Sophie Lacaze
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Sophie Lacaze is a French
composer.
She studied music at the Conservatoire de Toulouse, and continued at the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris
, where she received the Composition Prize. Afterwards, she studied with Allain Gaussin, Philippe Manoury and Antoine Tisne in France, and with Franco Donatoni
and Ennio Morricone
in Italy. She also engaged in music theatre with Georges Aperghis
at the Centre Acanthes, and attended Pierre Boulez
's courses in Collège de France
.
After having travelled in several countries, especially in Australia, she came back in France in 2006. She is now developing a partnership with ensembles and soloists, and also with primary schools to introduce children to contemporary music.
Sophie Lacaze was awarded the Grand Prix Lyceen des Compositeurs for her CD "Works with flutes" (SOLAL, Allemagne) with Pierre-Yves Artaud as the soloist in 2009, and the "Claude Arrieu" Prize of the SACEM in 2010.
Unsubdued but attentive to musical trends and schools, she has developed an original aesthetics that takes into account the current research on sound while looking to restore music its primary functions, i.e. ritual, incantation, dance, and its links with nature.
She teaches composition and orchestration at Montpellier University.
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...
composer.
She studied music at the Conservatoire de Toulouse, and continued at the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris
École Normale de Musique de Paris
The École Normale de Musique de Paris is a leading conservatoire located in Paris, France. The school was founded by Auguste Mangeot and pianist Alfred Cortot in 1919...
, where she received the Composition Prize. Afterwards, she studied with Allain Gaussin, Philippe Manoury and Antoine Tisne in France, and with Franco Donatoni
Franco Donatoni
Franco Donatoni was an Italian composer.Born in Verona, he started studying violin at the age of seven, and frequented the local Music Academy...
and Ennio Morricone
Ennio Morricone
Ennio Morricone, Grand Officer OMRI, , is an Italian composer and conductor, who wrote music to more than 500 motion pictures and television series, in a career lasting over 50 years. His scores have been included in over 20 award-winning films as well as several symphonic and choral pieces...
in Italy. She also engaged in music theatre with Georges Aperghis
Georges Aperghis
Georges Aperghis is a Greek composer working primarily in the field of experimental music theater but has also composed a large amount of non-programmatic chamber music...
at the Centre Acanthes, and attended Pierre Boulez
Pierre Boulez
Pierre Boulez is a French composer of contemporary classical music, a pianist, and a conductor.-Early years:Boulez was born in Montbrison, Loire, France. As a child he began piano lessons and demonstrated aptitude in both music and mathematics...
's courses in Collège de France
Collège de France
The Collège de France is a higher education and research establishment located in Paris, France, in the 5th arrondissement, or Latin Quarter, across the street from the historical campus of La Sorbonne at the intersection of Rue Saint-Jacques and Rue des Écoles...
.
After having travelled in several countries, especially in Australia, she came back in France in 2006. She is now developing a partnership with ensembles and soloists, and also with primary schools to introduce children to contemporary music.
Sophie Lacaze was awarded the Grand Prix Lyceen des Compositeurs for her CD "Works with flutes" (SOLAL, Allemagne) with Pierre-Yves Artaud as the soloist in 2009, and the "Claude Arrieu" Prize of the SACEM in 2010.
Unsubdued but attentive to musical trends and schools, she has developed an original aesthetics that takes into account the current research on sound while looking to restore music its primary functions, i.e. ritual, incantation, dance, and its links with nature.
She teaches composition and orchestration at Montpellier University.
Selected works
- (1992: Trois melodies, for soprano voice and string trio. On poems by Jules Supervielle.
- (1993): Voyelles, for flute. On a poem by Arthur RimbaudArthur RimbaudJean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud was a French poet. Born in Charleville, Ardennes, he produced his best known works while still in his late teens—Victor Hugo described him at the time as "an infant Shakespeare"—and he gave up creative writing altogether before the age of 21. As part of the decadent...
. - (1996): Jetez-vous sur l'avenir, for female voice, flute and piano. On a poem by Jean-Pierre Rosnay.
- (1996): En Quete, for female voice, narrator, violin and piano. For an exhibition of photographs by Guy Bompais. On texts by Jean-Pierre Rosnay.
- (1997): La vita e bella ?, for flute and cello.
- (1998): Le Becut, for wind instrument, didgeridoo, children choir and small percussions.
- (1999): Comme une rue pavee, for violin, clarinet and piano.
- (2000): Broken Words, for flute and string trio. On a poem by Henry KendallHenry KendallHenry Kendall may refer to:*Henry Kendall , British stage and film character actor*Henry Kendall , Australian ornithologist*Henry Kendall , Australian poet...
. - (2000): And then there was the sun in the sky, for flute, didgeridoo and flute orchestra.
- (2001): Iotife, for string trio. On a poem by Henry KendallHenry KendallHenry Kendall may refer to:*Henry Kendall , British stage and film character actor*Henry Kendall , Australian ornithologist*Henry Kendall , Australian poet...
. - (2001): Messe de Nostre Dame, for a cappella choir. Tribute to "Messe de Nostre Dame" by Guillaume de MachautGuillaume de MachautGuillaume de Machaut was a Medieval French poet and composer. He is one of the earliest composers on whom significant biographical information is available....
. - (2002): Concerto n°1, for piano and string orchestra. On "Vexations" by Erik SatieErik SatieÉric Alfred Leslie Satie was a French composer and pianist. Satie was a colourful figure in the early 20th century Parisian avant-garde...
. - (2002): Histoire sans paroles, for violin, cello and piano.
- (2002): Voices of Australia, for solo flute and recorded voices.
- (2002): L'enfance de Catherine, for flute and string trio. Music for the film "l'enfance de Catherine" by Anne Baudry.
- (2003): Messe de Nostre Dame, version for 8 female voices and percussions. Tribute to "Messe de Nostre Dame" by Guillaume de MachautGuillaume de MachautGuillaume de Machaut was a Medieval French poet and composer. He is one of the earliest composers on whom significant biographical information is available....
. - (2003): Tarentella, for piano.
- (2004): Dreaming, chamber opera for two female voices, didgeridoo, flute, viola, percussions and tape.
- (2005): Oceans, for flute, bassoon, violin, viola, double-bass, children choir and small percussions.
- (2005): Cinq Voyelles pour Quatre Flutes, transcription of "Voyelles" for 4 flutes. On a poem by Arthur RimbaudArthur RimbaudJean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud was a French poet. Born in Charleville, Ardennes, he produced his best known works while still in his late teens—Victor Hugo described him at the time as "an infant Shakespeare"—and he gave up creative writing altogether before the age of 21. As part of the decadent...
. - (2005): Py, for flute and piano.
- (2005): Het Lam Gods, for string quartet. On "Het Lam Gods" by Hubert and Jan Van EyckVan EyckVan Eyck , also Van Eijk is a Dutch surname meaning "of Eyck" or "of Eijk"...
. - (2005): Duo, for voice and tape.
- (2006): Archelogos I, for voice and tape.
- (2006): Les quatre elements, concerto for flute, children choir and percussions.
- (2006): Deux mouvements, for tenor saxophone and orchestra.
- (2006): Musique de la mer, for clarinet, bassoon, string quartet, children choir and small percussions.
- (2006): Vents du sud, for tape. For the exhibition of photographs "Vignes" by Guy Bompais.
- (2006): The great flood, for alt-saxophone and saxophone ensemble.
- (2007): Archelogos II, for bass-flute and tape.
- (2007): Het Lam Gods II, for flute and flute ochestra. On "Het Lam Gods" by Hubert and Jan Van EyckVan EyckVan Eyck , also Van Eijk is a Dutch surname meaning "of Eyck" or "of Eijk"...
. - (2008): Quatre haikus, for alt-saxophone and piano.
- (2008): Le Petit Prince, music for theatre, for Martenot waves, flute and string trio.
- (2008): Archèlogos IIb, for Martenot waves and tape.
- (2009): L'art est le plus beau des mensonges, for soprano voice and vibraphone. On a text by Alain Carre.
- (2009): Het Lam Gods III, for flute quartet. On "Het Lam Gods" by Hubert and Jan Van EyckVan EyckVan Eyck , also Van Eijk is a Dutch surname meaning "of Eyck" or "of Eijk"...
and a text by Alain Carre. - (2009): Variations sur quatre haïkus, for cello.
- (2010): L'espace et la flûte - Variations sur des textes de Jean Tardieu, for narrator and flute orchestra. On texts by Jean TardieuJean TardieuJean Tardieu was a French artist, musician, poet and dramatic author. He earned a degree in literature and worked for a publishing house. He published several poetry collections in the 1930s before starting to write for the stage...
. - (2010): Souffles, for four flautists (2 zamponias, 2 bajones, 3 Boehm flutes).
- (2011): Calligrammes, for barytone, choir and saxophone quartet. On texts by Guillaume ApollinaireGuillaume ApollinaireWilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki, known as Guillaume Apollinaire was a French poet, playwright, short story writer, novelist, and art critic born in Italy to a Polish mother....
. - (2011): Archèlogos III, for guitar and tape.
- (2011): Après avoir rencontre la lune..., for orchestra.
Discography
- "Musiques francaises du XXe siccle", REM, 1996. With Voyelles by Chiharu Tachibana.
- "En Quete", Galun Records, 2000. With En Quete, Kulungalinpa, La Vita e Bella ?, Jetez-vous sur l'avenir and Le Becut. By Marie Kobayashi, Marcelle Rosnay, Ivan Bellocq, Mie Ogura, Phillip Peris, Fuminori Tanada, Lucie Bessiere, Marie-Agnes Letellier, Arnaud Limonaire, Paul Broutin, Bernard Vandenbroucque, and children of Lappacca (in Lourdes) and Parc Suzanne (in Argeles Gazost) primary schools.
- "Aperto (Re)Forms", Gaudeamus (Roumania), 2000. With Comme une rue pavee and Trois preludes by the Trio Aperto and Dolores Chelariu.
- "Plurielles", Maguelone, 2004. With Broken Words and Voyelles by the Helios Ensemble and Christel Rayneau.
- "Cosmogonies", Galun Records, 2005. With Voices of Australia by Ivan Bellocq.
- "Sophie Lacaze - Works with flutes", Solal (Germany), 2008. With Het Lam Gods II, Voices of Australia, Archelogos II, And then there was the sun in the sky, Cinq voyelles pour quatre flutes, Py and Les quatre elements by Pierre-Yves Artaud, French Flute Orchestra (conductor Pierre-Alain Biget), Phillip Peris, Fuminori Tanada and Michel de Maulne.