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The 12 Guardians Of The Temple by Laurent Petitgirard

Artist Biography For Laurent Petitgirard

Born In 1950 Laurent Petitgirard Studied The Piano With Serge Petitgirard And Composition With Alain Kremski. An Eclectic Musician His Career As A Composer Of Symphonic Music More Than Twenty Works And Of Film Music 160 Scores Is Matched By His Activity As A Guest Conductor The World Over Paris Opera Orchestra Orchestre Philharmonique De Monte- Carlo Orchestre National De France Orchestre National De Lyon De Bordeaux De Lille Bamberger Philharmoniker Berliner Symphoniker Orchestras Of The Tonhalle La Fenice BBC Utah Symphony Orchestra Seoul Philharmonic & CBS Orchestras Orchestre De La Suisse Romande National Orchestra Of Spain Etc. .In 1989 He Founded The Orchestre Symphonique Français Which He Conducted Until 1996 Also Directing From 1986 To 1997 The Festival And The Academy Of Flaine Haute-Savoie .
In December 2004 He Was Elected Music Director Of The Orchestre Colonne In Paris.
Laurent Petitgirard Has Made Some Thirty Records Notably Of Honegger’s Jeanne D'Arc Au Bûcher And Several World Premiere Recordings Including Ravel’s Gaspard De La Nuit In The Orchestration By Marius Constant. For The Record Label Chant Du Monde He Recorded His Cello Concerto With The Cellist Gary Hoffman And The Orchestre Philharmonique De Monte-Carlo And Le Légendaire For Violin Chorus And Orchestra With As Soloist The Work’s Dedicatee Augustin Dumay. Laurent Petitgirard’s First Opera Joseph Merrick Dit Elephant Man With A Libretto By Eric Nonn Was First Performed In French In February 2002 At The Prague State Opera Conducted By Himself With Stage Direction By Daniel Mesguich. Laurent Petitgirard Recorded The Opera With The Orchestre Philharmonique De Monte-Carlo And With Nathalie Stutzmann In The Title Role Naxos . The Opera Was Restaged At Nice Opera From 29 November To 3 December 2002. A DVD Of A Live Performance In Nice Was Released By The Label Marco Polo And Is To Be Broadcast In 2005 On TF1 And Mezzo. A New Production Of This Opera Has Been Presented In May 2006 By Minneapolis Opera.
After Le Fou D'Elsa A Cycle Of Six Songs To Poems By Aragon For Mezzo And Orchestra His Latest Works Include Le Plus Ardent À Vivre Septet With Harp Premiered By The Soloist Marielle Nordmann Poème For Large String Orchestra And Dialogue For Viola And Orchestra Which He Recorded In September 2005 With The Orchestre National De Bordeaux Aquitaine And The Viola Player Gérard Caussé. This Piece Was Presented On October 2nd In Paris At The Presences Festival. Laurent Petitgirard Premiered His Last Composition Les Douze Gardiens Du Temple Commissioned By Radio-France With The Orchestre Philharmonique De Strasbourg At The Présences Festival In February 2006 In Paris. He His In The End Of The Composition Of His Second Opera Guru To A Libretto He Wrote In Collaboration With Xavier Maurel To Be Premiered By Nice Opera In November 2010 With Stage Direction By Daniel Mesguich . Since 1984 His Works Have Been Published By Éditions Durand.
Since 2002 He Is Recording For Naxos Which Released 3 Cds And A DVD Of His Symphonic Works Or His First Opera And Maurice Ravel's Complete Ballet "Daphnis And Chloé" With The Bordeaux National Orchestra. Laurent Petitgirard Received The Young Composer’s Prize Of The SACD In 1987 The SACEM Prize In 1990 The Grand Prix Lycéen For Composers In 2000 For His Cello Concerto And The Prix Musique 2001 Of The SACD For His Opera Joseph Merrick Dit Elephant Man. In December 2000 He Was Elected Member Of The French Institute In The Seat Of Marcel Landowski At The Académie Des Beaux-Arts. He Is Chairman Of The Board Of Sacem French Authors Composers And Publishers Society

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