 2006 * ''La Morte Meditata'', for mezzo-soprano and ensemble, 2000 * ''L'Enterrement de Mozart'', for 5 voices and ensemble, 2008 * ''Monde évanoui (Fragments pour Babylone)'', for chorus, 2008 * ''5 Poèmes de Janos Pilinsky'', for chamber chorus, 2005 * ''Vier Geistliche Gedichte'', for chamber chorus, 2007