Oswald d'Andréa

{{Short description|French pianist and composer of music (1934–2024)}}

Oswald Antoine Marie d'Andréa (9 August 1934 – 4 September 2024) was a French pianist and composer of music for film, television and radio.

Life and career

D'Andréa was born in Tunis on 9 August 1934.[http://www.lesgensducinema.com/affiche_acteur.php?mots=oswald+d%27andrea&nom_acteur=D%27ANDREA%20Oswald&ident=64310&debut=0&record=0&from=ok Les Gens du Cinema][http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13980483d/PUBLIC Notice d ' authority] from the BnF (contains an inconsistency in the year of birth).

His recorded output varied from pop in the early '60s to jazz and movie soundtracks, one of which—La Vie et Rien d'Autre—won the 1990 César for Best Music.[https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/bourgogne-franche-comte/doubs/besancon/concorde-saint-ferjeux-fete-ses-130-ans-fanfare-1191739.html France 3 TV]

D'Andréa died on 4 September 2024, at the age of 90.{{cite news |title=Décès du compositeur Oswald d'Andréa |url=https://www.estrepublicain.fr/culture-loisirs/2024/09/05/doubs-deces-du-compositeur-oswald-d-andrea |access-date=5 September 2024 |publisher=L'Est Républicain |date=5 September 2024}}

Discography

1962: Un Premier Amour EP (with Le 4 de Coeur) (Polydor)
1964: Tokyo 64 (Olympic Disc) (Polydor)
1967: Starting-Music Auto (Polydor)
1968: Les Indicatifs de RTL Non Stop EP (Moshé-Naïm)
1969: Concerto pour Commencer un Concert (Moshé-Naïm) (reissued on CD as Pièces Concertantes pour Piano)
1969: Galaxie EP (Moshé-Naïm)
1970: 12 Divertissements pour Piano (Moshé-Naïm)
1970: Major Barbara EP (Disques Jacques Canetti)
1971: Le Temps: 0-12-24 (Moshé-Naïm)
1973: Le Temps: Les 12 Signes du Zodiaque (Moshé-Naïm)
1977: Musiques Originales des Films Imaginaires (Moshé-Naïm)
1977: Piano-Formes (Moshé-Naïm)
198?: Brecht Konzert (with Nicole d'Andréa) (Moshé-Naïm)
1989: La Vie et Rien d'Autre soundtrack (Polydor)
1995: Deux Pianos sur Scène (with Nicole d'Andréa) (Moshé-Naïm/Musidisc)
1996: Capitaine Conan soundtrack (Sony Music (France))
2001: The Sound of Time (Moshé-Naïm/Emen)