David Chaillou

David Chaillou is a French composer, born in 1971.

Biography

Chaillou is a senior lecturer at the University of Lille ^[1]

His music has been released by Preiser Records, ^[2] Gérard Billaudot ^[3] and Universal Editions. ^[4]

Chaillou's works have been broadcast among others by France Musique, ^[5] RTS (Switzerland), ^[6] RAI3, ^[7] and RBBKultur. ^[8]

His music combines for some a form of modern impressionism and post-minimalism. ^[8]

Works

Concert pieces

Solo instruments

• Les mains nues for piano. World premiere by Moisès Fernàndez Via. La Puda. Festival Les Serenates d'Estiu
• Empreintes for piano. World premiere by François-Frédéric Guy au Beethovenfest, Beethoven Hall, Bonn (Allemagne)
• Une voix for piano. World premiere by Nina Barkalaya au Conservatoire Tchaikovsky, Moscou
• Diableries for piano. Public world premiere by Jeffrey Grice at the Sorbone amphithéâtre Richelieu, Paris. Published by Gérard Billaudot ^[9] ISBN: M-043-07351-2.
• Légende for piano
• Mirages for piano
• Blocs for piano
• Temps inverses for piano
• Pluie blanche for piano
• Temps inverses for piano
• Plein air for piano
• Final for piano
• Au piano de Sibelius for piano
• Seul for cello. World premiere by Emmanuel Bellanger at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris. Published by Gérard Billaudot ^[10]
• Solo for cello, World premiere in 2020
• Solliloquy for flute solo
• Solo Solo for violin, premiered by Valeria Zorina (dédicataire) at the Madrid National Auditorium in 2019.

Chamber music

• Gulf stream for string quartet. Commande of orchestre de Bretagne for the 100 years anniversary of the writer Louis Guilloux. Gérard Billaudot Publishing ^[11]
• Sur un visage for wind sextet
• Rappoport for string trio with voice. Commande of Ariam Ile de France, selected for the 30 years anniversary of Ariam. Premiered at the Cité internationale des Arts of Paris.
• Duo violon violoncelle premierded by Christophe Pantillon and Clara Fleider, Austrian radio (ORF). Mozarteum ^[12]

Orchestral

• Symphonie du bout des terres, commande of Orchestre de Bretagne. Conducted by Stefan Sanderling. Gérard Billaudot Publishing. ^[13]
• Rhapsodie pour orchestre
• Paris miniature (Paris IXème arrondissement), mouvement concertant for violin and orchestra. Commande of Mairie de Paris. Premiered at Auditorium Saint-Germain, Paris (Orchestre du Conservatoire supérieur de Paris, conducted by Xavier Delette

Vocal

• Nunc Dimittis for a cappella choir. Premiered ^[14] by the Choeur sacré de Paris (conducted by Till Ally)
• Magnificat for mixed choir and organ. Commande for the 500 years anniversary of La Trinité-des-Mont, Roma. Premiered at La Trinité-des-Monts
• Une mélodie upon a text by Pauline Bernon-Bruley for countertenor and piano
• Prose du suaire upon a text by Michel Deguy for three women voices. Premiered by the Trio Chrysilis (Isabelle de Biron, Sylvie Deguy, Christine Raphaël) at the Maison de l’Amérique latine, Paris ^[15]
• Mémoire de Loire upon a text by Michel Chaillou for mezzo, an actor, mixed choir and instrumental ensemble. Premiered at Salle Vasse with Jean-Louis Vicart and Isabelle Sokoja. ^[16]
• Le chêne et le roseau according to Jean de la Fontaine for cembalo and children's choir
• Tableaux, melody from a poetry by Picasso premiered at the Musée d’Orsay, Paris (Chloé Briot, Julien Beaudiment). Broadcast by France Musique

Stage music

• Little Nemo opera all audience in 3 acts (libretto Arnaude Delalande, Olivier Balazuc)
• Conrad original music for a series of shows for France-Culture (Radio France). Produced by Philippe Taroni
• Léger au front for three instruments and magnetic tape with Jacques Gamblin and Patrice Alexandre. Commission of the Marne county and the conseil général of Champagne-Ardenne, France.
• Philomène et les ogres tale for children upon a text by Arnaud Delalande, premiered by Jean-Pierre Marielle and Agathe Nathanson

Music for motion pictures

• A la lisière directed by Fabianny Deschamps
• La mort de Jean-Philippe Gatien directed by Christophe Régin on a screenplay of Denis Podalydes
• Caserne 52 minutes directed by François Barat. Broadcast on France 3
• Léger au front 52 minutes directed by Philippe Lanfranci. Broadcast on La chaine Histoire
• David et la mort de Marat directed by Martin Fraudeau, produced by Caméra Lucida / Arte production)

Music for young audiences and educational pieces

• Philomène with Jean-Pierre Marielle et Agathe Nathanson. Theatre version (2015)
• L’orchestre d’Odilon Le Grillon (quintett and narrator) CD-book Gallimard Jeunesse. Selected by the Crédit Mutuel
• Trois petites miniatures for piano, commande of Argenteuil, premiered at Argenteuil, France
• Philomène et les Ogres piece for flute, percussions, piano and children's choir narrated by Jean-Pierre Marielle. CD-book Gallimard Jeunesse

Music films

• Nocturne, ^[17] directed by Grégoire Pont and produced by Stéphan Aubé for the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark (2018)
• Solo, ^[18] interpreted by Annabelle Berthomé-Reynolds (violin), directed by Philippe Mottet (2020).

Recent works

• Little Nemo ^[19] (libretto by Arnaud Delalande and Olivier Balazuc), an opera first performed at Angers-Nantes Opéra and the Opéra de Dijon in 2017 with the mezzo-soprano Chloé Briot and the Ensemble Ars Nova.The opera was awarded the Prix de l’Association Beaumarchais (SACD). ^[20]
• Léger au front, music theatre performed at the Théâtre de l'Athénée in Paris in 2018 with the sculptor Patrice Alexandre, staging by Jacques Gamblin. ^[21] Léger au front has been performed in German by Karl Markovics ^[22] in Vienna (Theater Odeon), Bonn (LVR museum), ^[23] The Carinthian Summer Music Festival (2015). Léger au front is Laureate of the French National Centenary Committee. ^[24]
• Tableaux, a song to a poem by Picasso first performed at the Musée d’Orsay in Paris. ^[25]
• Solo for violon, first performed by Valeria Zorina at the Auditorio Nacional de Música in Madrid in 2019. ^[26]

Discography

• Légendes by Laura Mikkola, piano. Monographic CD published by Fuga Libera/Outhere (2020).
• Les mains nues by Moisès Fernandez Via, Lili Boulanger, David Chaillou and Federico Mompou. Published by Urtext Digital classics (2015)
• Paroles de violoncelle by Christophe Pantillon, David Chaillou. ‘’Seul’’, monologue for violoncelle. Published by Gramola (2013)
• Paris-Vienne-Moscou par Aron Quartett, David Chaillou, Maurice Ravel, Dmitri Shostakovich. Published by Preiser Records (2010)
• Philomène et les ogres, fantastic tale read by Jean-Pierre Marielle and Agathe Nathanson, set to music by David Chaillou. Published by Gallimard Jeunesse
• L'orchestre d'Odilon le Grillon.text Antoon Krings Published by Gallimard Jeunesse

Publications

• Napoléon et l'Opéra (Fayard publishing) ^[27]

Awards and distinctions

• 2004 – Grand prix of the Fondation Napoléon for his book Napoléon et l'Opéra (Fayard publishing) ^[28]
• 2014 – Laureate of the French National Centenary Committee for Léger au front ^[24] .
• 2015 - Awarded of the Prix de l’Association Beaumarchais (SACD) for Little Nemo, children 'opera. ^[29]

References

1. "What's On at the Faculty of Music Issue 1 Oct 2013". Issuu. 7 October 2013. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
2. "Aron Quartett Paris-Vienne-Moscou". www.preiserrecords.at.
3. "Gérard Billaudot Éditeur | Catalogue théorique, instrumental et orchestral". www.billaudot.com.
4. "Universal Edition".
5. "Little Nemo, de David Chaillou : Un opéra tout public, en création mondiale à Nantes". January 2017.
6. "David Chaillou, du violoncelle seul à l'opéra - Radio". Play RTS. November 2018.
7. « Radio3 suite - Magazine del 30/05/2020 - Rai Radio 3 - RaiPlay Radio » [archive], sur Rai (consulté le 21 juin 2020)
8. "Zeitgenössische Klavierwerke - David Chaillou: "Légendes" | rbbKultur". www.rbb-online.de. Archived from the original on 2020-07-17.
9. Chaillou, David. "Diableries By David Chaillou - Full Score (study) Sheet Music For Piano (Buy Print Music PR.510029500 From Gerard Billaudot Editeur At Sheet Music Plus)". www.sheetmusicplus.com.
10. "Seul - David Chaillou - Partition - Violoncelle - laflutedepan.com". La Flûte de Pan.
11. (Cotage: GB7142-O)
12. Almanach der Universität Mozarteum Salzburg Studienjahr 2012/13. Gratzer, Wolfgang. Wien. 24 January 2014. ISBN   978-3-99012-141-2. OCLC   871630395.
13. Cotage: GB7140-O -
14. ZELENKA -Missa Omnium Sanctorum / BACH – Magnificat/ David Chaillou – Nunc Dimittis » [archive], sur Choeur de paris (consulté le 10 janvier 2020)
15. Maison de l'Amérique Latine, « Michel Deguy - Agenda » [archive], sur Maison de l'Amérique Latine (consulté le 10 janvier 2020)
16. « La Loire au cœur / Memoire de Loire » [archive], sur nantes (
17. "NOCTURNE on Vimeo". Vimeo.com. 2017-11-28. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
18. "David Chaillou - Solo / Annabelle Berthomé-Reynolds, violin". YouTube. 2020-01-12. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
19. "VIDEO, teaser. LITTLE NEMO, création mondiale à Nantes et à Angers | Classique News".
20. "Résultats de la commission de janvier 2015 | Association Beaumarchais-SACD" (in French). Retrieved 2020-01-12.
21. "Athénée saison 2018-2019 : féerie souveraine - Actualités - Ôlyrix". Olyrix.com (in French). Retrieved 2020-01-12.
22. Leger au front trailer, 24 June 2014, retrieved 2020-01-12
23. Rönz, Dr Helmut (24 October 2014). "Performance "Fernand Léger an der Front" im LVR-LandesMuseum Bonn". 1914 - Mitten in Europa. Das Rheinland und der Erste Weltkrieg (in German). doi:10.58079/adux . Retrieved 2020-01-12.
24. "Le spectacle " Léger au front "" (in French).
25. « Musée d'Orsay: Chloé Briot, Vincent Balse » [archive], sur www.musee-orsay.fr (consulté le 10 janvier 2020)
26. "David Chaillou - Valeria Zorina". YouTube. 2019-05-16. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
27. "NAPOLEON ET L'OPERA LA POLITIQUE SUR LA SCENE", David Chaillou. March 31, 2020 – via www.fayard.fr.
28. "History Prizes 2004".
29. "Résultats de la commission de janvier 2015 | Association Beaumarchais-SACD".

External links

• Official website of the composer
• Éditions Billaudot website
• Éditions Fayard website. Presentation of David Chaillou
• Fayard publishing website. Page dedicated to the book Napoléon et l'Opéra ^{[ permanent dead link ]}