Michel Lysight (born 1958) is a Belgian-Canadian

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 ...

Career

Born in Brussels, after two years of study in art history, Lysight entered the

Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles The Royal Conservatory of Brussels (french: Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles, nl, Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel) is a historic conservatory in Brussels, Belgium. Starting its activities in 1813, it received its official name in 1832. Provid ...

where he obtained the first prizes in music history,

music theory Music theory is the study of the practices and possibilities of music. ''The Oxford Companion to Music'' describes three interrelated uses of the term "music theory". The first is the "rudiments", that are needed to understand music notation (ke ...

, psycho-pedagogy,

harmony In music, harmony is the process by which individual sounds are joined together or composed into whole units or compositions. Often, the term harmony refers to simultaneously occurring frequencies, pitches ( tones, notes), or chords. However ...

counterpoint In music, counterpoint is the relationship between two or more musical lines (or voices) which are harmonically interdependent yet independent in rhythm and melodic contour. It has been most commonly identified in the European classical tradi ...

fugue In music, a fugue () is a contrapuntal compositional technique in two or more voices, built on a subject (a musical theme) that is introduced at the beginning in imitation (repetition at different pitches) and which recurs frequently in the c ...

and

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. He also holds advanced degrees in music theory and

chamber music Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a palace chamber or a large room. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small numb ...

. He has worked as an orchestra conductor with and

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in whose class he received his first prize with distinction in 1997 and the higher diploma in 2002. His first composition prize was awarded in 1989 at the in Paul-Baudouin Michel's class. ''Quatrain'' for wind quartet won the 1990 from the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts. The Silver Medal with mention from the Académie Internationale de Lutèce (Paris) was awarded to him in 1992 on the occasion of its international composition competition. The

Union of Belgian Composers Union of Belgian Composers (Dutch language, Dutch: Unie van Belgische Componisten - French language, French: Union des Compositeurs Belges) is a Belgium, Belgian professional organization of composers founded in 1960. It is closely linked to the Be ...

awarded him the 1997 Trophée Fuga for his work in favor of the national repertoire. The influence of musicians such as

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and

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is felt in his music and makes him one of the leading figures of the current in Belgium. Lysight is a member of the SABAM, the Union of Belgian Composers, and the Belgian Centre for Music Documentation (). His catalogue contains about a hundred works, many of which are recorded on discs. Most of his works are included in the catalogue of . Lysight is a professor at the

Royal Conservatory of Brussels The Royal Conservatory of Brussels (french: Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles, nl, Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel) is a historic conservatory in Brussels, Belgium. Starting its activities in 1813, it received its official name in 1832. Provid ...

and at the Academies of Schaerbeek and Brussels. He regularly gives lectures on

contemporary music Contemporary classical music is classical music composed close to the present day. At the beginning of the 21st century, it commonly referred to the post-1945 modern forms of post-tonal music after the death of Anton Webern, and included serial ...

, chairs the jury of the Kaufmann European Music CompetitionKaufmann European Music Competition
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Bilkent University Bilkent University ( tr, Bilkent Üniversitesi) is a private university located in Ankara, Turkey. It was founded by Prof. İhsan Doğramacı in 1984, with the aim of creating a center of excellence in higher education and research. It is constan ...

in Ankara.

Works

* Chronographie VIII for viola (or cello) and piano (2004); Alain Van Kerckhoven Éditeur; CeBeDeM * Homage to Fibonacci for 2 violas (2004); Éditions Delatour; CeBeDeM * Meditation for viola and guitar (or harp, or harpsichord, or marimba, or piano) (2009); Alain Van Kerckhoven Éditeur * Samarkand for viola (or clarinet) and piano (or string quartet) (1992, 1995); Alain Van Kerckhoven Éditeur * Septentrion for viola (or clarinet) and piano, or string quartet, or string orchestra (2005); Éditions Delatour; CeBeDeM * Thrène for viola (or violin, or cello) and piano (1995); Alain Van Kerckhoven Éditeur * Trois Croquis for viola (or violin, or cello) and piano (1990); Alain Van Kerckhoven Éditeur

References

External links

Michel Lysight official website

New Consonant Music

Michel Lysight, ''de la dérive des sentiments''
on ResMusica * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lysight, Michel 1958 births Academic staff of the Royal Conservatory of Brussels Belgian composers Belgian male musicians Living people Belgian male composers Musicians from Brussels People from Uccle Royal Conservatory of Brussels alumni