Michel Decoust

Michel Decoust ( born November 19, 1936 in Paris ) is a French composer, conductor and music educator.

Life

Decoust began training as a pianist, which he interrupted at the age of fifteen years, to take on the architecture. Finally, in 1956, he returned to music and studied at the Paris Conservatoire with Yvonne Desportes ( solfege and counterpoint), Louis Fourestier ( orchestral conducting ), Georges Dandelot (harmony ), Olivier Messiaen ( musical analysis ), Darius Milhaud and Jean Rivier (composition).

In 1963 he won the Grand Prix de Rome. In 1964-65 he attended courses for new music with Karlheinz Stockhausen and Henri Pousseur and in Basel for orchestral conducting with Pierre Boulez in Cologne. 1967 composed Decoust the experimental polymorphism piece for large orchestra, which premiered led by the Orchestre National de France at the Cathedral of Royan an art scandal.

By 1970, he was among the founders of the Orchestre des Pays de la Loire, in 1972 he founded with Irène Jarsky and Martine Joste the Conservatoire de Pantin, whose director he was until 1976. 1975 Boulez appointed him to head the education department of IRCAM from 1979 to 1991 he was inspector general for music lessons at the French Ministry of Culture. After he had worked until 1994 as Inspector General for the music, dance and drama classes of Montpellier, he returned to 2001 back to the Ministry of Culture.

Was Decoust et al Knight of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (1980) and the Legion of Honour ( 1987) and as an officer of the Ordre national du Mérite (1991 ) excellent. In 1989 he was awarded the Composition Prize of the SACEM.

Works

  • Yacht La Grand Despair for orchestra and two votes on texts by Loys Masson, 1962
  • Les Hommes sur la Terre for tenor, baritone and orchestra by Robert Desnos, 1963
  • Horizon Remarquable for soprano and orchestra by René Char, 1964
  • Les Mages Roix for Voice and Orchestra by André Frénaud, 1964
  • Mobile for drums, 1965
  • Distortion for three flutes, 1965
  • Interaction of three Strings, 1967
  • Polymorphism for orchestra, 1967
  • Budget for choir, 1968
  • Solstice, music installation, 1968
  • Sun for Viola and twelve strings, 1971
  • C.H.9.A.M.J for instrumental ensemble, 1971
  • Aentre for horn, trumpet, trombone and tape, 1971
  • L' Enterreur, 1971
  • M.U.R. for choir, 1971
  • T'ai, 1972
  • Actions for two instrumentalists, 1972
  • Et / Ou for a pianist to 44, 1972
  • 8393574281 for instrumental ensemble, 1972
  • Si Si et seulement for orchestra, 1972
  • Ion for soprano and tape, 1973
  • Et Ee ou E Ee for mixed choir and orchestra, 1973
  • Inference for orchestra, 1974
  • Iambe for 14 instruments, 1976
  • L' appellation of Lectrices aux Champs for soprano and orchestra, 1977
  • Interphone for magnetic tape by Claude Minière, 1977
  • Spectre for band, 1978
  • Pour 70 Dougts for seven instrumentalists, 1980
  • Releve d' Esquisse, seven pieces for soprano and four instrumentalists, by Claude Minière and Joë Bousquet, 1964-82
  • Onde for wind quintet, 1982
  • T.H.T. for orchestra, 1982
  • Le Cygne for soprano or alto flute, 1982
  • Traits for soprano and five instrumentalists by Paul Eluard, 1982
  • Olos for saxophone and electronics, 1983
  • Sinfonietta for 10 instrumentalists, 1983
  • Folio 4 for percussion quartet, 1984
  • Xelis for solo percussion, 1984
  • Les Galeries de Pierres for viola, 1984
  • Cafe- Theatre eleven songs for soprano and piano by Philippe Soupault, 1984
  • Aubes Incendiees for speaker and twelve instrumentalists by Philippe Bonzon, 1985
  • Quays, scene for soprano and harp, 1985
  • 7 1/4 for piano, 1985
  • Cantilena for Oboe solo, 1985
  • Eole for flute quartet, 1985
  • Sonnet for 12 instrumentalists, 1985
  • Les Fruits de la Passion for 10 instrumentalists, 1986
  • Ombres portées for 8 instrumentalists, 1986
  • Ouverture for 5 instrumentalists, 1986
  • De la gravitation suspendue the Memoires for orchestra, 1986
  • Lierre for string orchestra, 1986
  • Figures II for bassoon and double bass, 1986
  • Symmetry for band, 1986
  • 5 Melodies for Soprano and Piano by Blaise Cendrars, 1986
  • 7 Chansons Erotiques for soprano and piano by Michel Butor, Abbé d' Attaignant, Clarisse Nicoïdski, Louise Labé, Pierre Louis, Maurice Rollinat, Paul Verlaine, 1986
  • Marbres for magnetic tape, 1986
  • The qui d' autre for soprano, tenor, bass and fourteen instrumentalists by Philippe Bonzon, 1987
  • Hommage a Maurice Ravel for orchestra, 1987
  • 1 1 = 4 for piano and percussion, 1988
  • Le Temps d' Ecrire for piano, 1988
  • Synopsis for orchestra, 1989
  • Dodici Voci for mixed choir, 1989
  • Duo pour Trois for mezzo-soprano, flute and piano by Jean Tardieu, 1989
  • Ryôjin ' Hisho for soprano and piano, 1989
  • Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, 1990
  • Onyx for orchestra, 1990
  • Travalling Ariane for Flute and Harp, 1990
  • Melodies en Trio for Bass, Bass Clarinet and Piano, 1991
  • Lignes for clarinet and string quartet, 1992
  • L' Oree des Ajours for voice, clarinet and percussion by Philippe Bonzon, 1994
  • L' Accent Grave et l' Accent Aigu for voice, piano and violin by Jean Tardieu, 1994
  • Octuor n ° 1 for 8 cellos, 1996
  • Cents Phrases pour Éventail for six voices uned orchestra after a poem by Paul Claudel, 1996
  • A Jamais d' Ombre for string quartet and singers on poems by Philippe Bozon, 1997
  • Les mains deliees for speaker, soprano, mixed choir and orchestra, 1998
  • Tes Yeux Bleus de larmes for instrumentalists and singers, 1998
  • Cabaret " X" " for voice and piano by Charles Collet, Jean Tardieu and Jean -Marie Striker, 1998
  • Les pas du Temps for instrumental quintet, 2000
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