Denis Levaillant
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Born | Paris, France | 3 August 1952
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Instrument(s) | Piano |
Years active | 1973–present |
Website | www |
Denis Levaillant (born 3 August 1952) is a French
Early life
Levaillant was born in Paris to Raymonde and Jean Levaillant. He is the grandson of the French poet and critic, Maurice Levaillant . He started playing piano at an early age of five. He began harmony, counterpoint and composition training at the age of twelve, under French music professor, Magdeleine Mangin in 1964, in Nancy, France.[5]
Levaillant first spent his teenage years in Nancy, then in Paris, where he studied composition and
Career
Levaillant started his professional career in the early 1970s. In 1973, he collaborated with Radio France and composed Circus Virus, a musical piece for France Culture. His first music had inspirations from his adolescence heroes, such as Karlheinz Stockhausen, Jimi Hendrix and Ornette Coleman.[6] Through the 1970s and 1980s, Levaillant released seven more albums and published a book on music improvisation and compositions, L'improvisation musicale, published by Éditions Lattès in 1980.[7][8] He collaborated with Alain Françon and Alain Guesnier and composed music for multiple musical shows and feature films during these years. He collaborated with and composed music for various French and international jazz musicians such as Jean-Jacques Avenel , Didier Levallet, Mino Cinélu, Jean-Louis Chautemps, Pierre Favre, Bernard Lubat, Tony Coe, Kenny Wheeler, Jean-François Jenny-Clark, Michel Portal, Barry Altschul and Barre Phillips.[9]
In 1980, at the age of 26, Levaillant began composing ballet music for the Paris Opera.[1] In 1981, he founded Bleu 17, a music institution that focused on producing musical shows.[10]
From 1983 to 2006, Levaillant created nearly 20 musical shows and operas that were performed around Europe. He collaborated with Barry Altschul and Barre Phillips to compose Les Passagers du delta in 1986.[4] Levaillant created the opera O.P.A Mia in collaboration with Enki Bilal during the Festival d'Avignon in 1990.[11][12] He collaborated with Dominique Bagouet, Stéphanie Aubin, Brigitte Lefèvre, Dominique Petit and Caroline Marcadé for more than 30 live shows.[6]
In the early 1980s, Levaillant participated in
In 1995, Levaillant was commissioned by
In the late 1990s, Levaillant performed live at various festivals and composed several works such as Echo de Narcisse, Le Clair, l'Obscur pour quatuor à cordes, Paysages de Conte and Tombeau de Gesualdo. In 2004, Lavaillant composed music for Enki Bilal's science fiction film, Immortal.[17]
In 2002, Levaillant composed the ballet La Petite danseuse de Degas produced by the
In 2014, 15 universities in the United States invited Levaillant for the master classes and concerts.[22]
Personal life
Apart from being a musician, Levaillant is a
Levaillant was married in 1972, to Christine Rigaud. The couple has two children, Julie and Fabien, and three grandchildren, Marilou, Elise and Andréa.[6]
Awards and recognition
- 1983 : Laureate of the Villa Médicis(New York)
- 1987 : Prix Tendance
- 1988 : Prix Italia, in the category Speakers
Discography
Albums and singles
- 1973 : Son dernier Tango
- 1975 : Attention l'armée,
- 1978 : Instable,
- 1979 : Trans-Musiques,
- 1983 : Direct
- 1984 : Six séquences pour Alfred Hitchcock
- 1984 : Barium Circus
- 1986 : Passages
- 1990 : Musiques pour le théâtre
- 1991 : Musiques pour le piano
- 1991 : Musiques pour la danse
- 1992 : Musiques pour les voix
- 1993 : NEXT
- 1995 : Génériques potentiels
- 1996 : Théâtres
- 1997 : Shorts !
- 1998 : L'Etrange
- 1999 : Out The/Ailleurs
- 2000 : Direct
- 2001 : Figures
- 2002 : Dark Textures & Drones
- 2003 : Documentary line
- 2006 : Paysages avec piano
- 2007 : Drone Music
- 2008 : Modern Acoustic Sketches
- 2009 : Music Is The Film
- 2012 : The Fear Factory
- 2014 : Cinematic Edge Vol.1
- 2015 : City organix
- 2018 : HAYDN Early and late Sonatas
- 2019 : Aurora Borealis
- 2019 : Cinematic Orchestral Music: Volume 1
- 2019 : Cinematic Orchestral Music: Volume 2
- 2020 : Electro Space Piano,
- Reference: Denis Levaillant – Discographie : CDs / LPs, denislevaillant.net
Compositions for films
- 1978 : La petite Annonce
- 1979 : 74 rue de Boissy
- 1981 : Adieu Pyrénées
- 1984 : Elektra
- 1985 : Trombone en coulisses
- 1986 : Mot à mot
- 1987 : L'eau en formes
- 1988 : Mother Goose
- 1989 : Vidéopérette,
- 1993 : Next
- 1995 : La Femme sur la Lune
- 2003 : Dark
- 2006 : Paysages avec piano
- 2006 : Drones
- 2008 : Blindspot
- 2012 : The Fear Factory
- 2015 : City Organix
- Reference: Denis Levaillant – Music for films, denislevaillant.net
Bibliography
- 1974 : Musique, Idéologie, Politique, mémoire de maîtrise de Philosophie
- 1978 : Interdit d'antenne
- 1980 : L'improvisation musicale
- 1983/1984 : Eloge de l'outil
- 1986 : Le Piano
- 1990 : Un bout de tuyau avec quelques trous
- 1990 : Auteur de musique
- 1991 : Enki Bilal, un décorateur ?
- 1991 : Trois motifs pour le jazz
- 1992 : Pour une musique nouvelle
- 1994 : La Femme sur la Lune, réflexion sur la relation musique et image
- 2006 : O.P.A. MIA, Livre-DVD Illustré, broché,
- 2006 : En lisant, en jouant, en écrivant (1)
- 2008 : L'Opéra de la Lune
- 2008 : Cent ans de bonheur
- 2008 : A quoi l'art pense-t-il ?
- 2008 : En lisant, en jouant, en écrivant
- 2010 : La Petite danseuse de Degas (on Degas' Little Dancer of Fourteen Years)
- 2011 : Les Musiciens de Brême
- 2012 : Eloge du musical
- 2012 : Paysages de conte
- 2013 : Les Passagers du delta
- 2014 : Manhattan Rhapsody
- 2015 : L'Art de l'improvisation au piano
- 2017 : O.P.A. MIA (My Tender Bid)
- Reference: Denis Levaillant – Bibliography – Book CDs, denislevaillant.net
Operas and shows
- 1974 : L'oreille bée
- 1976 : Le Baigneur
- 1978 : Embellie fixe
- 1979 : Le jardin du sanglier
- 1980 : Piano Check-up, La Chevauchée
- 1981 : Portrait de l'artiste
- 1981 : Grand Corridor
- 1982 : Dérive
- 1982 : D.D.Blue Gold Digger,
- 1983 : Inside
- 1983 : Aranzaquil
- 1983 : Deux pièces à louer, Piano check-up & Le Baigneur
- 1983 : Les Pas Perdus
- 1984 : The Blue Street
- 1984 : Rythm'n'shoes
- 1986': Eaux-fortes
- 1986 : Le Dernier Pèlerinage
- 1986 : Les Passagers du delta
- 1987 : Les heures défaites
- 1987 : Solo piano solo
- 1989 : O.P.A MIA
- 1989 : Passage de l'heure bleue
- 1992 : Lettres de Georgie, Ballet
- 1993 : Piano Circus
- 1994 : Poètes et burlesques, Spectacle musical, pièces pour piano accompagnant un programme de films Pathé des années 1910.
- 1995 : Passions, Les Pierres noires, Sunny Cash passion, Compassion, Madrigaux de guerre & Tombeau de Gesualdo.
- 1995 : La Femme sur la Lune
- 1998/1999 : Techno Space Piano
- 1999/2000 : Eloge de la radio
- 2003 : La Petite danseuse
- 2005/2006 : Un petit rien-du-tout
- 2009/2010 : Les Musiciens de Brême
- Reference: Denis Levaillant – Operas and shows, denislevaillant.net
References
- ^ ISBN 9782852291409. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
- ^ F. M. (12 February 1981). "Une Étude de Denis Levaillant". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 15 December 2020.
- ^ Boisseau, Rosita (1 July 2010). "La Petite Danseuse de Degas ressuscite à l'Opéra Garnier". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 15 December 2020.
- ^ ISBN 9782916668413. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
- ^ a b Sanson, David. "Denis Levaillant – Biographie" (PDF). denislevaillant.net (in French). Retrieved 15 December 2020.
- ^ a b c Bogat, Leni (March 2014). "Composer Denis Levaillant : Renaissance Man". fanfarearchive.com. Retrieved 15 December 2020.(registration required)
- ISBN 9780819566829. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
- ISBN 9780190633608. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
- ^ David, Jean-Marie (2008). "Denis Levaillant, a composer at the heart of creation" (documentary). medici.tv. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
- ISBN 9782852030411. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
- ^ Barbier, Christophe (31 May 2016). "Enki Bilal: 'Disséquer La Bohème de Puccini, voir l'opéra de l'intérieur'". L'Express (in French). Retrieved 15 December 2020.
- ^ "Programmation 1990 – 44e édition O.P.A. Mia". festival-avignon.com (in French). 1990. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
- ISBN 9780948875533. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
- ^ "Partition à telecharger du compositeur Denis Levaillant". pianobleu.com (in French). Retrieved 15 December 2020.
- ^ "Denis Levaillant: Pour «Une femme sur la lune» de Fritz Lang (1995)" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.
- ^ "Biographical elements – Levaillant, Denis (1952)". Centre de documentation de la musique contemporaine (Cdmc). August 2010. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
- ^ "Immortel ad vitam – The European Film Awards". europeanfilmawards.eu. 2004. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
- ^ "La Petite danseuse de Degas DVD". tutti-magazine.fr (in French). Retrieved 15 December 2020.
- BnF. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
- BnF. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
- ^ Vagne, Thierry (17 February 2016). "Denis Levaillant – Pachamama Symphony". vagnethierry.fr (in French). Retrieved 15 December 2020.
- ^ "Denis Levaillant – Jazz and opera composer". universalproductionmusic.com. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
- ^ Deck, Claude (1 January 2006). "Chronique alpine et des montagnes du monde », La Montagne et l'Alpinisme : revue du Club alpin français et du Groupe de haute montagne". bnf.fr. La Montagne et Alpinisme. p. 77. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
External links
- Official website
- "Denis Levaillant (biography, works, resources)" (in French and English). IRCAM.
- Denis Levaillant at IMDb