Oscar Strasnoy (born November 12, 1970) is a French-Argentine composer, conductor and

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. Although primarily known for his stage works, the first of which ''Midea (2)'' premiered in

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in 2000, his principal compositions also include two secular cantatas and several

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Career

Oscar Strasnoy was born in

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and studied piano, conducting and composition there at the Conservatorio Nacional Superior de Música (with Aldo Antognazzi and Guillermo Scarabino), at the

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(with Guy Reibel, Michaël Levinas and

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), where he won in 1996 a Premier Prix à l’Unanimité (first prize) and the Hochschule für Musik, Frankfurt (with

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). He was the Music Director of the Orchestre du Crous de Paris (1996–1998). He was one of the founding recipients of the Grüneisen Foundation ( Mozarteum Argentino) conducting scholarship, and of the French Government Scholarship. In 1999 he was invited by

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to Herrenhaus-Edenkoben in Germany.

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awarded him the 2000 Orpheus Prize for his chamber opera ''Midea (2)'' produced at the Teatro Caio Melisso in Spoleto in 2000 and at the

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in 2001. He was also artist in residence at the

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in Stuttgart, in 2003 at the Villa Kujoyama in

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(Institut français), and in 2006 at the Civitella Ranieri Foundation in

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, Italy. In 2007 he received a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship for Music Composition. Radio France, in association with the parisian

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, featured Strasnoy as the main composer of th
Festival Présences 2012
a retrospective of most of his works in 14 concerts in January 2012.

Compositions

Oscar Strasnoy has composed twelve stage works, including operas performed at Spoleto, Rome, Paris ( Opéra Comique,

), Hamburg, Bordeaux,

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of Buenos Aires),

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; a live-accompanied silent film score for

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's ''

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'' which premiered at the

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in 2004 and was subsequently played at the Cine Doré in Madrid, the Mozarteum Argentino, Kyoto, and Tokyo) and a secular cantata, ''Hochzeitsvorbereitungen (mit B und K)''. He also composed several pieces of chamber, vocal and orchestral music, including his song cycle ''Six Songs for the Unquiet Traveller'' which premiered in 2004 performed by the

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and

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in a concert to inaugurate the newly refurbished

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in London. In January 2012 a retrospective of his work in 14 concerts has been presented at the

in Paris as part of the Festival Présences of

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. Strasnoy's works are primarily published by

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(Vienna) Chant du Monde (Paris) and Billaudot (Paris). His opera ''Midea'' is published by

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(Milan).

Operas and music theatre

* 1996-1999: "Midea (2)" chamber opera. Libretto (in Italian) by Irina Possamai. Premièred at the Teatro Caio Melisso, Spoleto, Italy, 8 September 2000 directed by Hennig Brockhaus, conducted by Andrea Molino. * 2002: "Opérette". Libretto (in French) by

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. Premièred at the Grand Théâtre of Reims, France, 10 January 2003 directed by Christian Gangneron. * 2003: "Geschichte", operetta a cappella. Libretto (in German) by Galin Stoev and Oscar Strasnoy based on

's play, premièred at

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, 31 March 2004, directed by Galin Stoev. Second production in 2011 directed by Titus Selge. Third production at the Berlin Staatsoper, Sept.-Oct. 2015, directed by Isabel Ostermann. * 2005: "Fabula", pocket-opera. Libretto (in Spanish and Yiddish) by Alejandro Tantanian. Premièred at Teatro San Martín, Buenos Aires, 29 November 2005, directed by Renate Ackermann. * 2000-2006: "L'instant", children opera in one act. Libretto (in French) by Alejandro Tantanian. Premièred at Maison des Arts de Créteil, Paris, 2008 (concert version), conducted by Oscar Strasnoy. * 2008-2009: "Le Bal" opera in one act based on

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's novelette The Ball, libretto (in French) by

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, premièred in Hamburg Opera-House, 7 March 2010, directed by Matthew Jocelyn, conducted by

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. Second production:

, Paris, January 2012, directed (semi-staged) by Matthew Jocelyn, conducted by Anu Tali. Third production:

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of Munich, November 2012, directed by Karsten Wiegand, conducted by Ulf Schirmer. * 2009-2010: "Un Retour", chamber opera in one act, Libretto (in Spanish, French and Latin) by

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based on his novel El Regreso, premièred at Festival d'Aix en Provence, France, 5 July 2010)''France Today'' (5 July 2010) * 2010: "Cachafaz" opera in two acts. Libretto (in Spanish) by Copi based on dis play, premièred at Théâtre de Cornouaille, Quimper, France, Nov. 2010),Mudge (March 2011) directed by Benjamin Lazar, conducted by Geoffroy Jourdain. Second production: Teatro San Martín of Buenos Aires, Nov. 2012, directed by Pablo Maritano and conducted by Pierre Roullier. * 2011-2012: "Случай" (Slutchai, ''Incidents''), chamber opera in two acts. Libretto (in Russian) by Christine Dormoy based on

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writings. Premiered at Bordeaux Opera House, 26 November 2012, directed by Christine Dormoy, conducted by Oscar Strasnoy. Second Production, new version ("Fälle" in German) at

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premiere on 8 May 2015
directed by Jan Eßinger, conducted by Carrie-Ann Matheson. * 2012-2014: "Requiem", opéra in two acts. Libretto (in English and Latin) by Matthew Jocelyn based on the novel ''Requiem for a nun'' by

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, premièred at

of Buenos Aires, 10 June 2014, directed by Matthew Jocelyn, conducted by

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. * 2015-2016: "Comeback", chamber opera. Libretto (in German) by

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, based on "Tilla" and "Jannings" by Christoph Hein. Première: Staatsoper Berlin, 30 September 2016. * 2016-2017: "Luther". Libretto (in German) by

. Première: Händel-Halle, Halle, 22 October 2017.

Concert works (selection)

* 1992: Piano 1: Incognito (Ed. Billaudot, Paris) * 1995: Piano 2: Britannicus * 1995: Naipes, for Pierrot-Lunaire-type quintet (Ed. Le Chant du Monde/Wise Music) * 1997: Piano 3: à Corinthe (Ed. Billaudot, Paris) * 1999: Piano 4: 5 pièces (Ed. Billaudot, Paris) * 1999: Two tangos (Ed. Lemoine, Paris) * 2000: Bloc-notes d'Ephemera (1) for ensemble * 2000: Bloc-notes d'Ephemera (2) for two pianos (Ed. Le Chant du Monde/Wise Music) * 2002: Piano 5: Exercices de Latinité (Ed. Billaudot, Paris) * 2000-(rev. 2005): Hochzeitsvorbereitungen (mit B und K) (cantata)France Musique (16 February 2011) (Ed. Le Chant du Monde/Wise Music) * 2004: Underground, music for the 1928 silent film by Anthony Asquith.de la Fuente (28 July 2010) * 2004: Six Songs for the Unquiet Traveller (on texts by

) (Ed. Le Chant du Monde/Wise Music) * 2005: Scherzo (''Sum nº 3'') for orchestra (Ed. Le Chant du Monde/Wise Music) * 2006: The End (''Sum nº 4'') for orchestra (Ed. Le Chant du Monde/Wise Music) * 2008: Quodlibet, song cycle, premièred in Stuttgart, 2008.''La Nación'' (9 August 2008) * 2010: "Heine", song cycle on poems by Heinrich Heine (Ed. Billaudot, Paris) * 2009-2011: Incipit (''Sum nº 1''), for orchestra (Ed. Billaudot, Paris) * 2009-2011: Y (''Sum nº 2'', for orchestra) (Ed. Billaudot, Paris) * 2012: Odyssée, cantata (libretto:

), for 12 vocal soloists, 5 choirs and three instrumental groups (Ed. Billaudot, Paris) * 2013: Vague-Requiem, for Cello Octet (Ed. Billaudot, Paris) * 2014: Müller, song-cycle on poems by

Wilhelm Müller Johann Ludwig Wilhelm Müller (7 October 1794 – 30 September 1827) was a German lyric poet, best known as the author of ''Die schöne Müllerin'' (1823) and ''Winterreise'' (1828), which Franz Schubert later set to music as song cycles. Life ...

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and

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for Tenor and piano. * 2015: Double Ostinato, for solo accordion. * 2016: Ghost Stories, for string quartet and 33rpm record (Ed. Billaudot, Paris) * 2016: Automaton, for violin and chamber orchestra (Ed. Billaudot, Paris) * 2017: Kuleshov, for piano and chamber orchestra (Ed. Billaudot, Paris) * 2017: Ittingen-Concerto, for chamber orchestra (Ed. Billaudot, Paris) * 2017: 2. Juni (from "Tage-Buch"), for violin, horn and 33rpm record. * 2017: 4. Juni, (from "Tage-Buch") for solo violin and 33rpm record. * 2017: 5. Juni, (from "Tage-Buch") for violin and tenor. * 2017: Flashbacks, for 10 instruments. Première: 8 DEC 2017 by the

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Frankfurt, in Munich. Ed. Billaudot. * 2018: d'Amore, for viola d'amore and ensemble. Première: 20 OCT 2018 by Garth Knox and the Ensemble Modern, in Donaueschingen. Ed. Billaudot. * 2019: Trí Amhrán Ghaelacha (Three Irish Songs) for tenor and piano. * 2019: Chanzuns Popularas Rumanchas (Rhaetian Folk Songs) for female singer and ensemble. Première: 29 MAY 2019, La-Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland

* 2019: Zaunkönig und -gäste, for orchestra. Première: 1 JUL 2019 by the Musikalische Akademie des Nationaltheater-Orchesters Mannheim conducted by Alexander Soddy. Ed. Billaudot * 2019: Verschiedene Canones - Neue Auflösungen (nach J.S. Bachs Canones, BWV 1087) for baroque orchestra and percussion. Première: 19 OCT 2019 in Berlin, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin (

) * 2019: Für Felice for vocal ensemble (12 voices) and instrument ad libitum. Commissioned by the Ensemble Musicatreize (

) * 2020: Three Kamasutra Etudes, for vocal ensemble (12 voices). (

) * 2020: Partita for solo violin (for

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) * 2020: 24 Preludes for piano (for

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) * 2022: Saloon for trombone, guitar, piano and analogic live electronics (Ensemble SONGS)

Transcriptions and Arrangements

* 2010: La Forza del Destino, Overture by Giuseppe Verdi, for ensemble. * 2011: Trois caprices de Paganini, for violin and orchestra. * 2011: "Dido and Aeneas" chamber opera based on Henry Purcell's opera), for seven singers, two pianos, two brass instruments and two percussion players. Premièred in Paris,

, January 2012 (concert version) conducted by Roland Hayrabedian. * 2017 Two Schubert Menuets (from "Fünf Menuette mit sechs Trios"), Nº 3 and Nº 5 for octet (like Schubert's Octet). * 2019: Romanze Op. 118, Nº 5 (by Johannes Brahms), arrangement for violin and orchestra. Première: 25 APR 2019 at the Elbphiharmonie Hamburg,

, NDR Elbphilharmonie-Orchester, cond. Antonello Manacorda. * 2020:

Saint François d'Assise ''Saint François d'Assise : Scènes Franciscaines'' (English: Franciscan Scenes of Saint Francis of Assisi), or simply ''Saint François d'Assise'', is an opera in three acts and eight scenes by French composer Olivier Messiaen, who was also i ...

, opera by Olivier Messiaen (re-orchestration for reduced (à 2) orchestra). Première: 15 OCT 2020 at Theater Basel, Switzerland.

Discography

2022: Tombeau de Monjeau, for piano. Mara Dobresc
CD La Scala
2022: Chanzuns Popularas Rumanchas, for female voice and ensemble. Sarah Maria Sun and Ensemble SONG
CD SONGS OO1
2020: Kuleshov, Piano Concerto.

, Les Violons du Roy conducted by Mathieu Lussie
CD Erato/Warner Classics
2018: Luther, Oratorio. Staatskapelle Halle conducted by Michael Wendeber
CD Arthaus
2018: Two Schubert Menuets (from "Fünf Menuette mit sechs Trios"), nº 3 and nº 5, arrangement for octet,

& Friends
CD Harmonia Mundi
2017: Berceuse (from "Five Little Pieces for Piano", ed. Billaudot), Mara Dobresco, piano. CD Paraty 107159. 2016: Hanokh, by Erwan Keravec, bagpipe, Donatienne Michel-Dansac, soprano and Vincent Bouchot, baritone, CD Vox. 2014: An Island Far,

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, dir. Pierre Roullier
CD Le Chant du Monde
2013: Orchestral works,

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conducted by Dima Slobodeniouk and Susanna Mälkk
CD Aeon
2013: Geschichte (fragment), CD du Festival d'Automne de Varsovie. Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart. 2010: Un retour, Ensemble Musicatreize, dir. Roland Hayrabedian 2007: ''Hochzeitsvorbereitungen (mit B und K)'
CD Chant du Monde

, dir. Pierre Roullier 2000: Two tangos ("Derrumbe" and "Mano Brava") Paris-Buenos Aires, CD Bis records 1998: Bloc-notes de Midea (5), CD Hochschule für Musik Köln/Conservatoire de Paris, cond. Peter Eötvös

Bibliography

2009 La stratification de la mémoire''
Colection 2e2m
2010 Un retour''
Livre-CD Actes-Sud
2017 Automaton
Monroe-Books, Berlin

Awards

* 2019:

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. * 2013: Prix de composition "Francis et Mica Salabert" SACEM, France. * 2011: Prix Nouveau Talent Musique

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, France. * 2010: Grand Prix de la Musique Symphonique, SACEM. * 2007: Guggenheim Fellowship * 2007: Prix de l'Académie du Disque Lyrique. * 2003: Prix "

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", SACEM. * 1999: Premio "Orpheus", Spoleto, Italy, for "Midea".

References

Sources

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(9 March 2000)
"Young Argentinean composer wins Italian opera prize"
*de la Fuente, Sandra (28 July 2010)

(interview with Oscar Strasnoy). '' Clarín'' *''France Today'' (5 July 2010)
"Live from Aix: World premiere of ''Un Retour''"
*

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(16 February 2011
Concert du soir
*''

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'' (9 August 2008)
"Muchos compositores son ignorantes"
(interview with Oscar Strasnoy) *Mudge, Stephen J. (March 2011)
"''Cachafaz'', Paris, Opéra Comique, 12/13/10"
'' Opera News'',Vol. 75, No. 9 *Service, Tom (12 October 2004)
"Review: Nash/Kildea, Wigmore Hall, London"
''

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'' * John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (2008
''Reports of the president and of the treasurer''

External links

Official websiteOscar Strasnoy page
at the music publishers Billaudot, Paris
Catalogue (PDF) at Ed. BillaudotList of Oscar Strasnoy's scores
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