Florence Baschet (born 18 June 1955) is a French composer of
contemporary music
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.
Life
Born in Paris, Baschet began her musical studies at the
École normale de musique de Paris and at the
Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, then in
musicology
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, in
harmony
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and
counterpoint
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in Paris. She entered the
Conservatoire national supérieur musique et danse de Lyon in 1988 (SONVS department) where she studied
musical composition
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and sound transformations by electroacoustic means. In 1991, she won the
First prize in composition and computer music. She then took advanced courses at the Acanthes Center
with
Luigi Nono and then with
Elliott Carter. In 1992, she joined the
IRCAM as part of the composition and computer music curriculum.
She then received numerous commissions, including from the IRCAM,
Radio France, the
Ensemble 2e2m The Ensemble 2e2m is a French musical ensemble specializing in the interpretation of works of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
History
The Ensemble 2e2m was founded by Paul Méfano in 1972. 2e2m means ''études et expressions des modes ...
and the
Groupe de recherches musicales, the Festival Manca, the Festival Why Note and the
Ensemble l'Itinéraire whose artistic director and composer
Michael Levinas
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actively supported her work. She was appointed composer in residence at the M.I.A. and the from 2003 to 2005, then in 2005 in Dijon with the Ensemble L'Itinéraire and in 2006 at the Grame in Lyon. In 2007, she was appointed composer in research at the Ircam, an institute for which she wrote a
string quartet
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and device, created in 2008 by the
Danel Quartet.
One of the guiding principles of her work is the critical integration of a natively instrumental vocabulary into her writing. The continuation of her research at Ircam leads her to work in the field of mixed music, which combines the soloist with the electroacoustic device in a particular interactive relationship linked to the instrumental gesture and which seeks to highlight the phenomena of interpretation on which sound transformations will depend.
Her works are published at éditions Jobert.
Works
Vocal music and instruments
* ''Alma Luvia'' / for female voices, trio and electronics (1993–1992), 7 min
* ''Femmes'' 2nd version / for 2 female voices and quintet (1998–2001), 25 min
* ''Femmes'' first version / for 2 female voices and 10 instruments (1998), 25 min
* ''Filastrocca'' / for tenor, bass, instrumental and electronic ensemble (2002), 15 min
* ''Piranhas'' video-opera / for 2 voices, saxophone quartet, ensemble and electronics (2004), 40 min
* ''Spira manes'' / for 7 voices, 7 instruments, and electroacoustic device in real time (1995), 21 min
* ''Terra Nova'' / for choir and orchestra (2000), 20 min
A cappella vocal music
* ''Beréchit'' / for bass voice, also baritone and real-time electroacoustic device (2006), 10 min
Soloist music (except voice)
* ''BogenLied'' / for augmented violin and real-time electroacoustic device (2005), 12 min
* ''Electrics'' / for solo instrument with real-time electroacoustics, (2004–2005), 9 min
Instrumental ensemble music
* ''Aïponis'' / for ensemble (1997), 13 min
* ''Bobok'' / for ensemble and electroacoustic device (2003), 13 min
* ''Laps'' / for orchestra (1996)
* ''Oyat'' / for harmony orchestra (2000), 7 min
* ''Sinopia'' / for eleven instruments (1993)
Chamber music
* ''Etruria'' / trio for clarinet, viola and crystal (1991), 3 min
* ''Etruria II'' 2nd version / for clarinet, viola, and vibraphone (1994), 3 min
* ''Etruria III'' version for quintet (2001), 9 min
* ''Mai-Mia'' / trio for piano, marimba, Baschet crystal and electroacoustics (1990)
* ''Nuraghe'' / 4 keyboards and string trio with real-time electroacoustic device (1991), 10 min
* ''Quintette Aligoté'' / for quintet and real-time electronics (2005), 14 min
* ''StreicherKreis'' / for "augmented" string quartet and electroacoustic device, live (2007–2008), 25 min
* ''Trinacria'' / Trio for trombone, viola and guitar (2002), 10 min
Extracts
* About ''StreicherKreis'', introduction to the work
Interview of J.P Derrien, (France Musiques Le Bel Aujourd'hui)* About ''Piranhas'', introduction to the work
Interview of Daniele Cohen-Lévinas
References
External links
*
Fiche de Florence Baschet(Cirm)
Official website*
Florence Baschet-StreicherKreis(YouTube)
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1955 births
Living people
Composers from Paris
École Normale de Musique de Paris alumni
French classical composers
French women classical composers
Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia alumni
