Damien Luce - Comédie du Livre 2010 - P1390192

Damien Luce (born 1978) is a French

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, actor, and writer."Damien Luce: The talent a family affair" - Le Télégramme
/ref> He studied with

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at the Conservatoire Supérieur de Paris and with Herbert Stessin at the

Juilliard School of Music The Juilliard School ( ) is a private performing arts conservatory in New York City. Established in 1905, the school trains about 850 undergraduate and graduate students in dance, drama, and music. It is widely regarded as one of the most elit ...

in New York. He also studied chamber music with

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, Harvey Shapiro and Andre Emilianov, conducting with

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and orchestration with

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. In 2001, he was chosen to perform for Murray Perahia's Master Class at the Juilliard School. In June 2000, he was an alternate at the Aspen Music Festival concerto competition. His first album, ''The Story of Babar - Impressions of Childhood'' was released in January 2010 (Accord/Universal Classics),"Damien Luce plays Poulenc Babar History" - Classique News
/ref> followed ''by Mozart & Haydn - Piano Music'', ''Johann-Sebastian'' (2012), ''Bach violin and piano Sonatas'' (2012, with violinist Gaétan Biron), and ''Hidden Marvels Of Piano Music'' (2013). As a performer, Mr. Luce has given recitals all over the world. Mr. Luce likes to explore unknown works of the piano repertoire and to share his discoveries : his programs include Séverac, Liadov,

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as well as more well-known composers such as Chopin,

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or Schumann. His passion for literature often leads him to use a poetical theme (Nature, Childhood, Mythology...), in order to combine works from various eras and styles, and to emphasize the links between different forms of art. Damien Luce is also a composer (piano music, melodies). As an actor, Damien Luce studied at the Alain De Bock drama studio, where he worked on authors such as

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(Pyrrhus and Oreste in ''Andromaque''), Antiochus in ''Bérénice''), Claudel (Mesa in ''Le Partage de midi''),

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(Arlequin in ''Arlequin poli par l'amour''),

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(The King in ''Becket'') Romains (''Knock''), Albee (George in ''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?''), Ribes (George in ''Les Cent Pas''). He has experience in musical theater, improvisation and clown (Fabrice Salé). Damien Luce also receives training from the

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(New York), where he studies with Steven Ditmyer (Meisner technic), John Baylis (vocal production), Sheila Bandyopadhyay (movement), Lester Shane (voice & speech), Larry Collis (camera acting), Mary Workman (Improvisation). Damien Luce also graduated from the Michael Howard Studios summer conservatory. He studied with David Wells (Voice), Angela Pietropinto (Scene Study), Fay Simpson (Lucid Body), Virginia Scott (Clown), Polina Klimovitskaya (Kinetics), Andrew Shaifer, Gabrielle Berberich (TV and movie acting) and Patsy Rotenburg. Damien Luce is the founder of th
Parpadou Theater Company
(based in Paris). Damien Luce is a Novelist. His first Novel, ''Le Chambrioleur'', is published in January 2010 by Heloise d'Ormesson Editions, followed by a second novel in 2012 (''Cyrano de Boudou''), and a third in 2014 (''La Fille de Debussy'').

Bibliography

* Damien Luce, ''Le Chambioleur'', Éditions Héloïse d'Ormesson, Paris, 2010, 201 p. () * Damien Luce, ''Cyrano de Boudou'', Éditions Héloïse d'Ormesson, Paris, 2012, 402 p. () * Damien Luce, ''La Fille de Debussy'', Éditions Héloïse d'Ormesson, Paris, 2014, 160 p. ()

Discography

* ''La Fontaine'', Music for 2 harps * ''Johann-Sebastian Bach'', sonates pour violon et piano (duo avec Gaétan Biron). * ''Mozart & Haydn'', piano. * ''Histoire de Babar'', piano (trio avec Gaétan Biron et Renan Luce). * ''Hidden Marvels Of Piano Music'', piano.

Shows

* ''Presque trop sérieux.'' * ''La Fontaine ou les animaux pestiférés''. * ''Cyrano de Bergerac''.La tournée, Cyrano de Bergerac
* ''Monsieur Debussy'' * ''Touches Impressionnistes'' (de et avec Martial Leroux). * ''Bobines'' (avec Renan Luce). * ''Dessine-moi une musique'' (with visual artist Federico Mozzi)

References

External links

Website of Damien Luce

Parpadou Theater Company
{{DEFAULTSORT:Luce, Damien 1978 births Living people 21st-century French male classical pianists Juilliard School alumni