Laurent Petitgirard

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Laurent Petitgirard (born 10 June 1950, in

classical
composer and conductor.

Biography and career

Laurent Petitgirard studied piano with Serge Petitgirard and composition with Alain Kremski. He has worked as conductor with dozens of orchestras, including the Paris Opera Orchestra,

Orchestre Colonne, in Paris, since December 2004 and ended his contract two years before the end in April 2018[clarification needed
] to concentrate on composition and guest conducting. He will still conduct the Colonne Orchestra, as a guest conductor, in the next seasons.

Petitgirard has recorded dozens of CDs of music by a variety of composers, such as

Saint-Saëns
and others.

As composer, Petitgirard has written scores for films by

Pierre Granier Deferre, and many others, with many of his film soundtracks being released on CD. He composed the theme and various incidental music for the television program Maigret.[1]

Petitgirard's first opera,

Naxos label with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo and with Nathalie Stutzmann
in the title role.

Other works by Petigirard include Le Fou d'Elsa, a cycle of six songs to poems by

Naxos
label, with the composer conducting.

Petitgirard has received a number of prizes, including 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, The Elephant Man. In December 2000 he was elected Member of the

French Institute, and elected Perpetual Secretary of the beaux-arts Academy on 1 February 2017 .[2]

Laurent Petitgirard is a "

Commandeur des Arts et Lettres", an "Officier de La Légion d'Honneur
" and "Officier de l'Ordre National du Mérite".

References

  1. ISBN 9780810836907
    .
  2. ^ "LAURENT PETITGIRARD, french composer and conductor : Biography". www.petitgirard.com. Archived from the original on 2009-12-26.

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