Jean-Yves Malmasson (born 1963) is a French composer and conductor. Malmasson was born in

Saint-Cloud Saint-Cloud () is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France, from the centre of Paris. Like other communes of Hauts-de-Seine such as Marnes-la-Coquette, Neuilly-sur-Seine and Vaucresson, Saint-Cloud is one of France's wealthiest towns ...

in the Paris suburbs. After studies in piano,

ondes Martenot The ondes Martenot ( ; , "Martenot waves") or ondes musicales ("musical waves") is an early electronic musical instrument. It is played with a keyboard or by moving a ring along a wire, creating "wavering" sounds similar to a theremin. A player o ...

, and composition at the Conservatoire National de Région, Boulogne-Billancourt, he went on to study composition and conducting at 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 ...

, where he won a first prize in composition. His orchestral tone poem "Le chant de Dahut" for ondes Martenot and Orchestra won the SACEM prize at the 1988 Festival des tombées de la nuit, in

Rennes Rennes (; br, Roazhon ; Gallo: ''Resnn''; ) is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France at the confluence of the Ille and the Vilaine. Rennes is the prefecture of the region of Brittany, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine department ...

(France). His principal teachers include

Alain Louvier Alain Louvier (born 13 September 1945) is a French composer of contemporary classical music. Biography Born in Paris, Louvier studied from 1953 to 1967 at the headed by Marcel Landowski, then from 1967 to 1970 at the Conservatoire de Paris with ...

, Pierre Grouvel, Serge Nigg, Jacques Charpentier (musical writing technique and composition), and

Jean-Claude Hartemann Jean-Claude Hartemann (18 December 1929 – 27 November 1993) was a 20th-century French conductor. Biography Born in Vezet (Haute-Saône), a student of Jean Fournet at the École Normale de Musique de Paris, Hartemann took part to the 1956 Besa ...

and Jean-Sébastien Bereau (conducting). Malmasson's compositions are written in an expressive, extended-tonal style which uses a great deal of harmonic vocabulary borrowed from the style of

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(notably in the early work "Un feu ardent dans un silence noir et froid" for pianoforte). Malmasson is often inspired by space and astronomy ("Mare Nostrum" for Orchestra, "Coro''). In addition to being the musical director of the city of Puteaux wind orchestra, a post he has held since 1988, Jean-Yves Malmasson is also director o
Orchestre Philharmonique des Yvelines et de l'Ouest Francilien
(Versailles).

Works

* Op. 1: Prelude (1978) for orchestra * Op. 2: ''Un feu ardent dans un silence noir et froid'' (1980) for pianoforte * Op. 3: ''Variations sur "b.a.c.h." '' (1981) for pianoforte * Op. 4: Symphonie n° 1 "dsch", hommage à Dmitri Shostakovich (1981–83, rév. 2000) for orchestra * Op. 5: ''Invocation a la lune'' (1983) for two ondes martenots, piano and percussion * Op. 6: ''Trois melodies sur des poemes de Charles Baudelaire'' (1984) for medium voice and piano * Op. 6b: ''Trois melodies sur des poemes de Charles Baudelaire'' (1984, arrg. 2001) for medium voice, violoncello and piano * Op. 7: ''Le chant de Dahut'' (1985) orchestral tone poen for ondes martenot and orchestra * Op. 8: ''Trois miniatures burlesques'' (1988) for string quartet * Op.8a: ''Trois miniatures burlesques'' (1995) for string orchestra * Op. 9: Quatuor a cordes (1988–91) for string quartet * Op. 10: ''La lettre à Eloïse'' (1991) humoristic piece for violin, piano and triangle * Op. 11: ''Estebaña'' (1991) for violin, piano and "accessoires pittoresques" * Op. 12: ''Diptyque'' (1992) passacaille and scherzo on a theme by a. berg, for violoncello and piano * Op. 13: ''Metapastiches'' (1992–93) for orchestra * Op. 14: Concerto grosso (1992–94) for ondes martenot, keyboard percussion quartet and concert band * Op. 15: ''Hymne aux lumieres'' (1994) for concert band * Op. 16: ''Amuse-gueule'' (1994) for concert band * Op. 17: ''Trois poemes de Paul Eluard'' (1996) for baritone and quartet(clar., cor, vl., vlc.) * Op. 18: ''Figurines (1996) for brass quintet. * Op. 19: ''Mare nostrum'' (1996) passacaille pour orchestre. * Op. 20: 3 pieces for flute and piano (teaching piece)(1997) * Op. 21: 3 pieces for piano (teaching piece)(1997) * Op. 22: ''Sonatine entomologique'' for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and percussion (1997) * Op. 23: ''Corona borealis'' (1997) for large orchestra * Op. 24: ''Burlesques'' (1998) suite for string orchestra. * Op. 25: ''Trois poemes de Charles Baudelaire'' (1999) for voice and orchestra. * Op. 26: ''Quatre miniatures burlesques'' (1999) for piano 4 hands * Op. 27: Symphonie n° 2, for string orchestra (2000) * Op. 28: ''Memoire du futur, ou cantate pour la paix'' (2000- ) cantata for soloists, chorus and orchestra on a text by Hervé Miclos act 1 has been completed to date. * Op. 29: ''5 aphorismes in memoriam D. D. Chostakovitch, trio n° 1 for violin, violoncello and piano (2001) * Op. 30: ''Les fleurs du desir'' (2001) chamber cantata for soprano voice with violin, violoncello and piano * Op. 31: ''Sinfonietta'' (2002) for string orchestra, piano and percussion * Op. 32: ''Sketches a quatre'' (2002) three easy pieces for string quartet * Op. 33: ''Aux bien brulants astres d'or'' (1995–2002) Symphony n° 3 for chorus and orchestra * Op. 34a: Album pour Odile (2003) 3 easy pieces for clarinet and piano * Op. 34b: Duos pour Odile (2003) 2 easy pieces for two clarinets and piano * Op.34c: Album pour Odile (2003, transcription 2005) 3 easy pieces for alto saxophone and piano * Op.34d: Duos pour Odile (2003, transcription 2005) 2 easy pieces for 2 alto saxophones piano * Op. 35: ''De soleil et de vent'' (2004) for ondes martenot solo * Op. 36: ''Les exilés'', trio n° 2 for violin, violoncello and piano (2004–2005), with an actor ad libitum * Op. 37: ''Trois figurines'' (2005) récitatif, choral et fugue for organ * Op. 38: ''Tonton claudio'' (2006) musical tale for narrator and 14 instruments, to present the instruments to children * Op. 39: ''Croquis asymetriques'' (2006) a booklet of 9 violin duets * Op. 40: ''Cantilene pour francois'' (2006) for solo cello * Op. 41: ''Fantaisie sur Les brigands d'Offenbach'' (2007) for clarinet quartet or band * Op. 41b: ''Fantaisie sur Les brigands d'Offenbach'' (2007, arr. 2008) for saxophone quartet or band * Op. 42: ''Mouvement symphonique'' (2007) for orchestra * Op. 43: ''Frontispice'' (2008) for orchestra

External links

The Composer's Personal Website
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