|
Alain Celo |
éditions musicales européennes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Born in 1960, Alain Celo eventually turns to music for good after completing his high-school diploma with a major in sciences, and winning a first prize at a national-level school competition in music (1978).
He studies the viola at the music school of Boulogne-Billancourt (with Stéphane Wiener and Marie-Thérèse Chailley) and then furthers his music education at the Ecole Normale de Musique in Paris with Tasso Adamopoulos.
He is selected to join the National Orchestra of Lorraine in 1986, and has worked there since then.
Settled in Metz, he enrolls at the music school where he attends harmony, counterpoint, fugue, orchestration classes and received a golden medal in each of these matters.
He is part of Franˆßois Narboni's composition class and ends his studies with a first prize in the advanced class and the SACEM prize. Advises were also given to him by Claude Lefebvre, George Crumb and Martin Matalon.
Mainly inspired by the relationship between man and nature, his research aims at creating a homogeneous language with heterogeneous elements, thus offering some aesthetic similarities with Mahler's work. He admits to being influenced by Ravel, Debussy and Stravinsky, but also jazz and ethnic traditional music.
His works, including some thirty pieces for instruments and voices, were played at the contemporary music festival of Cergy-Pontoise, and at the organ festival in Moselle. Souffle d'Ebène, the Metz accordion quartet, Pyxis and the Stravinsky Ensemble are among the ensembles that have interpreted his pieces up to this day.
|
065549 "l'Amour et le sablier" for voice (soprano), flute, viola
and piano - duration 20'
poems by Louis Chadourne (1890-1925) - five poems (Frontispice, Petit
prélude I, II et III, Instant) with short interludes
premiere: 26 june 2004, Maison Verte (Paris 18e)
[parts for hire]
075577 Espaces désertiques for flute, violin, d.-bass and
percussion - duration 20'
titles: 1. Sahara 2. Basse Californie 3. Gobi 4. Antarctique 5.
Patagonie 6. Kalahari
[parts on sale - ref 075577m]
Les
Espaces désertiques sont une invitation au voyage à
travers six zones différentes par leur caractéristiques
climatiques. A chaque type de désert (subtropical ,
côtier, d'abri, etc.) correspond une section à
l'ambiance musicale différente.
On passe ainsi du Sahara au Kalahari à l'aide de visions
musicales, influencées par la réalité même
du climat de ces déserts à la fois fascinants et
inquiétants.
076578 L'âme errante for solo violin - duration 4' 30"
|
CD Alain Celo
- Espaces désertiques
- Le Graoully, dragon messin
CD publisher: Parnassie éditions
Critique du site
resmusica.com
de la revue Pizzicato (Luxembourg)
du Républicain
lorrain
This CD was
selected for Grand Prix Lycéen des Compositeurs 2008
contest
en savoir plus:
www.mnl-paris.com/prixlyceen2008/prix.html
To buy this CD fnac.com and alapage.com
|
For
ensemble:
- The
Graoully, a dragon in the region of Metz musical story for flute,
clarinet, trompet, trombone, violin, double bass, percussion and
narrator 30 mn (2005)
- Couleurs fugitives (fleeting colors) for flute, oboe, bassoon,
guitar and harp 8 mn (2003)
- The Erl-King for womens choir, baritone, two violas, two cellos and
a doublebass 8 mn (2001) (english translation of Goethe's
Erlkönig by Walter Scott)
Four
instruments (including voice):
- Jardin
nocturne (night garden) for flute, violin, doublebass et percussion 3
mn 30 (2006)
- L'Amour et le
sablier
(Love and Hourglass) for soprano, flute, viola and piano (on poems by
Louis Chadourne) 20 mn (2004)
- Espaces
désertiques (Desert spaces) for flute, violin, doublebass and
percussion 20 mn (2003)
- Loreleï for vibraphone and string trio 20 mn (2003)
- Planète et soufflet (Planet and bellows) for four accordions
8 mn (2002)
Three
instruments:
- Safari
for violin, trombone and doublebass 4 mn 40 (2007) link to a video
with André Pons-Valdès (violin), Dominique Delahoche
(trombone) and Franˆßois Golin (doublebass)
- Envols d'oiseaux ivres (drunk birds taking flight) for viola, piano
and vibraphone 6 mn (2002)
- Rondo for violin, clarinet and piano 6 mn (2000)
- Commentaires sur Verlaine (commentaries on Verlaine) for viola,
piano and narrator 12 mn (1996)
- Mouvements de nuages (clouds movements) for flute, viola and
doublebass 15 mn (1994)
Two
instruments:
- Savane
for accordion and marimba 11 mn (2007)
- Lied for viola and piano 3 mn (2000)
- Fragments d'étoile (star chips) for flute and cello 4 mn
(1999)
One
instrument:
-
L'âme
errante
(Wandering soul) for violin 4 - 5 mn (2006)
- Bleus azur (Sky blue) for viola and live electronics on a video by
Philippe Baudry 4 mn 40 (2004)
- Nocturne (Nocturnal) for vibraphone 2 mn (2001)
- Sonate (one movment) for piano 7 mn (1999)
- Oiseaux imaginaires (Imaginary birds) for piano 9 mn (1993)
Clarinets
ensemble:
- Petite
boîte à musique se détraquant progressivement
(little musicbox progressively breaking down) 4 mn 30 (2006)
- Le cri du serpent (the snake's cry) (with organ) 8 mn (2004)
- Atlantique 8 mn (2003)
- Gulf Stream 4 mn 30 (2001)
For young players:
- 20000 ans av.
J.C et Belle dame en ses atours for flute (about 4 years of practice)
and piano (2006)
- Train de nuit (night train) for viola (3/4 years) and piano
(2005)
- Etranges oiseaux (strange birds) for viola (3/4 years) and piano
(2004)
- Bruissements et craquements d'automne (autumn rustlings and
crackings) for solo flute (3/4 years) (2004) in a booklet of
contemporary technique for young flute players at Robert Martin's
musical editions
- La matinée d'un faune (a fauna's morning) for treble
recorder, guitar and harp (2/3 years) 2 mn (2003)
- Ayers rock for a young players orchestra 3 mn (2002)
- In Memoriam Bach for violin, cello and piano 3 mn (2000)
