Catherine Delaunay
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Catherine Delaunay is a French
jazz
clarinet player and composer, best known as a leader of Y'en a qui manquent pas d'air. She is also a member of the French Laurent Dehors's big band "Tous Dehors".
, France
. She started studying the clarinet at the age of six in a local music school. At that time, she also studied the piano and percussions. Later on, she studied the piano (1978–1985) and drums (1991 and 1994).
She studied music at the Conservatoire National de Région de Rennes
and Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Lyon and passed the (Jacques Di Donato's class, 1993), le (Jacques Aboulker's class, 1993), le Certificat d'Etudes Complémentaires Spécialisées "Atelier instrumental du XXème siècle", (1993, Gilbert Amy
, et le Certificat d'Etudes Complémentaires Spécialisées de clarinette ancienne et chalumeau (Jean-Claude Veilhan, 1995).
From 1989 to 1995, she studied at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Lyon (CNSMD).
She studied the clarinet with Jacques Di Donato (she passed the Diplôme National d'Etudes Supérieures Musicales of clarinet
in 1993), Chamber Music
with Jacques Aboulker (she passed the Certificat d'Etudes Spécialisées of chamber music in 1993), Contemporary music (she passed the Certificat d'Etudes Complémentaires Spécialisées "Atelier instrumental du XXème siècle" in 1993), Composition, Musical Analysis and Harmony with Loïc Mallié, and 5 keys clarinet and chalumeau with Jean-Claude Veilhan (she passed the Certificat d'Etudes Complémentaires Spécialisées de clarinette ancienne et chalumeau
in 1995).
From 1991 to 1994, she also studied drums with Jean-Louis Mechali.
While studying à the CNSMD, she already plays with Marc Perrone, Laurent Dehors, Alain Blesing.
Just recently, she set to music poems by Malcolm Lowry
for her new projects Sois patient car le loup, for which she also plays the clarinet and the diatonic accordion, John Greaves sings and plays the ukulele
, Isabelle Olivier plays the harp
, Thierry Lhiver plays the trombone
, and Guillaume Séguron plays the double bass
).
Since 2000, Catherine Delaunay has been leading and composing music for the French fanfare
"Y'en a qui manquent pas d'air", in which she plays with Lionel Martin saxophones, Daniel Casimir trombone
, Didier Havet sousaphone
, et Tatiana Lejude drums.
Catherine Delaunay is also part of many other projects.
She plays in duet with the saxophonist Pascal Van den Heuvel (saxophone
), in duet with Tatiana Lejude (drums), et with the trio "Trio Plumes" with Edouard Ferlet
et Benoît Dunoyer de Segonzac.
She also plays very regularly with Olivier Thomas (Tomassenko, with Olivier Thomas singing, Laurent Rousseau on guitar, Michel Massot
on tuba and trombone, Etienne Plumer on drums), Régis Huby, and Laurent Dehors.
Catherine Delaunay also plays with dancers (Cie Clara Cornil, Cie Thierry Thieû Niang), actors (Cie Tomassenko, Cie L'oeil du Tigre, "Les Valises", mise en scène Hélène Arnaud, "Le Gris", mise en scène Pietro Pizzuti).
With Pierre Badaroux on the double bass, Catherine Delaunay also sets to music silent films like Les Aventures du prince Ahmed, of Lotte Reiniger
, L'Homme à la caméra, of Dziga Vertov
, La Fièvre des échecs, of Vsevolod Pudovkin
, Takayuki Kato, Nobuyoshi Ino, Yuri Kusetsov, Vladimir Volkoff, Bruno Tocanne...
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
clarinet player and composer, best known as a leader of Y'en a qui manquent pas d'air. She is also a member of the French Laurent Dehors's big band "Tous Dehors".
Biography
Catherine grew up in BrittanyBrittany
Brittany is a cultural and administrative region in the north-west of France. Previously a kingdom and then a duchy, Brittany was united to the Kingdom of France in 1532 as a province. Brittany has also been referred to as Less, Lesser or Little Britain...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. She started studying the clarinet at the age of six in a local music school. At that time, she also studied the piano and percussions. Later on, she studied the piano (1978–1985) and drums (1991 and 1994).
She studied music at the Conservatoire National de Région de Rennes
Rennes
Rennes is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France. Rennes is the capital of the region of Brittany, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine department.-History:...
and Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Lyon and passed the (Jacques Di Donato's class, 1993), le (Jacques Aboulker's class, 1993), le Certificat d'Etudes Complémentaires Spécialisées "Atelier instrumental du XXème siècle", (1993, Gilbert Amy
Gilbert Amy
Gilbert Amy is a French composer and conductor. In 1954 he entered the Conservatoire de Paris where he was taught and influenced by Olivier Messiaen and Darius Milhaud and studied piano with Yvonne Loriod and fugue with Simone Plé-Caussade. His first compositions date from 1955...
, et le Certificat d'Etudes Complémentaires Spécialisées de clarinette ancienne et chalumeau (Jean-Claude Veilhan, 1995).
From 1989 to 1995, she studied at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Lyon (CNSMD).
She studied the clarinet with Jacques Di Donato (she passed the Diplôme National d'Etudes Supérieures Musicales of clarinet
Clarinet
The clarinet is a musical instrument of woodwind type. The name derives from adding the suffix -et to the Italian word clarino , as the first clarinets had a strident tone similar to that of a trumpet. The instrument has an approximately cylindrical bore, and uses a single reed...
in 1993), Chamber Music
Chamber music
Chamber music is a form of classical music, written for a small group of instruments which traditionally could be accommodated in a palace chamber. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small number of performers with one performer to a part...
with Jacques Aboulker (she passed the Certificat d'Etudes Spécialisées of chamber music in 1993), Contemporary music (she passed the Certificat d'Etudes Complémentaires Spécialisées "Atelier instrumental du XXème siècle" in 1993), Composition, Musical Analysis and Harmony with Loïc Mallié, and 5 keys clarinet and chalumeau with Jean-Claude Veilhan (she passed the Certificat d'Etudes Complémentaires Spécialisées de clarinette ancienne et chalumeau
Chalumeau
This article is about the historical musical instrument. For the register on the clarinet that is named for this instrument, see Clarinet#Range....
in 1995).
From 1991 to 1994, she also studied drums with Jean-Louis Mechali.
While studying à the CNSMD, she already plays with Marc Perrone, Laurent Dehors, Alain Blesing.
Current career
Catherine Delaunay leads and composes music for several bands.Just recently, she set to music poems by Malcolm Lowry
Malcolm Lowry
Clarence Malcolm Lowry was an English poet and novelist who was best known for his novel Under the Volcano, which was voted No. 11 in the Modern Library 100 Best Novels list.-Biography:...
for her new projects Sois patient car le loup, for which she also plays the clarinet and the diatonic accordion, John Greaves sings and plays the ukulele
Ukulele
The ukulele, ; from ; it is a subset of the guitar family of instruments, generally with four nylon or gut strings or four courses of strings....
, Isabelle Olivier plays the harp
Harp
The harp is a multi-stringed instrument which has the plane of its strings positioned perpendicularly to the soundboard. Organologically, it is in the general category of chordophones and has its own sub category . All harps have a neck, resonator and strings...
, Thierry Lhiver plays the trombone
Trombone
The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate...
, and Guillaume Séguron plays the double bass
Double bass
The double bass, also called the string bass, upright bass, standup bass or contrabass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra, with strings usually tuned to E1, A1, D2 and G2...
).
Since 2000, Catherine Delaunay has been leading and composing music for the French fanfare
Fanfare
A Fanfare is a relatively short piece of music that is typically played by trumpets and other brass instruments often accompanied by percussion...
"Y'en a qui manquent pas d'air", in which she plays with Lionel Martin saxophones, Daniel Casimir trombone
Trombone
The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate...
, Didier Havet sousaphone
Sousaphone
The sousaphone is a type of tuba that is widely employed in marching bands. Designed so that it fits around the body of the musician and is supported by the left shoulder, the sousaphone may be readily played while being carried...
, et Tatiana Lejude drums.
Catherine Delaunay is also part of many other projects.
She plays in duet with the saxophonist Pascal Van den Heuvel (saxophone
Saxophone
The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
), in duet with Tatiana Lejude (drums), et with the trio "Trio Plumes" with Edouard Ferlet
Édouard Ferlet
-Early years:Ferlet began playing piano at the age of 7 and studied classical music at l’École Normale de Musique de Paris, and later on at the Conservatoire regional. In the late eighties, he moved to Boston, US, and studied piano under renowned teachers: Herb Pomeroy, Hal Crook, Ed Tomassi, Ray...
et Benoît Dunoyer de Segonzac.
She also plays very regularly with Olivier Thomas (Tomassenko, with Olivier Thomas singing, Laurent Rousseau on guitar, Michel Massot
Michel Massot
Michel Massot is a Belgian tuba and trombone jazz musician. He studied at Conservatoire de Liège. He founded Trio Bravo with saxophonist Fabrizio Cassol and drummer Michel Debrulle in the middle of the 1980s. The band became Trio Grande in 1993 after the departure of Fabrizio Cassol, who was...
on tuba and trombone, Etienne Plumer on drums), Régis Huby, and Laurent Dehors.
Catherine Delaunay also plays with dancers (Cie Clara Cornil, Cie Thierry Thieû Niang), actors (Cie Tomassenko, Cie L'oeil du Tigre, "Les Valises", mise en scène Hélène Arnaud, "Le Gris", mise en scène Pietro Pizzuti).
With Pierre Badaroux on the double bass, Catherine Delaunay also sets to music silent films like Les Aventures du prince Ahmed, of Lotte Reiniger
Lotte Reiniger
Charlotte "Lotte" Reiniger was a German silhouette animator and film director.- Early life :Lotte Reiniger was born in Berlin-Charlottenburg, German Empire, on June 2, 1899...
, L'Homme à la caméra, of Dziga Vertov
Dziga Vertov
David Abelevich Kaufman , better known by his pseudonym Dziga Vertov , was a Soviet pioneer documentary film, newsreel director and cinema theorist...
, La Fièvre des échecs, of Vsevolod Pudovkin
Vsevolod Pudovkin
Vsevolod Illarionovich Pudovkin was a Russian and Soviet film director, screenwriter and actor who developed influential theories of montage...
Others
Catherine Delaunay played with Daniel Goyone, Claude Tchamitchian, Serge Lazarevitch, Lucia Reccio, Denis Chancerel, Philippe Botta, Archimusic, Dave BurrellDave Burrell
Davis Burrell is an American jazz instrumentalist, most notably on the piano. He has worked for many jazz musicians including Archie Shepp, Pharoah Sanders, Marion Brown and David Murray.- Biography :...
, Takayuki Kato, Nobuyoshi Ino, Yuri Kusetsov, Vladimir Volkoff, Bruno Tocanne...
Discography
- Le chien déguisé en vache (2008), avec Pascal Van den Heuvel
- Simple Sound (2008), sextet de Régis Huby
- Songs from the beginning (2007), Alain Blesing
- Plumes (2006), avec Edouard FerletÉdouard Ferlet-Early years:Ferlet began playing piano at the age of 7 and studied classical music at l’École Normale de Musique de Paris, and later on at the Conservatoire regional. In the late eighties, he moved to Boston, US, and studied piano under renowned teachers: Herb Pomeroy, Hal Crook, Ed Tomassi, Ray...
et Benoît Dunoyer de Segonzac - Coeur de Lune (2002), avec Y'en a qui manquent pas d'air, avec Lionel Martin, Daniel Casimir, Didier Havet, Bruno Tocanne, Tatiana Mladenovitch-Lejude
- Nuit américaine, Lambert WilsonLambert WilsonLambert Wilson is a French actor. He is internationally known for his portrayal of The Merovingian in The Matrix He was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, the son of Georges Wilson, who was an actor, theatrical manager and director of the Theatre National de Paris.Wilson screen tested for The...
, Maria Laura Baccarini, Stephy Haïk, Régis Huby - Dans la rue, Dentiste, Tu tousses, Dommage à Glenn, Que tàl Carmen, Happy Birthday, Big bandBig bandA big band is a type of musical ensemble associated with jazz and the Swing Era typically consisting of rhythm, brass, and woodwind instruments totaling approximately twelve to twenty-five musicians...
de Laurent Dehors - Dis bonjour au monsieur, Cinéma mémoire, Marc Perrone
- Tocade'S, avec Bruno Tocanne
- Mozart et l'ami Staedler, le Trio de Bassetto, Jean-Claude Veilhan
- Les Bulles, avec Daniel Hélin
- Aux solitudes, avec Jean-Philippe GoudeJean-Philippe GoudeJean-Philippe Goude is a French composer and keyboardist, born in Paris in 1952.-Early years:* 1969: first compositions* 1975: composition and recording of the soundtrack for Frankenstein, a play by Philippe Adrien at Théâtre de la Roquette * 1975: publication of the disc Jeunes Années * 1976 to...
Recordings of music for films
- La première fois que j'ai eu 20 ans, Mes amis mes amours, films de Lorraine Lévy
- Un petit jeu sans conséquence, film de Bernard RappBernard RappBernard Rapp was a French film director and television news presenter.Rapp was born in Paris. After graduating from university, he worked as a freelance journalist. In 1976, he joined Antenne 2 as their international correspondent, working later as their London correspondent from 1981 to 1983...
- Le Ciel sur la tête (téléfilm), de Régis Musset
- Un couple épatantUn couple épatantUn couple épatant is a Lucas Belvaux Film with his own script.This is the second installment of a series Trilogy, which constitutes a comedy preceded by One: On the run, a thriller and followed by Three: After life, a melodrama.Belvaux referred in the DVD commentary that main idea behind...
, film de Lucas BelvauxLucas BelvauxLucas Belvaux is a Belgian actor and film director. His directing credits include the Trilogie, consisting of three films with interlocking stories and characters, each of which was filmed in a different genre. The three films are Cavale, a thriller; Un couple épatant, a comedy; and Après la vie,... - Ma vie à l'hôtel, documentaire de Valérie Desnel
- La consultation, documentaire de Hélène de Crécy