Royan Festival
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The Royan Festival was held in Royan
from 1964 to 1977. It was a multi-disciplinary annual event, bringing together:
Created in 1963 by Dr. Bernard Gachet, the festival was primarily focused on contemporary music. Its artistic director was Claude Samuel from 1964 to 1972 then Harry Halbreich
from 1973 to 1977. The festival was held annually for one week around Easter. Soon, its musical production, the Festival de Royan became as famous as those of Donaueschingen
and Venice.
The Olivier Messiaen
international piano competition was part of the festival until 1971. In 1972, it was replaced by a flute competition.
It was also the year that created the international exhibition of photographic research (SIRP).
Royan
Royan is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department, along the Atlantic Ocean, in southwestern France.A seaside resort, Royan is in the heart of an urban area estimated at 38,638 inhabitants, which makes it the fourth-largest conurbation in the department, after La Rochelle, Rochefort and Saintes...
from 1964 to 1977. It was a multi-disciplinary annual event, bringing together:
- an important contemporary music festival;
- dance performances;
- theater;
- movies;
- international exhibitions of photographic research;
- exhibitions of visual arts and arts of the East, the Far East and Africa.
Created in 1963 by Dr. Bernard Gachet, the festival was primarily focused on contemporary music. Its artistic director was Claude Samuel from 1964 to 1972 then Harry Halbreich
Harry Halbreich
Harry Halbreich is a Belgian musicologist.He studied with Arthur Honegger and later with Olivier Messiaen at the Paris Conservatoire. From 1970 to 1976 he was Lecturer in Musical Analysis at the Royal Conservatory in Mons...
from 1973 to 1977. The festival was held annually for one week around Easter. Soon, its musical production, the Festival de Royan became as famous as those of Donaueschingen
Donaueschingen Festival
The Donaueschingen Festival is a festival for new music that takes place every October in the small town of Donaueschingen...
and Venice.
The Olivier Messiaen
Olivier Messiaen
Olivier Messiaen was a French composer, organist and ornithologist, one of the major composers of the 20th century. His music is rhythmically complex ; harmonically and melodically it is based on modes of limited transposition, which he abstracted from his early compositions and improvisations...
international piano competition was part of the festival until 1971. In 1972, it was replaced by a flute competition.
1966
- Triad of Gilbert Amy ;
- Interference of Paul Méfano ;
- Natura Sonoris of Penderecki ;
- Terretektorh of Iannis Xenakis ;
- Variations for orchestra of Igor Stravinsky .
1967
- I archipelago of Boucourechliev ;
- On the opera travel to Betsy Jolas ;
- Is survived waves of Gérard Masson .
1968
- Trajectoires by Gilbert Amy
- Les temps restitué by Jean Barraqué
- Lines by Paul Méfano
- Imaginario II by Luis de Pablo
- PunktePunktePunkte is an orchestral composition by Karlheinz Stockhausen, given the work number ½ in his catalogue of works.-History:Punkte originated as a punctual orchestral work which was begun in September in Hamburg and had reached a first-draft stage by 30 September...
by Stockhausen - Solo by Donatoni
- Nuits by Xenakis.
1969
- SinfoniaSinfonia (Berio)Sinfonia is a composition by the Italian composer Luciano Berio which was commissioned by the New York Philharmonic for its 125th anniversary...
by Berio - Archipelago II by Boucourechliev
- Polychrome Reliefs by Jean-Pierre Guézec
- Quadrivium by Bruno Maderna
- Nomos Gamma by Xenakis
1970
- This star teaches bow of Gilbert Amy ;
- IV archipelago of Boucourechliev ;
- Fourteen Stations of Marius Constant ;
- Ceremony II by Pierre Henry ;
- Holydays Symphony of Charles Ives ;
- The Ceremony of Paul Méfano .
1971
The theme this year was the contemporary music of Eastern Europe.- Schichten of Alsina ;
- Austrahlungen of Vinko Globokar ;
- Screen of Anatol Vieru ;
- Synaphaï of Xenakis .
It was also the year that created the international exhibition of photographic research (SIRP).
1972
The edition was devoted mainly to the "younger generation".- Ludwig Van by Mauricio Kagel ;
- Madrigal of Paul Méfano ;
- Lovercraft of Tristan Murail .
1973
- Solo of Franco Donatoni ;
- Preludes and Fugue for Lutoslawski ;
- Kermit of Francois-Bernard Mache ;
- Blue far from Gérard Masson ;
- Extensions of Francis Miroglio ;
- 24 Preludes of Maurice Ohana ;
- Cello Concerto by Penderecki ;
- Choralvorspiele of Dieter Schnebel ;
- Photoptosis and ecclesiastical action of Bernd Alois Zimmermann .
1974
That year, no fewer than 49 composers (including 15 born after 1940) are found in Royan, 18 different nationalities. Cent creations will be produced during a week.- Clocks and Clouds of Ligeti ;
- Symphony of René Koering ;
- The drift of the continents of Tristan Murail ;
- Missa brevis and Sieben Sterne of Brian FerneyhoughBrian FerneyhoughBrian John Peter Ferneyhough is an English composer. His music is characterized by the extensive use of complex rhythmic tuplet notation which features in all his works...
; - Shanti of Jean-Claude Eloy ;
- Melodies of Paul Méfano ;
- Tenebrae of Klaus Huber ;
- Bergkristall of Sylvano Bussotti ;
- Aura of Bruno Maderna ;
- On Mi of Boesmans ;
- Quartet of René Koering ;
- Quartet of Gérard Masson .
1975
- Sonatas for String Quartet and Transit by Brian Ferneyhough ;
- Quartet by Heinz Holliger ;
- Sands by Tristan Murail ;
- Memories to the memory of Giuseppe Sinopoli ;
- Lamento di Gesu by Radulescu ;
- Espressivo by Franco Donatoni ;
- Pinturas Negras and Tiempo para espacios by Cristobal Halffter ;
- Puzzle by Philippe Manoury ;
- Threnody by Boucourechliev ;
- Down to a Sunless Sea by Hugues Dufour ;
- Musik im BauchMusik im BauchMusik im Bauch is a piece of scenic music for six percussionists and music boxes composed by Karlheinz Stockhausen in 1975, and is Number 41 in his catalog of works. The world premiere was presented on 28 March 1975 by the Royan Festival. The performance was given by Les Percussions de Strasbourg...
by Karlheinz Stockhausen .
1976
- Waves of Paul Méfano ;
- Ecce Opus by Francisco Guerrero ;
- Cello Concerto by Cristobal Halffter ;
- Cello Concerto in Isang Yun ;
- III intervals of Boesmans ;
- Sinfonie of Friedrich Cerha .
1977
- The Storm and Erewhon by Hugues DufourtHugues DufourtHugues Dufourt is a French composer and philosopher associated with the Spectral school of composition. Born in Lyon on September 28 1943, Dufourt studied piano and composition at the Geneva Conservatory....
- Symphony by Jacques LenotJacques LenotJacques Lenot is a French composer, who has followed an independent and self-taught course. His compositional techniques are derived from serialism.-Biography:...
- Lichtzwang by Wolfgang RihmWolfgang RihmWolfgang Rihm is a German composer.Rihm is Head of the Institute of Modern Music at the Karlsruhe Conservatory of Music and has been composer in residence at the Lucerne Festival and the Salzburg Festival...
- Symphony No. 3 by Henryk Górecki
- Ruf by Emmanuel NunesEmmanuel Nunes-Biography:Nunes was born in Lisbon, where he studied composition, first from 1959 to 1963 at the Academia de Amadores de Música with Francine Benoit, and then with Fernando Lopes Graça at the University . He then attended courses at the Darmstädter Ferienkurse , and in 1964 moved to Paris...