Raphaël Sévère born 15 September 1994 in

Rennes Rennes (; ; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Resnn''; ) is a city in the east of Brittany in Northwestern France at the confluence of the rivers Ille and Vilaine. Rennes is the prefecture of the Brittany (administrative region), Brittany Regions of F ...

, is a French clarinettist and composer.

Biography

At the age of 12, Raphaël Sévère won 1st prize and the special prize at the Japan Clarinet Society competition in the 18-20 age category (Tokyo 2007). After gaining a nomination as ‘Solo Instrumental Discovery’ at the Victoires de la Musique Classique when aged fifteen, he went on to win the prestigious Young Concerts Artists International Auditions in New York in November 2013, where he was awarded First Prize and eight special prizes. Aged 8, he took up the clarinet at the Conservatoire de Nantes. At 14, he was admitted to the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique of Paris where he obtained in June 2013 the master of arts degree with high honors. Raphaël Sévère has been invited to play as a soloist with

London Philharmonic Orchestra The London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) is a British orchestra based in London. One of five permanent symphony orchestras in London, the LPO was founded by the conductors Thomas Beecham, Sir Thomas Beecham and Malcolm Sargent in 1932 as a riv ...

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, National Philharmonic of Russia, Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn, Orchestra of St. Luke's,

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, Hong Kong Sinfonietta, Korean National Symphony Orchestra. He played in France with many orchestras including

Orchestre de chambre de Paris The Orchestre de chambre de Paris (OCP) is a French chamber orchestra based in Paris. The orchestra performs throughout Paris with concerts at the Philharmonie de Paris, where it is a resident ensemble, and also at such venues as the Théâtre des ...

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, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Orchestre National de Lille, Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire. He performed at

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, Théâtre des Champs Elysées,

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, KKL Lucerne, New York Alice Tully Hall,

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. In the field of chamber music, he performed with

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Trio Wanderer The Trio Wanderer is a French piano trio made up of Vincent Coq, piano, Jean-Marc Phillips-Varjabédian, violin, and Raphaël Pidoux, cello, who graduated from the Conservatoire de Paris. In 1988 they won the ARD International Music Competition ...

, Trio Karenine,

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, Boris Berezovsky,

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, Adam Laloum,

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, David Grimal, Alexander Sitkovetsky, Gérard Caussé, Antoine Tamestit, Gary Hoffman, Xavier Phillips. Raphaël Sévère regularly gives masterclasses in Europe and Asia. In 2024, he was appointed clarinet professor at the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris. Always attracted by creation and himself a composer, his works are published by L'empreinte mélodique.

Compositions

*''Obscurs'' for clarinet and guitar (premiered in Festival Européen Jeunes Talents in Paris in July 2015). *''Entre les liens'' for clarinet and piano (commissioned by the Festival Musicades et Olivades and premiered in Saint-Rémy de Provence in July 2018). *''Sept Miniatures'' for piano (premiered in Paris salle Cortot by Paul Montag in February 2019). *''Entre chien et Loup'' for guitar (commissioned by Antoine Morinière and premiered in Vienna in July 2019). *''Mojenn'', legend for clarinet and orchestra (commissioned by the

Orchestre National de Bretagne The Orchestre National de Bretagne (ONB) is a French symphony orchestra, based in the Brittany region. The current general manager of the ONB is Marc Feldman. History The orchestra was founded in 1989 as the ''Orchestre de Bretagne'', and reta ...

and premiered in Rennes in March 2020). *''Le pont d'Arcole'' for violin, cello, piano (commissioned by the Festival Européen Jeunes talents and premiered in Paris by the Trio Karénine in July 2020). *''Orages d'acier'' for violin, clarinet, piano (commissioned by Théâtre La Scala and premiered in Paris in October 2020). *''Partita'' for strings trio (commissioned by the Festival Européen Jeunes talents and premiered in Paris in May 2021 by the Trio Sypniewski). *''La 7e preuve'' for soprano saxophone and piano (commissioned by Valentine Michaud and premiered in Festival Radio France Occitanie Montpellier in July 2022 by the Akmi Duo). * ''Non mudera'' for euphonium and piano, commissioned by Corentin Morvan. * ''Comme si'' for flute, clarinet, violin and cello (premiered salle Cortot with Mathilde Caldérini, Caroline Sypniewski, David Petrlik and Raphaël Sévère in March 2023). * ''Phoenix'', for viola, clarinet and orchestra (commissioned by Hong Kong Sinfonietta and premiered with Adrien La Marca, Raphaël Sévère and Hong Kong Sinfonietta at Hong Kong City Hall in April 2023).

Discography

* ''Récital de musique française'', Hort 536, live concert held on 23 June 2007 in

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. Works by Poulenc, Saint-Saëns,

Claude Debussy Achille Claude Debussy (; 22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918) was a French composer. He is sometimes seen as the first Impressionism in music, Impressionist composer, although he vigorously rejected the term. He was among the most influe ...

Ernest Chausson Amédée-Ernest Chausson (; 20 January 1855 – 10 June 1899) was a French Romantic composer. Life Born in Paris into an affluent bourgeois family, Chausson was the sole surviving child of a building contractor who made his fortune assisting Ba ...

Gabriel Pierné Henri Constant Gabriel Pierné (16 August 1863 – 17 July 1937) was a French composer, conductor, pianist and organist. Biography Gabriel Pierné was born in Metz. His family moved to Paris, after Metz and part of Lorraine were annexed to Germ ...

with Tünde Hajdu, pianist. Awards : Diapason (4 stars), Classic Info Disque (Revelation), Classica Repertoire (Discovery). * ''Opus 2'', Thys 004, July 2010. Works by Bohuslav Martinu, Emil Cossetto, Sergei Taneïev, Witold Lutoslawski,

Zoltán Kodály Zoltán Kodály (, ; , ; 16 December 1882 – 6 March 1967) was a Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist, music pedagogue, linguist, and philosopher. He is well known internationally as the creator of the Kodály method of music education. ...

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Jean Françaix Jean René Désiré Françaix (pronunciation Fran-say or Fran-seks) was born on 23 May 1912, in Le Mans and died in 25 September 1997, in Paris). Françaix was a French neoclassical composer, pianist, and orchestrator known for his prolific outp ...

with Tünde Hajdu, pianist. Awards : Diapason (5 stars). * ''Folksongs'',

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V5365, May 2014. Vocal works by Berio,

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, Falla, Granados, Obradors with Nora Gubisch, mezzo-soprano and

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, pianist and conductor. Awards :

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(Event ffff). * ''Brahms'',

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250, September 2014. Trio op.114 and sonatas op.120 with

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, cello and Adam Laloum, piano. Awards : Diapason (

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(Event ffff). * ''Brahms, Hindemith'',

282, November 2015 : Quintets by

and

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with Prazák Quartet. Awards : Diapason (5 stars),

(Event ffff),

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(The selection). * ''Weber'',

372, September 2017 : Concerto opus 73, Variations opus 33, Grand Duo opus 48 with

(dir. Aziz Shokhakimov) and

, piano. Awards : Diapason (5 stars). *''Messiaen, Ades'', Mirare 334, November 2018 : Quatuor pour la fin du temps by

Messiaen Olivier Eugène Prosper Charles Messiaen (, ; ; 10 December 1908 – 27 April 1992) was a French composer, organist, and ornithology, ornithologist. One of the major composers of the 20th-century classical music, 20th century, he was also an ou ...

and Court studies by Ades with Trio Messiaen. Awards : Diapason (

), Classica (Choc),

(The selection),

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, ResMusica. *''On tour'', Mirare 498, October 2019 : works for clarinet and piano by Lutoslawski, Poulenc,

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, Bartok, Sévère, Bernstein with Paul Montag, pianist. Awards : Diapason (5 stars), France Info (Sélection culture). *''Mozart/Clarinet works'', Mirare 626, September 2022 : Concerto K.622 and Quintet K.581 by W.A. Mozart with

(dir.

Lars Vogt Lars Vogt (8 September 1970 – 5 September 2022) was a German classical pianist, conductor and academic teacher. Noted by ''The New York Times'' for his interpretations of Johannes Brahms, Brahms, Vogt performed as a soloist with major orchestr ...

) and with Modigliani Quartet. Awards : Radio Classique (Trophée),

(Le choix), Diapason (5 diapasons), Resmusica (La clé).

References

External links

Official website
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