Nguyễn Thiên Đạo (3 July 1940 – 20 November 2015) was a

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-French composer who worked in

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. He was born in

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, and came to France in 1953, where he studied composition with

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. He lived in

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, France. In 1974 he received the Prix Olivier Messiaen for composition awarded by the Fondation Erasmus in the Netherlands and the Prix André Caplet (Académie des Beaux-Arts) in 1984. He died in Paris on 20 November 2015 at the age of 75.

Works

* ''Tuyn Lua'' for chamber ensemble, Festival de Royan 1969. * ''Koskom'' for large orchestra,

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1971 * ''Ba Me Vietnam'', for contrabass and twenty instruments,

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, 1972 * '' Mỵ Châu

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'' Opera in Vietnamese - premiere at the Opéra de Paris (

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), 1979. * ''Concerto pour piano et orchestre'',

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, 1984 * ''Symphonie pour pouvoir'' with

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at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées, 1989 * ''Concerto 1789'' (pour sextuor à cordes et orchestre), with the Orchestre National de Lille at the Palais des Congrès of Lille. * ''Les enfants d’Izieu'' opéra-oratorio

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1994 * ''Hoa Tâu'' Hanoi Opera 1995 * ''Khai Nhac'' Hanoi Opera 1997 * ''Giao-Hoa Sinfonia'', Salle Olivier Messiaen

1998 * ''Sóng hồn'' ("Married") opera. Premiere

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in Vietnam. 2000 * ''Arco Vivo'' for violoncello solo 2000 * ''Kosmofonia'' pour grand orchestre et chœur

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2001 * ''Sóng nhất nguyên'' (Monastic Wave) 2002 * ''Sóng nhạc Trương Chi'' (The Wave of Music) Opéra de Hanoî 2003 * ''Quatre Lyriques de ciel et de terre,'' opéra de chambre Paris 2004 * ''Suoi Lung May'', 1er Festival de Musique International Hué 2006. * ''Khoi Thap,'' Hanoi Opera 2007 * ''So Day'', Hanoi Opera 2007 * ''Duo Vivo'', hommage à Olivier Messiaen,

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2008, * ''Định mệnh bất chợt'' Oratorio – "Thanh xướng kịch KIỀU của Nguyễn Thiện Đạo" 2012

Discography

* Nguyễn Thiệ̣n Đạo Bat Khuat Marius Constant Equal Jacques Delécluse Quintuple Les Percussions de l'Orchestre de Paris EMI France LP 1971 * Nguyễn Thiệ̣n Đạo Phu Dông. Gio Dông. Bà Me Viêt-nam. Erato France LP 1979Le Courrier musical de France: Issues 69-72 Association pour la diffusion de la pensée française - 1980 ".. qui sera interprétée par l'ensemble Ars Nova, dirigé par Marius Constant. Cette « musique de film » paraîtra sur disque (Erato)."

References

External links

Nguyen Thien Dao official siteVietnamnet 2004 Article ?Vietnamnet 2004 Article ?Vietbao 2003 Nguyễn Thiên Đạo dựng opera "Sóng tình Trương Chi"Article
(Vietnamese) {{DEFAULTSORT:Nguyen, Thien Dao 1940 births 2015 deaths People from Hanoi 20th-century classical composers Vietnamese composers Vietnamese emigrants to France Musicians of Vietnamese descent Musicians from Paris Male classical composers 20th-century French musicians 20th-century French male musicians