Philippe Manoury

Philippe Manoury ( born June 19, 1952 in Tulle ) is a French composer.

Life

Manoury was a piano pupil of Pierre Sancan and studied at the Conservatoire de Paris composition with Gérard Condé, Max German, Michél Philippot and Ivo Malec. From 1975 he studied computer-assisted composition with Pierre Barbaud.

From 1978, he taught courses and conferences on contemporary music at several universities in Brazil. In 1980, he joined the IRCAM, where he worked as a lecturer and for years cooperated in the development of MAX, the basic visual programming language for interactive live game at Miller Puckette. Since 2004 he has taught at the University of California San Diego.

Works

  • Focus for small ensemble, 1973
  • Sonata for Two Pianos, 1973, 1994
  • Crypto Phonos, 1974
  • Puzzle for ensemble, 1975
  • Numéro cinq for piano and ensemble, 1976
  • Quatuor à cordes, 1978
  • Le temperament variable for clarinet and small ensemble, 1978
  • Numéro huit for orchestra, 1978, 1984
  • Zeitlauf, 1982
  • Instantanés, 1983-86
  • Aleph for Four Voices and Orchestra, 1985-87
  • Musique II, 1986
  • Musique I, 1986
  • Petit Aleph for Flute, 1986
  • Jupiter for flute and electronics, 1987
  • Pluton, 1988
  • Deux mélodies, 1988
  • Le Livre of the piano, pièce II: duo de marimbas 1988
  • Le Livre des claviers, 1988
  • La Partition du ciel et de l' enfer, 1989
  • Xanadu for soprano and clarinet, 1990
  • Neptune, 1991
  • En écho, 1993
  • Prelude and Wait for large orchestra, 1995
  • 60e Parallèle, opera on a libretto by Michel German, 1995-97
  • Fragments pour un portrait for three instrumental groups, 1998
  • Sound and Fury for large orchestra, 1999
  • K. .., opera for singers, orchestra and live electronics, 2001
  • Slova for mixed chamber choir a cappella, 2002
  • Fragments d' Héraclite for chamber choir a cappella, 2003
  • La Frontières, chamber opera for six singers, nine musicians and live electronics, 2003
  • Noon for coloratura soprano, mixed choir, live electronics and orchestra, 2003
  • Blackout for contralto and instrumental ensemble, 2004
  • Stringendo, string quartet, UA 2010 by the Arditti Quartet at the Donaueschingen Music Festival
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