Stéphane Delplace (born 11 November 1953) is a French
composer
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Etymology and def ...
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Biography
Delplace was born in
Bordeaux
Bordeaux ( ; ; Gascon language, Gascon ; ) is a city on the river Garonne in the Gironde Departments of France, department, southwestern France. A port city, it is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the Prefectures in F ...
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He studied piano under
Pierre Sancan
Pierre Sancan (24 October 1916 – 20 October 2008) was a French composer, pianist, teacher and conductor. Along with Olivier Messiaen and Henri Dutilleux, he was a major figure among French musicians in the mid-twentieth-century transition between ...
, as well as Harmony (
Alain Bernaud), Counterpoint (Jean-Paul Holstein), Fugue (
Michel Merlet), and Orchestration (Serge Nigg) at the
Conservatoire de Paris
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, 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
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,
Brahms
Johannes Brahms (; ; 7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor of the mid- Romantic period. His music is noted for its rhythmic vitality and freer treatment of dissonance, often set within studied ye ...
,
Fauré,
Ravel
Joseph Maurice Ravel (7 March 1875 – 28 December 1937) was a French composer, pianist and conductor. He is often associated with Impressionism in music, Impressionism along with his elder contemporary Claude Debussy, although both composer ...
,
Prokofiev
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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
Jean-François Zygel and
Thierry Escaich
Thierry Joseph-Louis Escaich (born 8 May 1965) is a French organist and composer.
Life
Born in Nogent-sur-Marne, Escaich studied organ, improvisation and composition at the Conservatoire de Paris (CNSMDP), where he won eight First Prizes a ...
, 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
Germany
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,
Italy
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,
Greece
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,
Turkey
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,
China
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, the
United States
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In 2001, the Académie des Beaux-Arts awarded Delplace the prestigious Prix
Florent Schmitt
Florent Schmitt (; 28 September 187017 August 1958) was a French composer. He was part of the group known as Les Apaches. His most famous pieces are ''La tragédie de Salome'' and ''Psaume XLVII'' ( Psalm 47). He has been described as "one of t ...
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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
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.
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
*
Bertrand Chamayou
Bertrand Chamayou (born 23 March 1981) is a French pianist.
Career
Born in Toulouse, Chamayou studied at the Conservatoire de Toulouse under the tutelage of Claudine Willoth, making his first forays into contemporary music and composition. At th ...
* Giancarlo Crespeau
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Denis Comtet
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Henri Demarquette
* Frédéric Denis
* Jean Dubé
*
Jérôme Ducros
* Jean Galard
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Yves Henry
* Nicolas Horvath
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Sergei Malov
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Michel Michalakakos
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Jérôme Pernoo
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Pierre Pincemaille
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Grégoire Rolland
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Arnaud Thorette
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Pierre-Alain Volondat
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Jean-François Zygel
Conductor
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Marc Korovitch
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Jean-François Frémont
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Adrian McDonnell
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Deyan Pavlov
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Laurent Petitgirard
Laurent Petitgirard (born 10 June 1950, in Paris) is a French classical composer and conductor.
Biography
Laurent Petitgirard was born in Paris on 10 June 1950. He studied piano with his father Serge Petitgirard, a pupil of Alfred Cortot and ...
*
François-Xavier Roth
François-Xavier Paul Roth (born 6 November 1971) is a French conductor.
Biography
Roth is the son of the organist Daniel Roth—the two share the same first name. His brother Vincent is a violist. Before turning to conducting, he was a flauti ...
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Marc Trautmann
*
Adam Vidovic
Ensembles
* Palomar Ensemble (Chicago)
* Ensemble Millésime
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Quatuor Ebène
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Quatuor Modigliani
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Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo
* Orchestre de la Radio de Sofia
* Orchestre de la Cité Internationale
* Orchestre du Conservatoire de Luxembourg
Others
In 2008,
Stéphan Aubé 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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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 French classical composers
21st-century French classical composers
21st-century French male composers
20th-century French composers
20th-century French male musicians