Stéphane Delplace (born 11 November 1953) is a French

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Biography

Delplace was born in

Bordeaux Bordeaux ( , ; Gascon oc, Bordèu ; eu, Bordele; it, Bordò; es, Burdeos) is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, Southwestern France. It is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefectur ...

. He studied piano under

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, as well as Harmony ( Alain Bernaud), Counterpoint (Jean-Paul Holstein), Fugue ( Michel Merlet), and Orchestration (Serge Nigg) 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 ...

, from 1979 to 1984, in addition to studying the Organ with Jean Galard through the Ville de Paris. Delplace began to compose in the mid-1980s, with a firm conviction, though unpopular at the time, that tonal music still hides infinite unexplored territories. Never parting from this ideal, his music finds its roots in that of Bach, Brahms, Fauré, Ravel, Prokofiev... This determination to write tonal music has naturally kept him far from official contemporary music circles. In 2000, he joined the Phoenix Group founded by

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and Thierry Escaich, in order to propose an alternative to institutionalized contemporary music. Having explored many different types of ensembles, from orchestra to choir, from chamber music to the organ, he dedicates a large part of his opus to the piano, often played by many prestigious performers. From 2008, he began to perform his own works in concert. His works are played mostly in France, but also in

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... In 2001, the Académie des Beaux-Arts awarded Delplace the prestigious Prix

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. Delplace teaches Composition, Counterpoint and Harmony at the Paris Conservatories of the 6th and 17th districts, as well as at École normale de musique de Paris. Stephane Delplace's works are edited through: Editions Durand, Eschig, Billaudot and Delatour.

Works

Piano

* ''Bach Panther'' (1985) * ''Variations dans le Ton de Ré'' (1991) * ''Chacone'' (1993) * ''Préludes & Fugues dans les Trente Tonalités'' - Book I (1994) * ''Quatorze Klavierstücke'' (1994-1999) * ''Marche antique'' (1997) * ''Pièces blanches'' - 12 pieces in C major (2000) * ''Marche Funèbre'' (2000) * ''Passacaille'' (2001) * ''Konzerstück'' (2002) * ''Fugue selon fugue'' (2006) * ''Irrévérences'' (2006) * ''Préludes & Fugues dans les Trente Tonalités'' - Book II (2008) * ''Chronogénèse'' (2009) * ''Six Etudes pour piano'' (2010) * ''Little Italy'' (2011)

Transcriptions for piano

* ''Ante Chacona'' - Bach, 2nd Partita for violon solo (2000) * ''1ère Partita pour violon seul'' - Bach (2008) * ''Partita pour flûte seule'' - Bach (2008)

Concertante

* ''Adagio pour violon et orchestre à cordes'' (1995) * ''Laus Vitæ'' - Symphonie concertante pour alto et violon (1998) * ''Concerto pour piano n°1'' (2003) * ''Concerto pour piano n°2'' (2005) * ''Concerto à la Manière Italienne'' (2011)

Chamber music

* ''Variations dans le ton de sol'' for cello solo (1992) * ''Quintette à deux violoncelles'' (2007) * ''Sextet'' for winds, strings and piano (2008)

Choir and organ

* ''De Sibilla'' (1985) * ''Odi et Amo'' (1996)

Orchestre

* ''Concert pour cordes'' (1995) * ''Le Tombeau de Ravel'' (1997) * ''Symphonie pour cordes'' - Transcription of ''Sextet'' (2008)

Organ

* ''Fantaisie en sol mineur'' (1990) * ''Chacone'' (1993) * ''Fantaisie et Fugue sur BACH - PINCEMAILLE'' (2007) * ''Grave'' * ''Sonate en Trio'' * ''Fugue en ré mineur'' * ''Non-Toccata & Fugue en fa'' * ''Pastorale en fa'' (2011)

Oratorio

* ''Le Plafond de la Chapelle Sixtine'' (2012)

Discography

* ''Variations dans le ton de sol'' interpreted by Emmanuel Boulanger, cello - Skarbo (2005) * ''Quatorze Klavierstücke'' interpreted by Jean-Louis Caillard, piano
Saphir productions
(2006) * ''Trois Intermezzi'' (extract from ''Klavierstücke'') interpreted by Marie-Louise Nezeys, piano * ''Fantaisie en sol mineur'' and ''Bach Panther'' interpreted by Jean-François Frémont, organ - Disque Tamos (Jean-Claude Quint)

Leading performers

Musicians

* Emmanuel Boulanger * Jean-Louis Caillard * Claudio Chaiquin *

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* Giancarlo Crespeau * Denis Comtet * Henri Demarquette * Frédéric Denis * Jean Dubé * Jérôme Ducros * Jean Galard *

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* Nicolas Horvath * Sergei Malov *

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Pierre Pincemaille Pierre-Marie François Pincemaille (8 December 1956 – 12 January 2018) was a French organist, improviser, and pedagogue. He was known for his organ improvisations, both in concert and on CD and for his recordings of Charles-Marie Widor's ...

* Grégoire Rolland * Arnaud Thorette * Pierre-Alain Volondat *

Conductor

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* Jean-François Frémont * Adrian McDonnell * Deyan Pavlov *

Laurent Petitgirard Laurent Petitgirard (born 10 June 1950, in Paris) is a French classical composer and conductor. Biography and career Laurent Petitgirard studied piano with Serge Petitgirard and composition with Alain Kremski. He has worked as conductor with do ...

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* Marc Trautmann * Adam Vidovic

Ensembles

* Palomar Ensemble (Chicago) * Ensemble Millésime * Quatuor Ebène * Quatuor Modigliani *

Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo The Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra (french: Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, OPMC) is the main orchestra in the Principality of Monaco. The orchestra gives concerts primarily in the Auditorium Rainier III, but also performs at the Salle ...

* Orchestre de la Radio de Sofia * Orchestre de la Cité Internationale * Orchestre du Conservatoire de Luxembourg

Others

In 2008,

Stéphan Aubé Stéphan Aubé (born 11 November 1971) is a French Music video director for classical music and pianist. Biography Stéphan Aubé started to study piano at the age of five. He studied at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional of Boulogne- ...

directed a video clip of the ''Bach Panther'' fugue and an interview with Stéphane Delplace.

External links

Official Website
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Article of Irena de la Bassetière about the Quintette à cordes
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Delplace, Stephane 1953 births Living people Musicians from Bordeaux Conservatoire de Paris alumni École Normale de Musique de Paris alumni French classical composers French male classical composers 20th-century classical composers 21st-century classical composers 20th-century French composers 21st-century French composers 20th-century French male musicians 21st-century French male musicians