Charles Chaynes

Charles Chaynes ( born July 11, 1925 in Toulouse ) is a French composer.

Life

Chaynes studied at the Conservatoire de Paris with Darius Milhaud and Jean Rivier. In 1951, he won with the cantata Et l' homme se vit les portes rouvrir the Premier Grand Prix de Rome. During his associated with the price staying at the Villa Medici in Rome 1952-1955 his First Concerto for String Orchestra and the Ode for a Tragic Death emerged.

In 1956 he became a producer at Radio Télévision Française diffusion (RTF). In 1964 he followed Marius Constant as the director of the channel France Musique from 1975 to 1990, he headed the service de la création musicale at Radio France.

In addition to several operas, a symphony and chamber works composed Chaynes numerous concertos, including for trumpet, violin, piano and for organ and two orchestral concerts. In 1966, he composed music for the organist Marie -Claire Alain, a concerto for organ, string orchestra, timpani and percussion. His Piano Concerto was premiered in 1967 by Yvonne Loriod.

Chaynes received, inter alia, the Grand Prix Musical of Paris (1965 ), the Prix du Disque of the Académie du disque français (1968, 1970, 1975 and 1981 ), the Prix de la tribune international Compositeurs of UNESCO ( 1976), the Prix de la musical SACD (1988) and the Orphée d'Or of the Académie du Disque Lyrique (1996 and 2003). He was honored as an Officer of the Legion of Honour, of the Ordre national du Mérite and Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2005 and was followed by Marius Constant as a member of the Académie des Beaux Arts by.

Works

  • Concerto for trumpet and chamber orchestra, 1958
  • Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, 1958
  • Deuxième concerto pour orchester, 1960
  • Concerto for Piano and Chamber Orchestra, 1961
  • Three Poems chinois, for high voice and piano, 1962
  • Expressions contrastées for orchestra, 1965
  • Alternances for viola and piano, 1966
  • Concerto for organ, string orchestra, timpani and percussion, 1966
  • Four Poems of Sappho for coloratura soprano and string trio, 1968
  • Transmutation for orchestra, 1969
  • Pour un monde noir for soprano and orchestra, 1976
  • Concerto for Clarinet, 1978
  • Onze Visages ou l' antifugue for eleven strings, 1979
  • Erzsebet, Opera Chaynes on the play verse Bathory by Ludovic Janvier, 1982, 1989
  • Visage mycéniens for orchestra, 1983
  • Noces de sang ( Blood Wedding ), opera based on the play Bodas de sangre by Federico García Lorca, 1984
  • A la recherche du sacre for Organ, 1985
  • Litanies for orchestra, 1988
  • Beyond the espérance, monodrama for mezzo- soprano and piano ( text by Albertine Sarrazin ) 1989
  • Jocaste, opera ( libretto by Jacques Lacarrière ), 1992
  • Au - delà de l' espérance, for mezzo - soprano & piano, 1993
  • Concerto of time found for Violin and Orchestra, 1993
  • Oginoha, lumières de la poésie japonaise for soprano, flute, Celtic harp and percussion, 1993
  • Concerto du temps retrouvé for Violin and Orchestra, 1994
  • Deuxième concerto for trumpet, 1995
  • Cecilia, opera ( libretto: Eduardo Manet ), 1998
  • Gitan romancero, 1999
  • Poèmes rimbaldiens for orchestra, 2001
  • Mi Amor, opera ( libretto: Eduardo Manet ), 2007
  • Pour faire le portrait d'un oiseau for eleven strings, unknown

Pictures of Charles Chaynes

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