Jean-Yves Clément (born July 21, 1959 in

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) is a French essayist, poet and organizer of festivals.

Biography

Jean-Yves Clément pursued university advanced studies in philosophy (

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and art) and has a high level in piano and advanced

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qualifications. In 1990, he became collection director at the publishing house , a post he held until 2012. There he created the collection "Amor fati" and published the unedited works of authors including

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, Nietzsche, and

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. Since 1995, he has been the

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of the and creator of the , that rewards "the book with the finest literary qualities devoted to music". In 2002, he founded the Lisztomanias of

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, a music festival where world-renowned artists gather. He is the artistic director, as well as Lisztomanias International, an association created in 2012 to export the model and the

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spirit of

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to the world. In 2011, Jean-Yves Clément was appointed Commissioner General of the "Liszt Year" in France by

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, the then

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. In 2012, Jean-Yves Clément received from the Minister of Culture Frédéric Mitterrand the title of officer in the

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. In 2018, he is promoted, by the Minister of Culture

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, commander in the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.

Works

* ''Propos-exutoires'', Paris, , 1990 * ''De l’aube à midi'' (''From Dawn to Noon''), Paris, Le Cherche midi, 1999 * ''Variations Chopin : Quarante-huit préludes'' (Chopin Variations: ''Forty-eight Preludes''), Vendœuvres, Lancosme éditeur, 2005 * ''111 notes d’amour : Variations'' (''111 Love Notes: Variations''), Paris, Le Cherche midi, 2008 * ''Nuits de l’âme'' (''Nights of the Soul''), Paris, Le Cherche midi, 2009 * ''Les Deux Âmes de Frédéric Chopin'' (''The Two Souls of Frederic Chopin''), first edition Paris, , 2010 ; second edition Paris, Le Passeur éditeur, 2017 * ''Franz Liszt : La Dispersion magnifique'' (''Franz Liszt: The Magnificent Dispersion''),

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, 2011 * ''Le Chant de toi : Ode'' (''The Song of You: Ode''), Paris, Le Cherche midi, 2012 * ''La Raison des sortilèges : Entretiens sur la musique'' (with

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), first edition Paris, , 2013 ; second edition Paris, Pluriel, 2015 * ''Nietzsche au jour le jour : Un florilège pour tous et pour personne'' (

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quotations), Paris, Le Passeur éditeur, 2013 * ''De l’aube à midi : Aphorismes'', Paris, Le Passeur éditeur, 2013 * ''Suite lyrique'' (with the painter Jean-Marc Brunet), Paris, Le Passeur éditeur, 2013 * ''Alexandre Scriabine : L'Ivresse des sphères'', Arles, Actes Sud, * ''Les pensées : Suivies du Dictionnaire des idées reçues'' (à partir de l’œuvre de

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), Paris, Le Cherche midi, * ''Glenn Gould ou le Piano de l’esprit'', Arles, Actes Sud, 2016

Musical Adaptations of his Work

* The composer Pierre Thilloy set Jean-Yves Clément's aphorisms to music in his work ''Mysterium conjunctionis'' (2005) for seven instruments and a mezzo-soprano. * Thilloy also wrote a setting of ''Le Chant de Toi'' (2014) for soprano and piano.

References

External links

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Site officiel du Nohant Festival official site
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Lisztomanias official site

Lisztomanias International Official website
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