Nicolas Bacri

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Nicolas Bacri
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Nicolas Bacri, 2006
Born (1961-11-23) 23 November 1961 (age 64)
Paris, France
Occupationcomposer
Website www.nicolasbacri.net

Nicolas Bacri (born 23 November 1961) is a French composer who has written more than one hundred sixty works, including seven symphonies, eight cantatas, eleven string quartets, seven piano trios, five violin and piano sonatas and four violin concertos.

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Career

Nicolas Bacri was born in Paris, France. His musical studies began with piano lessons at the age of seven. He continued to study harmony, counterpoint, analysis and composition as a teenager with Françoise Levechin-Gangloff and Christian Manen. After 1979, he continued his studies with Louis Saguer. In 1980, Bacri entered the Conservatoire de Paris where he studied with Claude Ballif, Marius Constant, Serge Nigg, and Michel Philippot.

After graduating in 1983 with the premier prix in composition, he attended the French Academy in Rome. [1] Back in Paris, he worked for four years (1987–91) as the Director of Chamber Music for Radio France. [2]

Bacri has received commissions in major musical fields: opera, symphony, concertante, vocal, choral and chamber music. In February 2020 Riccardo Muti conducted the world premiere of his Concertante Elegy for Bass Clarinet and Orchestra op. 150 "Ophelia's Tears," with soloist J. Lawrie Bloom, a piece commissioned by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Reviewing this performance, Howard Reich of the Chicago Tribune wrote: "The openly emotional writing for the bass clarinet (...) surely defied musical fashions of our noisy age." [3]

In his book The Classical Revolution: Thoughts on New Music in the 21st Century, John Borstlap hailed Bacri as "the most important French composer since Messiaen and Dutilleux...". Bacri has been Professor of Composition at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional (CRR) de Paris (October 2017-October 2023) and at the Schola Cantorum (Paris) (October 2018-October 2023).

Bacri's Symphony No. 6, Op. 60, was a finalist in the 2003 Masterprize international composing competition. [4] [5] [6]

Bacri made his debut as conductor with the London Symphony Orchestra conducting the world premiere of his opus 130 titled A Day (Four Images for Orchestra) at L'Opéra of the Palace of Versailles in Paris on 8 September 2013. The 29 minutes long symphonic suite was written on commission for the son of South Korean businessman Yoo Byung-eun. It has been recorded at the Abbey Road Studios for a planned future release. [7] [8]

Recordings

References

  1. ↑ Pernon, Gérard (ed.), "Bacri, Nicolas", Dictionnaire de la musique 5th edition, Editions Jean-Paul Gisserot, 2007, p.16. ISBN   2-87747-918-8
  2. ↑ France Musique, Nicolas Bacri, Compositeur français
  3. ↑ Reich, Howard. "A world premiere, a poetic Beethoven". Chicago Tribune . Retrieved 2025-03-03.
  4. ↑ Andrew Clements (1 November 2003). "Masterprize final". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 January 2010.
  5. ↑ Ivan Hewett (3 November 2003). "As hopeless as the others". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 12 January 2010.
  6. ↑ Anna Picard (9 November 2003). "Short-changed: an evening of brows worn at the waist". The Independent. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved 12 January 2010.
  7. ↑ Alberge, Dalya (23 June 2013). "Rich Korean recluse hires the LSO to blow his trumpet". The Sunday Times . Archived from the original on June 2, 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
  8. ↑ Bacri, Nicolas. "Biographie En". Nicolasbacri.net. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
  9. ↑ "Nicolas Bacri: Sturm und Drang". BIS Records. Retrieved 12 January 2010.
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