Philippe Leroux
Philippe Leroux (born 24 September 1959) is a French composer living in Montreal, Quebec, who has been identified as "one of the most important composers in contemporary music."[1]
Biography
[edit]Leroux was born in Boulogne-Billancourt. He studied composition starting in 1978 with Ivo Malec, Claude Ballif, Pierre Schaeffer, and Guy Rebeil at the Paris Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique, where he obtained three first prizes.[2] He studied at both the Groupe de Recherches Musicales and at IRCAM during this period.[3] He was selected for a residency at the French Academy in Rome from 1993 to 1995.[2]
From 2001 to 2006 he was a composition teacher at IRCAM, in the Cursus d’Informatique Musicale programme. Since 2011 he has been an associate professor in composition at the Schulich School of Music, McGill University.
Selected works
[edit]- (D)Tourner (2016/17) for solo percussion and 10 instruments
- Envers IV (2016) for symphony orchestra
- Postlude à l'Épais (2016) for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano
- De l'imitation (2015) for saxophone quartet and electronics
- White face (2015) for string quartet
- Nomadic Sounds (2015) for a cappella choir
- Quid sit musicus (2013/14) for 4 voices, guitar, cello, and electronics
- Total SOLo (2013) for 28 instruments
- Ailes (2012) for baritone and 15 instruments
- De l'itération (2012) for 6 percussionists
- ...Ami...chemin...oser...vie... (2011) for 15 instruments
- Extended Apocalypsis (2011) for 4 voices, 16 instruments, electronics, and video ad libitum.
- Envers Symphonie (2010) for symphony orchestra
- Pourquoi? (2009) for 4 voices and orchestra
- Objets trouvés ...posés (2009) acousmatic
- AMA (2009) for solo piano
- L’unique trait de pinceau (2008/9) for saxophone and symphony orchestra
- De la texture (2007) for 8 instruments
- Pour que les êtres ne soient pas traités comme des marchandises (2004) for 12 mixed voices, orchestra, and ad libitum electronics
- m'M (2003) concerto grosso for symphony orchestra
- Du souffle (2003) for saxophone quartet
- Airs (2003) for saxophone and percussion
- Voi(Rex) (2002) for voice, 6 instruments, and electronics
- Les Uns (2001) for 3 percussionists
- De la Vitesse (2001) for 6 percussionists
- SPP (2000) for soprano saxophone and piano
- Plus loin (1999–2000) for symphony orchestra
- M.É. (1998) acousmatic
- M (1997) for 2 pianos, 2 percussion and electronics
- AAA (1996) for 7 instruments
- Souffles (1996) for wind quintet
- (d')Aller (1995) for solo violin and 16 instruments
- Continuo(ns) (1994) for quintet
- PPP (1993) for flute and piano
- AIR (1993) for B♭ clarinet and percussion
- AIR-RÉ (1992) for violin and percussion
- Je brûle, dit-elle un jour à un camarade (1990) for voice
References
[edit]- ^ "IRCAM ULYSSES ManiFeste-2016, the Academy – in the Spotlight: Philippe Leroux". community.ulysses-network.eu. Retrieved 2017-04-28.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b "Composer Philippe Leroux official Website, biography". www.lerouxcomposition.com. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
- ^ Goldman, Jonathan (2015). Trezise, Simon (ed.). "Cultural and generational querelles in the musical domain: music from the Second World War". The Cambridge Companion to French Music: 180–195. doi:10.1017/CCO9780511843242.011. ISBN 9780511843242.
