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Sophie Lacaze (born 9 September 1963) is a French composer.
Life
Lacaze was born in
Lourdes
Lourdes (, also , ; oc, Lorda ) is a market town situated in the Pyrenees. It is part of the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region in southwestern France. Prior to the mid-19th century, the town was best known for the Château ...
. She studied music at the Conservatoire de Toulouse, and continued at the
Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris, where she received the Composition Prize. Afterwards, she studied with
Allain Gaussin
Allain Gaussin (born 6 November 1943) is a noted French composer.
Gaussin was born in Saint-Sever-Calvados, Normandy. He is a laureate of the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris (CNSMDP) where he studied with Olivier ...
,
Philippe Manoury
Philippe Manoury (born 19 June 1952) is a French composer.
Biography
Manoury was born in Tulle and began composition studies at the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris with Gérard Condé and Max Deutsch. He continued his studies from 1974 to 197 ...
and
Antoine Tisné in France, and with
Franco Donatoni
Franco Donatoni (9 June 1927 – 17 August 2000) was an Italian composer.
Biography
Born in Verona, Donatoni started studying violin at the age of seven, and frequented the local music academy. Later, he studied at the Milan Conservatory ...
and
Ennio Morricone
Ennio Morricone (; 10 November 19286 July 2020) was an Italian composer, orchestrator, conductor, and trumpeter who wrote music in a wide range of styles. With more than 400 scores for cinema and television, as well as more than 100 classica ...
in Italy. She also engaged in music theatre with
Georges Aperghis
Georges Aperghis ( el, Γιώργος Απέργης; born 23 December 1945) is a Greek composer working primarily in the field of experimental music theater but has also composed a large amount of non- programmatic chamber music. He lives in Fr ...
at the Centre Acanthes, and attended
Pierre Boulez
Pierre Louis Joseph Boulez (; 26 March 1925 – 5 January 2016) was a French composer, conductor and writer, and the founder of several musical institutions. He was one of the dominant figures of post-war Western classical music.
Born in Mont ...
's courses in
Collège de France
The Collège de France (), formerly known as the ''Collège Royal'' or as the ''Collège impérial'' founded in 1530 by François I, is a higher education and research establishment (''grand établissement'') in France. It is located in Paris ne ...
. In 2002, she was invited for a residency at the Electronic Music Unit of the Elder Conservatorium of Music, University of Adelaide (Australia).
After having travelled in several countries, especially in Australia and Belgium, she came back in France in 2006.
In 2009, she is recipient of the Grand Prix Lycéen des Compositeurs (France) for "les quatre elements", concerto for flute, children choir and percussion instruments. In 2010, the SACEM gives her the Claude Arrieu Prize for her body of work. In 2012, she is laureate of Beaumarchais-SACD association.
Her compositions, which range from works for solo instruments to chamber and orchestral music, with also two operas and works with tape, are regularly performed in more than 20 countries by leading ensembles and orchestras including the
BBC Symphony Orchestra
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, the
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
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, the
Orchestre national des Pays de la Loire, the
Orchestre national d'Auvergne,
I Solisti Veneti
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and the
French Flute Orchestra
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.
Unsubdued but attentive to musical trends and schools, Lacaze has developed an original aesthetics that seeks to give back to music its first vocations, such as ritual, incantation, dance, and its links with nature, and in which the sound is essential.
She teaches composition and history of music at
Montpellier University
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and is Artistic Director of the Festival Musiques Démesurées in Clermont-Ferrand. In 2003, she founded the French association of women composers, Plurielles 34.
Selected works
* (1992): ''Trois melodies'', for soprano voice and string trio. On poems by Jules Supervielle.
* (1993): ''Voyelles'', for flute. On
a poem by
Arthur Rimbaud
Jean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud (, ; 20 October 1854 – 10 November 1891) was a French poet known for his transgressive and surreal themes and for his influence on modern literature and arts, prefiguring surrealism. Born in Charleville, he starte ...
.
* (1996): ''Jetez-vous sur l'avenir'', for female voice, flute and piano. On a poem by
Jean-Pierre Rosnay
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.
* (1996): ''En Quete'', for female voice, narrator, violin and piano. For an exhibition of photographs by Guy Bompais. On texts by Jean-Pierre Rosnay.
* (1997): ''La vita e bella ?'', for flute and cello.
* (1998): ''Le Becut'', for wind instrument, didgeridoo, children choir and small percussions.
* (1999): ''Comme une rue pavee'', for violin, clarinet and piano.
* (2000): ''Broken Words'', for flute and string trio. On a poem by
Henry Kendall.
* (2000): ''And then there was the sun in the sky'', for flute, didgeridoo and flute orchestra.
* (2002): ''Histoire sans paroles'', for violin, cello and piano.
* (2002): ''Voices of Australia'', for solo flute and recorded voices.
* (2002): ''L'enfance de Catherine'', for flute and string trio. Music for the film "l'enfance de Catherine" by Anne Baudry.
* (2003): ''Messe de Nostre Dame'', version for 8 female voices and percussions. Tribute to "Messe de Nostre Dame" by
Guillaume de Machaut
Guillaume de Machaut (, ; also Machau and Machault; – April 1377) was a French composer and poet who was the central figure of the style in late medieval music. His dominance of the genre is such that modern musicologists use his death to ...
.
* (2003): ''Tarentella'', for piano.
* (2004): ''Dreaming'', chamber opera for two female voices, didgeridoo, flute, viola, percussions and tape.
* (2005): ''Oceans'', for flute, bassoon, violin, viola, double-bass, children choir and small percussions.
* (2005): ''Cinq Voyelles pour Quatre Flutes'', transcription of "Voyelles" for 4 flutes. On a poem by
Arthur Rimbaud
Jean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud (, ; 20 October 1854 – 10 November 1891) was a French poet known for his transgressive and surreal themes and for his influence on modern literature and arts, prefiguring surrealism. Born in Charleville, he starte ...
.
* (2005): ''Py'', for flute and piano.
* (2005): ''Het Lam Gods'', for string quartet. On "Het Lam Gods" by Hubert and Jan
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.
* (2005): ''Duo'', for voice and tape.
* (2006): ''Archelogos I'', for voice and tape.
* (2006): ''Les quatre elements'', concerto for flute, children choir and percussions.
* (2006): ''Deux mouvements'', for tenor saxophone and orchestra.
* (2006): ''Musique de la mer'', for clarinet, bassoon, string quartet, children choir and small percussions.
* (2006): ''Vignes'', electroacoustic work. For the exhibition of photographs "Vignes" by Guy Bompais.
* (2006): ''The great flood'', for alt-saxophone and saxophone ensemble.
* (2007): ''Archelogos II'', for bass-flute and tape.
* (2007): ''Het Lam Gods II'', for flute and flute orchestra. On "Het Lam Gods" by Hubert and Jan
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.
* (2007): ''Fenouillet I'', acousmatic short piece.
* (2008): ''Quatre haikus'', for alt-saxophone and piano.
* (2008): ''Le Petit Prince'', music for theatre, for ondes Martenot, flute and string trio.
* (2008): ''Archèlogos IIb'', for Martenot waves and tape.
* (2009): ''L'art est le plus beau des mensonges'', for soprano voice and Japanese bowls or soprano and vibraphone. On a text by Alain Carre.
* (2009): ''Het Lam Gods III'', for flute quartet and narrator. On "Het Lam Gods" by Hubert and Jan
Van Eyck Van Eyck or Van Eijk () is a Dutch toponymic surname. ''Eijck'', ''Eyck'', ''Eyk'' and ''Eijk'' are all archaic spellings of modern Dutch ("oak") and the surname literally translates as "from/of oak". However, in most cases, the family name refers ...
and a text by Alain Carre.
* (2010): ''L'espace et la flûte - Variations sur des textes de Jean Tardieu'', for narrator and flute orchestra. On texts by
Jean Tardieu
Jean Tardieu (born in Saint-Germain-de-Joux, Ain, 1 November 1903, died in Créteil, Val-de-Marne, 27 January 1995) was a French artist, musician, poet and dramatic author.
Life and career
He earned a degree in literature and worked for a publi ...
.
* (2010): ''Souffles'', for four flautists (2 zamponias, 2 bajones, 3 Boehm flutes).
* (2011): ''Marco Polo'', chamber opera for choir and ensemble.
* (2011): ''Calligrammes'', for barytone, choir and saxophone quartet. On texts by
Guillaume Apollinaire
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Apollinaire is considered one of the foremost poets of the ...
.
* (2011): ''Après avoir contemplé la lune'', for orchestra.
* (2012): ''Estampes'', for flute quartet.
* (2012): ''Ukiyo-e'', concerto for ondes Martenot and flute orchestra.
* (2013): ''O Sapientia'', for 4 or 5 women voices. On texts by
Hildegard von Bingen
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.
* (2013): ''Immobilité sérieuse I'', for piano and string orchestra.
* (2014): ''Maye'', for percussion instruments.
* (2014): ''Un parapluie et un manteau de paille'', short work for piano.
* (2015): ''Voyelles'', version for alto saxophone.
* (2015): ''Au milieu de la plaine'', for flute and harp.
* (2015): ''Voices of Australia'', for soprano saxophone and recorded voices.
* (2016): ''And Earth breathes'' and ''And birds sing'', for circle flute or flute quartet.
* (2016): ''Vents du sud'', acousmatic work.
* (2017): ''Je vois passer l'Ange'', for 3 women voices and alto saxophone.
* (2017): ''Ahatonhia again'', for clarinet quartet.
* (2017): ''Y aparece el sol'', for flute, didgeridoo and string orchestra.
* (2018): ''And Earth moves away'', for flute quartet.
* (2018): ''Ntau'', for flute, clarinet, piano and percussion instruments.
* (2019): ''Bur Buk Boon'', for didgeridoo and children orchestra.
* (2020): ''Immobilité sérieuse II'', for cello and string orchestra.
* (2021): ''Vers les étoiles'', for piano.
* (2022): ''Sighs of stars'', for orchestra.
Discography
* "''Les femmes dansent''", Klarthe (France), 2021. With ''Tarantella'', for piano, by
Axia Marinescu
Axia Marinescu (born 1987 Bucharest, Romania) is a French-Romanian concert pianist. She is currently living in Paris.
Biography
Born in Bucharest, Marinescu began studying piano at the age of 6 in her native Romania and made her debut with the ...
.
* "''Accents''", Aparté (France), 2021. With ''Histoire sans paroles'', for violin, cello and piano, by musicians of the ensemble K (artistic director:
Simone Menezes
Simone Menezes (born 22 January 1977) is an Italo-Brazilian conductor based in France.
Early life
Menezes was born in Brasília. She studied piano, flute and conducting at the State University of Campinas (Unicamp). This university ranks first ...
): Manon Galy (violin), Kacper Nowak (cello) and Mara Dobresco (piano).
* "''Fair_Play 2''", Fair_Play network (France), 2018. With the 1st movement of ''Deux mouvements'', for tenor saxophone and orchestra, by
Daniel Kientzy
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and the Romanian National Radio Orchestra, conductor Horia Andreescu.
* "''Fair_Play One''", Fair_Play network (France), 2017. With ''Vents du Sud'', acousmatic work.
* "''7 saxophones autour du monde''", Nova Musica (France), 2016. With ''Deux mouvements'' for tenor saxophone and orchestra, by
Daniel Kientzy
Daniel is a masculine given name and a surname of Hebrew origin. It means "God is my judge"Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 68. (cf. Gabriel—"God is my strength"), ...
and the Romanian National Radio Orchestra, conductor Horia Andreescu.
* "''Souffles''", Les Editions de l'Astronome, 2012. With ''L'espace et la flute'', ''En quete'', ''Quatre haikus'', ''Voyelles'' and ''Het Lam Gods III'', by Alain Carre, Baudoin Giaux,
Jean-Yves Fourmeau
Jean-Yves Fourmeau is a French classical saxophonist and is the classical music professor at the CRR de Cergy-Pontoise.
Biography
At age 17, Fourmeau won first prize at the Paris Conservatoire in the 3rd cycle of chamber music, which was unprec ...
, Amaya Dominguez, Martin Surot, Hinemoa Quartet and
Royal Conservatory of Brussels
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flute ensemble.
* "''Encounters / Rencontre''", AF Adelaide (Australia), 2012. With two ''Preludes'' for piano, by Stephen Whittington.
* "''Sophie Lacaze - Works with flutes''", Solal (Germany), 2008. With ''Het Lam Gods II'', ''Voices of Australia'', ''Archelogos II'', ''And then there was the sun in the sky'', ''Cinq voyelles pour quatre flutes'', ''Py'' and ''Les quatre elements'' by
, French Flute Orchestra (conductor Pierre-Alain Biget), Phillip Peris, Fuminori Tanada and Michel de Maulne.
* "''Cosmogonies''", Galun Records, 2005. With ''Voices of Australia'' by Ivan Bellocq.
* "''Plurielles''", Maguelone, 2004. With ''Broken Words'' and ''Voyelles'' by the Helios Ensemble and Christel Rayneau.
* "''Aperto (Re)Forms''", Gaudeamus (Roumania), 2000. With ''Comme une rue pavee'' and ''Trois preludes'' by the Trio Aperto and Dolores Chelariu.
* "''En Quete''", Galun Records, 2000. With ''En Quete'', ''Kulungalinpa'', ''La Vita e Bella ?'', ''Jetez-vous sur l'avenir'' and ''Le Becut''. By Marie Kobayashi, Marcelle Rosnay, Ivan Bellocq, Mie Ogura, Phillip Peris, Fuminori Tanada, Lucie Bessiere, Marie-Agnes Letellier, Arnaud Limonaire, Paul Broutin, Bernard Vandenbroucque, and children of Lappacca (in Lourdes) and Parc Suzanne (in Argeles Gazost) primary schools.
* "''Musiques francaises du XXe siecle''", REM, 1996. With ''Voyelles'' by Chiharu Tachibana.
Bibliography
"Sophie Lacaze, portrait of a composer" by Geneviève Mathon, Editions Delatour, 160 pages, May 2021.
by Geneviève Mathon, Editions Delatour, 160 pages, May 2018.
Official magazine of French Flute Association (in French).
música de los cuatro elementos"- by Genevieve Mathon (translation Alberto Leongómez H.) about "Les quatre elements", concerto for flute, children choir and small percussion instruments by Sophie Lacaze, in “(Pensiamento), (palabra)… Y oBra”, Revista de la Facultad de la Universidad Pedagogica Nacional de Bogotà, Colombia (2014).
* "Interpreting a cappella music in 20th- and 21st-century France", The project A cappella Impromptu, June 2014, Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst, Graz, by Anaïs Maillard de la Morandais, p. 26.
"Compositrices l'égalité en actes" with a article about Sophie Lacaze by Geneviève Mathon, Éditions MF, 2019.
* "Compositrices françaises au XXe siècle", Association Femmes et Musique, with an article about Sophie Lacaze by Michèle Friang, p. 103-105, Editions Delatour Franc
* "Composer profile: Sophie Lacaze" - by David Leone, Musicakaleidoscope, July 201
* "Aborigines-Impressionen" - by Dr. Hanns-Peter Mederer about music by Sophie Lacaze, April 2016, Amusi
* "L'annuaire des expertes", Club de la presse du Languedoc-Roussillon, Femmes & Medias, June 2016, p. 72.
References and External links
Sophie Lacaze's official website.Page on Comité du Coeur SACEM - Prix Claude ArrieuPageon the
Centre de documentation de la musique contemporaine
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website
Page on Publisher's website - Editions Delatour FranceEsquisse-portrait on Musiquecontemporaine.infoa short-film about Sophie Lacaze - Mezzo Compo / SacemInterview by Stretta Music France, 2023 (in French)Interview by Musiques Démesurées Festival, 2021Interview by Suzanne Gervais, for la Lettre du Musicien, 2019Page on BNF - Bibliotheque Nationale de FrancePage on Contemporary Music Portal*
Wikipedia website in French
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1963 births
Living people
People from Lourdes
21st-century classical composers
20th-century classical composers
French classical composers
French women classical composers
École Normale de Musique de Paris alumni
21st-century French composers
20th-century French women musicians
20th-century French composers
21st-century French women musicians
20th-century women composers
21st-century women composers