Geneviève Calame was a Swiss pianist, music educator and composer.

Life

Geneviève Calame was born in Geneva

Geneva

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 of Greco-Italian ancestry, and studied the piano in Geneva with Lottie Morel and then in Rome

Rome

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 with Guido Agosti

Guido Agosti

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. She continued her education in Geneva with Louis Hiltbrand and Jacques Guyonnet. She took further courses in composition in London

London

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 with Pierre Boulez

Pierre Boulez

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, in Liège

Liège

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 with Henri Pousseur

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 and in Rouen

Rouen

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 with Jean-Claude Eloy

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. She studied electronic and electro-acoustic technology in New York

New York

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 with Hubert Howe and visual artist William Etra.

After completing her education, Calame worked as a composer through contemporary music studios in Geneva. In 1971 she and Jacques Guyonnet founded a studio for electronic music, video and information technology under the name A.R.T (Artistic Research Team), and she began to produce audio visual installations, among other works. In 1972 Calame married Guyonnet and had one daughter.

Calame developed a method for teaching music to children and taught from 1975-1993 at the l'Ecole Supérieure d'Art Visuel in Geneva. In 1976 she served as president of the Geneva section of the International Society of Contemporary Music. She died in Geneva.

Works

Calame composes for orchestra, chamber ensemble, voice, ballet, electronic, multimedia performance. Selected works include:

• L'Oiseau du matin (1972), electronic ballet
• Mantiq-al-Tayr (1973) for flute, contrabass flute and four electronic sources
• Différentielle verticale (1974) for soprano and symphonic orchestra
• Lude (1975) for harp alone
• Iral (1975) for four trumpets and four trombones
• Geometry I, II, III (1975–1976) Videotape
• Le chant remémoré (1975) Videotape
• Alpha futur (1976) for symphonic orchestra and soprano
• Labyrinthes Fluides (1976) Videotape
• Tableaux video (1976–1977)
• Videocosme (1976) for the electronic poem by Edgar Varèse, Videotape
• StEpHAnE mAllArmE (1977) or Un coup de dés jamais n'abolira le hasard... for chamber orchestra
• Et l'Oeil rêve... (1977) Visual poem
• Les Aubes d'Onomadore (1978) for African instruments and symphonic orchestra
• Le Son-Qui-Fut-Mille (1978) for four electronic sources and percussion instruments
• Mandala (1978) for seven trumpets or seven female voices
• L'Homme-Miroir (1979) for wind orchestra, percussion and four electronic sources
• Je lui dis... (1980) for chamber orchestra
• Oniria (1981) for piano solo and electronic tape
• Calligrammes (1983–1984) for harp and chamber orchestra
• Océanides (1986)for chamber orchestra
• Swing (1986) for piano
• Sur la margelle du monde (1987) for chamber orchestra
• Le Livre de Tchen (1988) for three percussionists and mime
• Vent solaire (1989–1990) for shakuhachi and orchestra
• Incantation (1989) for organ
• Cantilène (1990) for violin alone
• Dragon de lumière (1991) for three wind instruments and five strings
• Le chant des sables (1992) for violoncello, harp and gongs
• Echo (1992) for flute
• Hi Summer (1993) for voice, harp, percussion and synthesiser