Bruno Rossignol (born 1958 in

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) is a French composer,

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and conductor, pianist and music educator.

Biography

He studied music at the

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and the

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. He then directed

choir A choir ( ; also known as a chorale or chorus) is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform. Choirs may perform music from the classical music repertoire, which sp ...

s: first trainee conductor at the Paris Opera and at the choir of the

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(by Jean Laforge and Arthur Oldham), he was then founding conductor of the Île-de-France Chamber Choir. ( first prize of the International competitions of Malta in 1989 and Verona in 1993). With this

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, he received the Grand Prix des Hauts-de-Seine in 1996.. From 1985 to 1995, he was the choir conductor of the musical shows of

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, whom he accompanied in London, Paris-La Défense (1990), Berlin, Budapest, Seville, Barcelona, Santiago de Compostela, Mont-Saint-Michel.. He was director of the Conservatories of

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from 1989 to 1992,

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from 1992 to 1997,

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from 1997 to 2000, Bourges from 2000 to 2005 and Hector Berlioz in Paris

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from 2005 to 2010. He conducted the adult choir of the Paul Dukas conservatory in Paris

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from 2006 to 2010. In 2011, he was appointed director of the Conservatoire à rayonnement départemental (CRD) de la Dordogne and artistic director of the Dordogne instrumental ensemble. (E.I.D.) with which he performs mainly in the regions

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. At the same time he creates the Dordogne choir which becomes the Paratge choir in 2016. He joined Paris that same year to take over the direction of the Jean-Philippe Rameau conservatory (

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Works

Bruno Rossignol composes choral works such as ''Ave verum'', ''Exurgens autem Maria'' and ''Salve Regina pour un tombeau de Francis Poulenc''. He mainly writes a large number of instrumental pieces (''Le Roi des grenouilles'', ''Les Nouvelles Histoires Naturelles'' and ''Curieuses rencontres'') through which he expresses his vocation as a teacher. Cantata : *''L'escalier'' (2007), choir with four mixed voices.

Concertos A concerto (; plural ''concertos'', or ''concerti'' from the Italian plural) is, from the late Baroque era, mostly understood as an instrumental composition, written for one or more soloists accompanied by an orchestra or other ensemble. The ty ...

: *''Concerto pour harpe'', premiered in 2008 by Sabine Chefson *''Concerto pour violon'', premiered in 2000 by Annie Jodry.

Mélodie A ''mélodie'' () is a form of French art song, arising in the mid-19th century. It is comparable to the German ''Lied''. A ''chanson'', by contrast, is a folk or popular French song. The literal meaning of the word in the French language is "melod ...

s: *''Les nouvelles histoires naturelles'' for soprano, baritone and piano, on texts by

Jules Renard Pierre-Jules Renard (; 22 February 1864 – 22 May 1910) was a French author and member of the Académie Goncourt, most famous for the works '' Poil de carotte'' (Carrot Top, 1894) and ''Les Histoires Naturelles'' (Nature Stories, 1896). Among ...

. Chamber music: *''Aria'' (1995), violin and piano *''Au père lapin'' (1997), trumpet and piano *''Ballade irlandaise'' (1988), flute and piano *''Carillon'' (2008), horn and piano *''Danse des sylphes'' (1988), flute and piano *''Danse du paon'', horn and piano *''Défilé'' (2012), trombone and piano *''Divertissement'' (1995), three flutes *''Élégie'' (1984), oboe and piano *''Interlude maya'', viola and guitar *''Jazz notes violon 2'' with Alexandre Tenaud, (1992), violin and piano *''Jean-Paul's march'' (2000), horn and piano *''La jument grise'', percussion and piano *''La meunière a neuf écus'' (2014), violin and piano. *''Le sentier des sources'', Celtic harp *''Le songe d'Hector'' (2007), oboe and piano *''Le violon en herbe'' (1995), violin and piano *''Loup yétu'' (2012), violin and piano *''Manège'', saxophone and piano *''Novelettes'' (2000): ''Au clair de la terre'', ''Mélodie irlandaise'' and ''Promenade romantique'', three pieces for cello and piano *''Ode rose'' (2008), clarinet and piano *''Orphée et Calupan'' (2010), pieces with four hands and six hands *''Pavane en deux tons'' (1984), horn and piano *''Rag'' (2008), oboe and piano *''Ravel blues'' (1988), violin and piano *''Rhapsodie-jeu'' (1994), saxophone and piano *''Saudade'' (2002), violin and piano *''Suite'' (1996), flute, clarinet and piano *''Trois bagatelles'' (2005), obie, cello and piano *''Trois pièces'' (2006), percussions *''Trois toiles pour rêver'', three clarinets Music for choir: *''Ave verum'' (2005) *''Dona nobis pacem'' (2015) *''Exsurgens autem Maria'' (premiered in May 2014 as part of the 900th anniversary celebrations of the Pontigny Abbey) *''De la mer...'' (1994), female four-voice choir *''Demain'' (1999) *''L’A.B.C. d’un chœur'' (1997) *''La mer est entrée dans les prés'' (2016) *''Louange'' (1994), female four-voice choir *''Que tu es belle !'' (1994), female four-voice choir *''Risotto musicale - Trois registres parlando'' (2004) *''Salve Regina - pour un tombeau de Francis Poulenc'' (1998) *''Stabat Mater'' (1999) Music for soloist: * ''Cilaos'' (2000), harp * ''Curieuses rencontres'' (1985): ''Le petit garçon qui marchait sur la lune'', ''Au clair de la terre'', ''La planète où dansent les fourmis bleues'', ''L'astéroïde B 612'' et ''Les étoiles'', five pieces for piano * ''En Bretagne'' (1996), piano * ''In memoriam J.M.R.'' (2004), saxophone * ''Le roi des grenouilles'' (1993), five piano pieces, based on Grimm's fairy tale * ''Mouvements perpétuels'' (2013), piano * ''Paysages en coin'' (2004), piano * ''Philémon'' (2012), horn * ''Quel cirque'' (1991), piano * ''Reflet orange et reflet bleu'', Celtic harp * ''Soirées sous la lune'' (2008), guitar * ''Valse chagrine'' (1988), clarinet * ''Valse tendre et aristocratique'' (2001), piano.

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: *''Madame Roland'', created in Suresnes as part of the bicentenary events of the Revolution.

Oratorio An oratorio () is a large musical composition for orchestra, choir, and soloists. Like most operas, an oratorio includes the use of a choir, soloists, an instrumental ensemble, various distinguishable characters, and arias. However, opera is ...

: *''La fin dau monde'', (premiered on 26 and 27 April 2013 respectively in Sarlat and Boulazac (Périgueux) écrit en

Limousin dialect Limousin (French name, ; oc, lemosin, ) is a dialect of the Occitan language, spoken in the three departments of Limousin, parts of Charente and the Dordogne in the southwest of France. The first Occitan documents are in an early form of this ...

after a text by Jean-Yves Agard, docteur en sociologie, défenseur des langues régionales.. He has also transcribed for piano four hands great works from the repertoire: * ''

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'' by Moussorgski * ''

Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune ''Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune'' ( L. 86), known in English as ''Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun'', is a symphonic poem for orchestra by Claude Debussy, approximately 10 minutes in duration. It was composed in 1894 and first performed ...

'' by Debussy *''Un bal'', extract of the '' Symphonie fantastique'' by Berlioz, editions Delatour.

Honours

As choral conductior he won: * First prize of the Malta International Competition in 1989 * First prize of the International Verona Competition (Italy) in 1993. * Award for the best conductor of the Verona Festival 1993 * Grand prix de Hauts-de-Seine in 1996. * The

Médaille de la Ville de Paris The Medal of the City of Paris (french: Médaille de la Ville de Paris) is a distinction created in 1911 and awarded by the mayor of Paris on the proposal of elected members of the Paris Council or associations. There are several levels: bronze, s ...

in 1990

References

External links

Bruno ROSSIGNOL - ''La fin du monde'' - Oratorio en occitan limousin
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