Marc-André Dalbavie is a French

French people

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 composer

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. He had his first music lessons at age 6 and later studied at the Conservatoire de Paris

Conservatoire de Paris

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. In 1985 he joined the research department of IRCAM

IRCAM

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 where he studied digital synthesis, computer assisted composition and spectral analysis

Spectral analysis

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. In the early 1990s he moved to Berlin. Currently he lives in the town of St. Cyprien and teaches orchestration

Orchestration

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 at Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris.

In 1994 he was awarded the Rome Prize

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. The same year he was one of three composers who won the Ernst von Siemens Music Prize

Ernst von Siemens Music Prize

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. In 1998, the Cleveland Orchestra

Cleveland Orchestra

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 appointed him the composer-in-residence (a Daniel Lewis Fellow) for two years. In 2004, he was made a Chevalier des Arts et Lettres

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 by the French Ministry of Culture

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.

Selected works

Compositions by Dalbavie are published by Éditions Gérard Billaudot and Éditions Jobert.

Orchestra

• Les miroirs transparents (1986)
• Concertino (1994)
• The Dream of the Unified Space, Concerto for orchestra (1999)
• Concertate il suono (2000)
• Color (2002)
• Rocks under the Water (2002)
• Sinfonietta (2005)
• Variations orchestrales (2006)
• La source d'un regard (2007)
• Melodia (2009)

Concertante

• Diadèmes for viola solo, instrumental ensemble and electronic ensemble (1986)
• Concerto for violin and orchestra (1996)
• Antiphonie, Double Concerto for clarinet, basset horn and orchestra (1999)
• Concerto for piano and orchestra (2005)
• La marche des transitoires for oboe and ensemble (2005)
• Concerto for flute and orchestra (2006)
• Concertino for piano and string orchestra (2007)
• Oboe Concerto (2009-10)

Chamber music

• Les paradis mécaniques for piccolo, flute, 2 clarinets, 2 trumpets, horn, 2 trombones, tuba and piano (1986)
• Élégie for flute solo (1990)
• Petit interlude for tuba or bass saxhorn
  Saxhorn
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   solo (1992)
• Petit interlude for viola and piano (1992)
• In Advance of the Broken Time for flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello and piano (1994)
• Nonetto for clarinet, bassoon, horn, string quintet and piano (1996)
• Palimpseste, Sextet for flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello and piano (2002)
• Axiom, Quartet for clarinet, bassoon, trumpet and piano (2004)
• Trio for violin, horn and piano (2005)
• Chant Récitation Danse for 6 percussionists (2007)
• Piano trio no. 1 (for piano, violin, and cello) (2008)

Vocal

• Seuils for soprano, orchestra and electronics (1991)
• Correspondances for soprano, alto, baritone, chamber ensemble and electronics (1997)
• Sextine Cyclus for soprano and chamber orchestra (2000)
• Ligne de fuite for solo voice (2001); words by Guy Lelong
• Sonnets sur un poème de Louise Labbé for countertenor
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   and orchestra (2008); words by Louise Labé
  Louise Labé
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Choral

• Instances for chorus (12 voices) and orchestra (1989)
• Offertoire for male chorus and orchestra (1995, for the Requiem of Reconciliation
  Requiem of Reconciliation
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• Mobiles for chorus and orchestra (2001); words by Guy Lelong

External links

• Éditions Gérard Billaudot