David Chaillou

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David Chaillou is a French composer, born in 1971.

Biography

Chaillou is a senior lecturer at the University of Lille{{cite web|url=https://issuu.com/cudo1/docs/what_s_on_at_the_faculty_of_music_i|title=What's On at the Faculty of Music Issue 1 Oct 2013|website=Issuu|date=7 October 2013 |language=en|access-date=2020-01-12}}

His music has been released by Preiser Records,{{cite web|url=https://www.preiserrecords.at/de/aron-quartett-paris-vienne-moscou.html|title=Aron Quartett Paris-Vienne-Moscou|website=www.preiserrecords.at}} Gérard Billaudot{{cite web|url=https://www.billaudot.com/fr/catalog.php|title=Gérard Billaudot Éditeur | Catalogue théorique, instrumental et orchestral|website=www.billaudot.com}} and Universal Editions.{{Cite web|url=https://www.universaledition.com/david-chaillou-7891|title = Universal Edition}}

Chaillou's works have been broadcast among others by France Musique,{{Cite web|url=https://www.francemusique.fr/emissions/dimanche-l-opera/little-nemo-de-david-chaillou-un-opera-tout-public-en-creation-mondiale-nantes-31385|title = Little Nemo, de David Chaillou : Un opéra tout public, en création mondiale à Nantes| date=January 2017 }} RTS (Switzerland),{{cite web|url=https://www.rts.ch/play/radio/magnetique/audio/david-chaillou-du-violoncelle-seul-a-lopera?id=9927428|title=David Chaillou, du violoncelle seul à l'opéra - Radio|website=Play RTS|date=November 2018}} RAI3,« Radio3 suite - Magazine del 30/05/2020 - Rai Radio 3 - RaiPlay Radio » [archive], sur Rai (consulté le 21 juin 2020) and RBBKultur.{{cite web |url=https://www.rbb-online.de/rbbkultur/themen/musik/rezensionen/cd/2020/03/david-chaillou-legendes.html |title=Zeitgenössische Klavierwerke - David Chaillou: "Légendes" {{!}} rbbKultur |website=www.rbb-online.de |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200717020312/https://www.rbb-online.de/rbbkultur/themen/musik/rezensionen/cd/2020/03/david-chaillou-legendes.html |archive-date=2020-07-17}}

His music combines for some a form of modern impressionism and post-minimalism.

Works

= Concert pieces =

== Solo instruments ==

  • Les mains nues for piano. World premiere by Moisès Fernàndez Via. La Puda. Festival Les Serenates d'Estiu
  • Empreintes for piano. World premiere by François-Frédéric Guy au Beethovenfest, Beethoven Hall, Bonn (Allemagne)
  • Une voix for piano. World premiere by Nina Barkalaya au Conservatoire Tchaikovsky, Moscou
  • Diableries for piano. Public world premiere by Jeffrey Grice at the Sorbone amphithéâtre Richelieu, Paris. Published by Gérard Billaudot{{cite web|url=https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/diableries-sheet-music/5132362|title=Diableries By David Chaillou - Full Score (study) Sheet Music For Piano (Buy Print Music PR.510029500 From Gerard Billaudot Editeur At Sheet Music Plus)|first=David|last=Chaillou|website=www.sheetmusicplus.com}} ISBN: M-043-07351-2.
  • Légende for piano
  • Mirages for piano
  • Blocs for piano
  • Temps inverses for piano
  • Pluie blanche for piano
  • Temps inverses for piano
  • Plein air for piano
  • Final for piano
  • Au piano de Sibelius for piano
  • Seul for cello. World premiere by Emmanuel Bellanger at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris. Published by Gérard Billaudot{{cite web|url=https://www.laflutedepan.com/partition/195355/david-chaillou-seul-partition-violoncelle-seul.html|title=Seul - David Chaillou - Partition - Violoncelle - laflutedepan.com|website=La Flûte de Pan}}
  • Solo for cello, World premiere in 2020
  • Solliloquy for flute solo
  • Solo Solo for violin, premiered by Valeria Zorina (dédicataire) at the Madrid National Auditorium in 2019.

== Chamber music ==

  • Gulf stream for string quartet. Commande of orchestre de Bretagne for the 100 years anniversary of the writer Louis Guilloux. Gérard Billaudot Publishing(Cotage: GB7142-O)
  • Sur un visage for wind sextet
  • Rappoport for string trio with voice. Commande of Ariam Ile de France, selected for the 30 years anniversary of Ariam. Premiered at the Cité internationale des Arts of Paris.
  • Duo violon violoncelle premierded by Christophe Pantillon and Clara Fleider, Austrian radio (ORF). Mozarteum{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/871630395|title=Almanach der Universität Mozarteum Salzburg Studienjahr 2012/13|others=Gratzer, Wolfgang|date=24 January 2014|isbn=978-3-99012-141-2|location=Wien|oclc=871630395}}

== Orchestral ==

  • Symphonie du bout des terres, commande of Orchestre de Bretagne. Conducted by Stefan Sanderling. Gérard Billaudot Publishing.Cotage: GB7140-O -
  • Rhapsodie pour orchestre
  • Paris miniature (Paris IXème arrondissement), mouvement concertant for violin and orchestra. Commande of Mairie de Paris. Premiered at Auditorium Saint-Germain, Paris (Orchestre du Conservatoire supérieur de Paris, conducted by Xavier Delette

== Vocal ==

  • Nunc Dimittis for a cappella choir. PremieredZELENKA -Missa Omnium Sanctorum / BACH – Magnificat/ David Chaillou – Nunc Dimittis » [archive], sur Choeur de paris (consulté le 10 janvier 2020) by the Choeur sacré de Paris (conducted by Till Ally)
  • Magnificat for mixed choir and organ. Commande for the 500 years anniversary of La Trinité-des-Mont, Roma. Premiered at La Trinité-des-Monts
  • Une mélodie upon a text by Pauline Bernon-Bruley for countertenor and piano
  • Prose du suaire upon a text by Michel Deguy for three women voices. Premiered by the Trio Chrysilis (Isabelle de Biron, Sylvie Deguy, Christine Raphaël) at the Maison de l’Amérique latine, ParisMaison de l'Amérique Latine, « Michel Deguy - Agenda » [archive], sur Maison de l'Amérique Latine (consulté le 10 janvier 2020)
  • Mémoire de Loire upon a text by Michel Chaillou for mezzo, an actor, mixed choir and instrumental ensemble. Premiered at Salle Vasse with Jean-Louis Vicart and Isabelle Sokoja.« La Loire au cœur / Memoire de Loire » [archive], sur nantes (
  • Le chêne et le roseau according to Jean de la Fontaine for cembalo and children's choir
  • Tableaux, melody from a poetry by Picasso premiered at the Musée d’Orsay, Paris (Chloé Briot, Julien Beaudiment). Broadcast by France Musique

= Stage music =

  • Little Nemo opera all audience in 3 acts (libretto Arnaude Delalande, Olivier Balazuc)
  • Conrad original music for a series of shows for France-Culture (Radio France). Produced by Philippe Taroni
  • Léger au front for three instruments and magnetic tape with Jacques Gamblin and Patrice Alexandre. Commission of the Marne county and the conseil général of Champagne-Ardenne, France.
  • Philomène et les ogres tale for children upon a text by Arnaud Delalande, premiered by Jean-Pierre Marielle and Agathe Nathanson

= Music for motion pictures =

  • A la lisière directed by Fabianny Deschamps
  • La mort de Jean-Philippe Gatien directed by Christophe Régin on a screenplay of Denis Podalydes
  • Caserne 52 minutes directed by François Barat. Broadcast on France 3
  • Léger au front 52 minutes directed by Philippe Lanfranci. Broadcast on La chaine Histoire
  • David et la mort de Marat directed by Martin Fraudeau, produced by Caméra Lucida / Arte production)

= Music for young audiences and educational pieces =

  • Philomène with Jean-Pierre Marielle et Agathe Nathanson. Theatre version (2015)
  • L’orchestre d’Odilon Le Grillon (quintett and narrator) CD-book Gallimard Jeunesse. Selected by the Crédit Mutuel
  • Trois petites miniatures for piano, commande of Argenteuil, premiered at Argenteuil, France
  • Philomène et les Ogres piece for flute, percussions, piano and children's choir narrated by Jean-Pierre Marielle. CD-book Gallimard Jeunesse

= Music films =

  • Nocturne,{{cite web|url=https://vimeo.com/244864043 |title=NOCTURNE on Vimeo |publisher=Vimeo.com |date=2017-11-28 |access-date=2020-05-19}} directed by Grégoire Pont and produced by Stéphan Aubé for the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark (2018)
  • Solo,{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLRCaxV7SvY |title=David Chaillou - Solo / Annabelle Berthomé-Reynolds, violin |publisher=YouTube |date=2020-01-12 |access-date=2020-05-19}} interpreted by Annabelle Berthomé-Reynolds (violin), directed by Philippe Mottet (2020).

=Recent works=

  • Little Nemo{{cite web|url=http://www.classiquenews.com/video-teaser-little-nemo-creation-mondiale-a-nantes-et-a-angers/|title=VIDEO, teaser. LITTLE NEMO, création mondiale à Nantes et à Angers | Classique News}}(libretto by Arnaud Delalande and Olivier Balazuc), an opera first performed at Angers-Nantes Opéra and the Opéra de Dijon in 2017 with the mezzo-soprano [https://www.opera-online.com/en/items/performers/chloe-briot Chloé Briot] and the Ensemble Ars Nova.The opera was awarded the Prix de l’Association Beaumarchais (SACD).{{cite web|url=http://beaumarchais.asso.fr/2015/01/27/resultats-de-la-commission-de-janvier-2015/|title=Résultats de la commission de janvier 2015 {{!}} Association Beaumarchais-SACD|language=fr-FR|access-date=2020-01-12}}
  • Léger au front, music theatre performed at the Théâtre de l'Athénée in Paris in 2018 with the sculptor Patrice Alexandre, staging by Jacques Gamblin.{{cite web|url=https://www.olyrix.com/articles/actu-des-operas/2070/athenee-saison-2018-2019-feerie-souveraine-annonce-article-festival-purcell-didon-arthur-mary-apocalypse-leger-ivanov-antigone-azor-amadigi-sei-amour-figaro-mozart-balcon-into-earnest-caroline-lundis-musicaux-balcon-djelloul-opera-operette-comique-theatre|title=Athénée saison 2018-2019 : féerie souveraine - Actualités - Ôlyrix|website=Olyrix.com|language=fr|access-date=2020-01-12}} Léger au front has been performed in German by Karl Markovics{{Citation|title=Leger au front trailer| date=24 June 2014 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf20fSSBZjE|language=en|access-date=2020-01-12}} in Vienna (Theater Odeon), Bonn (LVR museum),{{cite web|url=https://1914lvr.hypotheses.org/1486|title=Performance "Fernand Léger an der Front" im LVR-LandesMuseum Bonn|last=Rönz|first=Dr Helmut|website=1914 - Mitten in Europa. Das Rheinland und der Erste Weltkrieg|date=24 October 2014 |doi=10.58079/adux |language=de-DE|access-date=2020-01-12}} The Carinthian Summer Music Festival (2015). Léger au front is Laureate of the French National Centenary Committee.{{cite web |title=Le spectacle " Léger au front " |url=https://castel-production.com/production/leger-au-front-2/ |website= |language=fr}}
  • Tableaux, a song to a poem by Picasso first performed at the Musée d’Orsay in Paris.

« Musée d'Orsay: Chloé Briot, Vincent Balse » [archive], sur www.musee-orsay.fr (consulté le 10 janvier 2020)

  • Solo for violon, first performed by Valeria Zorina at the Auditorio Nacional de Música in Madrid in 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CZYDqo2y1s |title=David Chaillou - Valeria Zorina |publisher=YouTube |date=2019-05-16 |access-date=2020-05-19}}

Discography

  • Légendes by Laura Mikkola, piano. Monographic CD published by Fuga Libera/Outhere (2020).
  • Les mains nues by Moisès Fernandez Via, Lili Boulanger, David Chaillou and Federico Mompou. Published by Urtext Digital classics (2015)
  • Paroles de violoncelle by Christophe Pantillon, David Chaillou. ‘’Seul’’, monologue for violoncelle. Published by Gramola (2013)
  • Paris-Vienne-Moscou par Aron Quartett, David Chaillou, Maurice Ravel, Dmitri Shostakovich. Published by Preiser Records (2010)
  • Philomène et les ogres, fantastic tale read by Jean-Pierre Marielle and Agathe Nathanson, set to music by David Chaillou. Published by Gallimard Jeunesse
  • L'orchestre d'Odilon le Grillon.text Antoon Krings Published by Gallimard Jeunesse

Publications

  • Napoléon et l'Opéra (Fayard publishing){{cite book|url=https://www.fayard.fr/histoire/napoleon-et-lopera-la-politique-sur-la-scene-9782213617800|title="NAPOLEON ET L'OPERA LA POLITIQUE SUR LA SCENE", David Chaillou|date=March 31, 2020|via=www.fayard.fr}}

Awards and distinctions

  • 2004 – Grand prix of the Fondation Napoléon for his book Napoléon et l'Opéra (Fayard publishing){{Cite web|url=https://fondationnapoleon.org/en/award/prix-2004-2/.|title = History Prizes 2004}}
  • 2014 – Laureate of the French National Centenary Committee for Léger au front .
  • 2015 - Awarded of the Prix de l’Association Beaumarchais (SACD) for Little Nemo, children 'opera.{{Cite web|url=http://beaumarchais.asso.fr/2015/01/27/resultats-de-la-commission-de-janvier-2015/|title = Résultats de la commission de janvier 2015 | Association Beaumarchais-SACD}}

References

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