Dusapin, Pascal

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Dusapin, Pascal

Dusapin, Pascal, French composer; b. Nancy, May 29, 1955. He went to Paris, where he studied organ with Jean Langlais at the Schola Cantorum and pursued academic studies at the Sorbonne. From 1974 to 1978 he studied with Xenakis, and later was in residence at the Villa Medici in Rome from 1981 to 1983. He served as composer-in-residence of the Orchestre National de Lyon in 1993–94. In 1979 he was awarded the Prix Herve Dujardin of the SACEM, and in 1994 its Prix symphonique. He won the prize of the Academic des Beaux Arts in 1983. In 1992 he was made a Chevalier de 1’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. He was awarded the Grand prix National de la Musique in 1995.

Works

DRAMATIC Niobe (ou le Rocher de Sypile) (1982; Radio France, Paris, June 16, 1984); Romeo & Juliette, opera (1985–88; Montpellier, July 10, 1989); Medeamaterial, opera (1991; Brussels, March 11, 1992); La Melancholia, operatorio (1991; Paris, March 17, 1992); To be sung, chamber opera (1992–93; Paris, Nov. 17,1994). ORCH.: Souvenir du silence for 13 Strings (1976); Timee (1978); Le Bal (1978); La Riviere (Metz, Nov. 1979; rev. 1980); L’Aven for Flute and Orch. (1980–81; Metz, Nov. 1983); Tre Scalini (1981–82; Paris, April 27, 1983); Assai (Venice, Sept. 22, 1985); Haro (Lyons, Sept. 20, 1986); Aria, concerto for Clarinet and Small Orch. (1991; Salzburg, Feb. 4, 1992); Go (1992); Khora for 60 Strings (1993; Paris, Feb. 18,1994; also for 30 Strings, Strasbourg, Sept. 28,1997); Extenso (1993–94; Lyons, Oct. 13, 1994); Watt for Trombone and Orch. (1994; Las Vegas, June 1, 1995); Apex (1995; Lyons, Jan. 11,1996); Quad—In memoriam Gilles Deluze, concerto for Violin and Small Orch. (1996; Paris, March 12, 1997); Celo, cello concerto (1996; Caen, March 18, 1997). CHAMBER : String Trio No. 1, Musique fugitive (Aix-en-Provence, June 1980); Musique captive for 9 Winds (1981; La Rochelle, July 1981); Inside for Viola (1980; La Rochelle, July 1981); Fist for 8 Players (1982; Paris, March 1983); Incisa for Cello (1982; Siena, Aug. 1984); 4 string quartets: No. 1 (1983; rev. 1992–96; Strasbourg, Oct. 1, 1996), No. 2, Time zones(1989; 1st complete perf., Paris, Oct. 19,1990), No. 3 (Paris, Nov. 3, 1993), and No 4 (Fontainebleau, Dec. 13, 1997); Hop’ for 12 Players (Nice, Feb. 1983); If for Clarinet (La Rochelle, July 1984); Item for Cello (London, June 21, 1985); Itou for Bass Clarinet (Strasbourg, Sept. 26,1985); Id for Flute (Orleans, Jan. 22,1986); Indeed for Trombone (1987; Bordeaux, May 18, 1988); Iti for Violin (Montpellier, Aug. 12, 1987); Laps for Clarinet and Double Bass (1987; Bordeaux, May 18, 1988); In & Out for Double Bass (Paris, May 10, 1989); I Pesci for Flute (1989); Stanze for Wind Quintet (Rome, July 1991); Attacca for 2 Trumpets and Timpani (1991; Brussels, Jan. 12, 1992); Coda for 13 Players (Donaueschingen, Oct. 18,1992); Invece for Cello (Arcs, Dec. 25, 1992); Ohime for Violin and Viola (Paris, June 16, 1992); Ipso for Clarinet (1994; Caen, March 23, 1997); Loop for 8 Cellos (1995; Beauvais, May 7, 1996); Ohe for Clarinet and Cello (1996); Immer for Cello (1996; Metz, Feb. 5,1997); Trio No. 1 for Piano, Violin, and Cello (St. Jean-de-Luz, Sept. 15, 1997); Cascando for 8 Players (Klosteneuburg, Nov. 22, 1997). VOCAL: Igitur for Woman’s Voice and 13 Players (1977); Lumen for Woman’s Voice and 6 Players (1977); L’Homme aux liens for 2 Sopranos and 3 Violins (1978; Radio France, Paris, March 1980); Shin’gyo for Soprano and Piccolo (1981; Paris, March 1982); Semino for 6 Voices (1985; Royaumont, Sept. 6,1992); To God for Soprano and Clarinet or Soprano Saxophone (1985; Strasbourg, Sept. 30, 1997); Mimi for 2 Women’s Voices, Oboe, Bass Clarinet, and Trombone (Paris, Nov. 1987); Il-li-ko for Soprano (Royaumont, May 29, 1987); Aks for Mezzo-soprano and 7 Players (Paris, Nov. 13, 1987); Anacoluthe for Woman’s Voice, Double Bass Clarinet, and Double Bass (1987; Bordeaux, May 18, 1988); ForO. for 2 Women’s Voices and 2 Bass Clarinets (1988; Strasbourg, Sept. 17, 1989); So full of shapes is fancy for Soprano and Bass Clarinet (Paris, Sept. 25, 1990); Comoedia for Soprano and 6 Players (Toulouse, April 1, 1993); Canto for Soprano, Clarinet, and Cello (Villeneuve-les-Avignon, July 14, 1994); Two Walking for 2 Women’s Voices (1994; Caen, March 22, 1997).

—Laura Kuhn/Dennis McIntire