Paul Méfano

Paul Méfano ( born March 6, 1937 in Basra / Iraq ) is a French composer and music educator.

Life

Méfano studied at the Conservatoire de Paris with Andrée Vaurabourg - Honegger, Darius Milhaud and Georges Dandelot. He also attended classes with Pierre Boulez, Karlheinz Stockhausen and Henri Pousseur, attended the Darmstadt summer courses and studied composition with Olivier Messiaen.

From 1966 to 1968 Méfano lived in the U.S., after a year in Berlin. In 1970 he returned to France, where he founded the ensemble 2e2m for contemporary music. From 1972 to 1988 he headed the Conservatory of Champigny -sur -Marne, he taught composition and orchestration at the Conservatoire de Paris and in 1996 was director of the Conservatory of Versailles.

In addition to works for individual instruments and chamber music Méfano composed vocal and orchestral works, and the action musicale Micromégas I. He was, inter alia, Knight of the Ordre national du Mérite (1980) and Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (1985 ), the Grand Prix National de la Musique and the Prix SACEM for symphonic music excellent.

Works

  • Involutive ... for clarinet, 1959
  • Lignes for bass and ensemble, 1968
  • Ondes - Espaces mouvants for ensemble, 1975
  • Mouvement calme for string quartet, 1976
  • Micromégas, action lyrique in siebwen images ( by Voltaire ), 1979
  • Traits suspendus for bass flute, 1980
  • Voyager, intermezzo for the opera Micromégas, 1989
  • La matrice des vents for Shō and tape, 1991
  • Scintillante for Bassoon and MIDI keyboard, 1991
  • Mémoire de la porte blanche for piano, 1991
  • Asahi for oboe and electronic music, 1992
  • Dragon bass for bass, two saxophones and synthesizers, 1993
  • Deux mélodies for soprano, mezzo- soprano, bass clarinet and viola, 1995
  • Mon ami Emile, une interprétation of the Valses de Waldteufel, Book 1: Waltz three cycles for flute, clarinet, piano and string quartet, 1995-96
  • Trois chants in 1958 for soprano, three saxophones, three drummers and three cellos, 1997
  • Cinq pièces for Two Violins, 1998
  • Mon ami Emile, une interprétation of the Valses de Waldteufel, 2nd book for flute, clarinet, piano, harmonium and string quartet, 1998
  • Helios for Flute and String Trio, 1998
  • Alone for violin, 1999
  • Etrange / arrêtée / seule froissée for two flutes, violin, cello and percussion
  • Tronoën for solo cello, 2001
  • Jades for flute, clarinet, guitar and two cellos, 2003
  • Instantanées, 25 small pieces for solo instruments
  • Cendre for voice and ensemble, 2008
  • Composer of classical music ( 20th century)
  • French composer
  • Music teacher
  • Support of the French National Order of Merit ( Knight )
  • Carrier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres ( Commander )
  • Frenchman
  • Born in 1937
  • Man
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