David Chaillou Explained

David Chaillou is a French composer, born in 1971.

Biography

Chaillou is a senior lecturer at the University of Lille^[1]

His music has been released by Preiser Records,^[2] Gérard Billaudot^[3] and Universal Editions.^[4]

Chaillou's works have been broadcast among others by France Musique,^[5] RTS (Switzerland),^[6] RAI3,^[7] and RBBKultur.^[8]

His music combines for some a form of modern impressionism and post-minimalism.^[8]

Works

Concert pieces

Solo instruments

• Les mains nues for piano. World premiere by Moisès Fernàndez Via. La Puda. Festival Les Serenates d'Estiu
• Empreintes for piano. World premiere by François-Frédéric Guy au Beethovenfest, Beethoven Hall, Bonn (Allemagne)
• Une voix for piano. World premiere by Nina Barkalaya au Conservatoire Tchaikovsky, Moscou
• Diableries for piano. Public world premiere by Jeffrey Grice at the Sorbone amphithéâtre Richelieu, Paris. Published by Gérard Billaudot^[9] ISBN: M-043-07351-2.
• Légende for piano
• Mirages for piano
• Blocs for piano
• Temps inverses for piano
• Pluie blanche for piano
• Temps inverses for piano
• Plein air for piano
• Final for piano
• Au piano de Sibelius for piano
• Seul for cello. World premiere by Emmanuel Bellanger at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris. Published by Gérard Billaudot^[10]
• Solo for cello, World premiere in 2020
• Solliloquy for flute solo
• Solo Solo for violin, premiered by Valeria Zorina (dédicataire) at the Madrid National Auditorium in 2019.

Chamber music

• Gulf stream for string quartet. Commande of orchestre de Bretagne for the 100 years anniversary of the writer Louis Guilloux. Gérard Billaudot Publishing^[11]
• Sur un visage for wind sextet
• Rappoport for string trio with voice. Commande of Ariam Ile de France, selected for the 30 years anniversary of Ariam. Premiered at the Cité internationale des Arts of Paris.
• Duo violon violoncelle premierded by Christophe Pantillon and Clara Fleider, Austrian radio (ORF). Mozarteum^[12]

Orchestral

• Symphonie du bout des terres, commande of Orchestre de Bretagne. Conducted by Stefan Sanderling. Gérard Billaudot Publishing.^[13]
• Rhapsodie pour orchestre
• Paris miniature (Paris IXème arrondissement), mouvement concertant for violin and orchestra. Commande of Mairie de Paris. Premiered at Auditorium Saint-Germain, Paris (Orchestre du Conservatoire supérieur de Paris, conducted by Xavier Delette

Vocal

• Nunc Dimittis for a cappella choir. Premiered^[14] by the Choeur sacré de Paris (conducted by Till Ally)
• Magnificat for mixed choir and organ. Commande for the 500 years anniversary of La Trinité-des-Mont, Roma. Premiered at La Trinité-des-Monts
• Une mélodie upon a text by Pauline Bernon-Bruley for countertenor and piano
• Prose du suaire upon a text by Michel Deguy for three women voices. Premiered by the Trio Chrysilis (Isabelle de Biron, Sylvie Deguy, Christine Raphaël) at the Maison de l’Amérique latine, Paris^[15]
• Mémoire de Loire upon a text by Michel Chaillou for mezzo, an actor, mixed choir and instrumental ensemble. Premiered at Salle Vasse with Jean-Louis Vicart and Isabelle Sokoja.^[16]
• Le chêne et le roseau according to Jean de la Fontaine for cembalo and children's choir
• Tableaux, melody from a poetry by Picasso premiered at the Musée d’Orsay, Paris (Chloé Briot, Julien Beaudiment). Broadcast by France Musique

Stage music

• Little Nemo opera all audience in 3 acts (libretto Arnaude Delalande, Olivier Balazuc)
• Conrad original music for a series of shows for France-Culture (Radio France). Produced by Philippe Taroni
• Léger au front for three instruments and magnetic tape with Jacques Gamblin and Patrice Alexandre. Commission of the Marne county and the conseil général of Champagne-Ardenne, France.
• Philomène et les ogres tale for children upon a text by Arnaud Delalande, premiered by Jean-Pierre Marielle and Agathe Nathanson

Music for motion pictures

• A la lisière directed by Fabianny Deschamps
• La mort de Jean-Philippe Gatien directed by Christophe Régin on a screenplay of Denis Podalydes
• Caserne 52 minutes directed by François Barat. Broadcast on France 3
• Léger au front 52 minutes directed by Philippe Lanfranci. Broadcast on La chaine Histoire
• David et la mort de Marat directed by Martin Fraudeau, produced by Caméra Lucida / Arte production)

Music for young audiences and educational pieces

• Philomène with Jean-Pierre Marielle et Agathe Nathanson. Theatre version (2015)
• L’orchestre d’Odilon Le Grillon (quintett and narrator) CD-book Gallimard Jeunesse. Selected by the Crédit Mutuel
• Trois petites miniatures for piano, commande of Argenteuil, premiered at Argenteuil, France
• Philomène et les Ogres piece for flute, percussions, piano and children's choir narrated by Jean-Pierre Marielle. CD-book Gallimard Jeunesse

Music films

• Nocturne,^[17] directed by Grégoire Pont and produced by Stéphan Aubé for the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark (2018)
• Solo,^[18] interpreted by Annabelle Berthomé-Reynolds (violin), directed by Philippe Mottet (2020).

Recent works

• Little Nemo^[19] (libretto by Arnaud Delalande and Olivier Balazuc), an opera first performed at Angers-Nantes Opéra and the Opéra de Dijon in 2017 with the mezzo-soprano Chloé Briot and the Ensemble Ars Nova.The opera was awarded the Prix de l’Association Beaumarchais (SACD).^[20]
• Léger au front, music theatre performed at the Théâtre de l'Athénée in Paris in 2018 with the sculptor Patrice Alexandre, staging by Jacques Gamblin.^[21] Léger au front has been performed in German by Karl Markovics in Vienna (Theater Odeon), Bonn (LVR museum),^[22] The Carinthian Summer Music Festival (2015). Léger au front is Laureate of the French National Centenary Committee.^[23]
• Tableaux, a song to a poem by Picasso first performed at the Musée d’Orsay in Paris.^[24]
• Solo for violon, first performed by Valeria Zorina at the Auditorio Nacional de Música in Madrid in 2019.^[25]

Discography

• Légendes by Laura Mikkola, piano. Monographic CD published by Fuga Libera/Outhere (2020).
• Les mains nues by Moisès Fernandez Via, Lili Boulanger, David Chaillou and Federico Mompou. Published by Urtext Digital classics (2015)
• Paroles de violoncelle by Christophe Pantillon, David Chaillou. ‘’Seul’’, monologue for violoncelle. Published by Gramola (2013)
• Paris-Vienne-Moscou par Aron Quartett, David Chaillou, Maurice Ravel, Dmitri Shostakovich. Published by Preiser Records (2010)
• Philomène et les ogres, fantastic tale read by Jean-Pierre Marielle and Agathe Nathanson, set to music by David Chaillou. Published by Gallimard Jeunesse
• L'orchestre d'Odilon le Grillon.text Antoon Krings Published by Gallimard Jeunesse

Publications

• Napoléon et l'Opéra (Fayard publishing)^[26]

Awards and distinctions

• 2004 – Grand prix of the Fondation Napoléon for his book Napoléon et l'Opéra (Fayard publishing)^[27]
• 2014 – Laureate of the French National Centenary Committee for Léger au front .
• 2015 - Awarded of the Prix de l’Association Beaumarchais (SACD) for Little Nemo, children 'opera.^[28]

External links

• Official website of the composer
• Éditions Billaudot website
• Éditions Fayard website. Presentation of David Chaillou
• Fayard publishing website. Page dedicated to the book Napoléon et l'Opéra

Notes and References

1. Web site: What's On at the Faculty of Music Issue 1 Oct 2013. Issuu. 7 October 2013 . en. 2020-01-12.
2. Web site: Aron Quartett Paris-Vienne-Moscou. www.preiserrecords.at.
3. Web site: Gérard Billaudot Éditeur | Catalogue théorique, instrumental et orchestral. www.billaudot.com.
4. Web site: Universal Edition.
5. Web site: Little Nemo, de David Chaillou : Un opéra tout public, en création mondiale à Nantes. January 2017 .
6. Web site: David Chaillou, du violoncelle seul à l'opéra - Radio. Play RTS. November 2018.
7. « Radio3 suite - Magazine del 30/05/2020 - Rai Radio 3 - RaiPlay Radio » [archive], sur Rai (consulté le 21 juin 2020)
8. Web site: Zeitgenössische Klavierwerke - David Chaillou: "Légendes" rbbKultur . www.rbb-online.de . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20200717020312/https://www.rbb-online.de/rbbkultur/themen/musik/rezensionen/cd/2020/03/david-chaillou-legendes.html . 2020-07-17.
9. Web site: Diableries By David Chaillou - Full Score (study) Sheet Music For Piano (Buy Print Music PR.510029500 From Gerard Billaudot Editeur At Sheet Music Plus). David. Chaillou. www.sheetmusicplus.com.
10. Web site: Seul - David Chaillou - Partition - Violoncelle - laflutedepan.com. La Flûte de Pan.
11. (Cotage: GB7142-O)
12. Book: Almanach der Universität Mozarteum Salzburg Studienjahr 2012/13. Gratzer, Wolfgang. 24 January 2014. 978-3-99012-141-2. Wien. 871630395.
13. Cotage: GB7140-O -
14. ZELENKA -Missa Omnium Sanctorum / BACH – Magnificat/ David Chaillou – Nunc Dimittis » [archive], sur Choeur de paris (consulté le 10 janvier 2020)
15. Maison de l'Amérique Latine, « Michel Deguy - Agenda » [archive], sur Maison de l'Amérique Latine (consulté le 10 janvier 2020)
16. « La Loire au cœur / Memoire de Loire » [archive], sur nantes (
17. Web site: NOCTURNE on Vimeo . Vimeo.com . 2017-11-28 . 2020-05-19.
18. Web site: David Chaillou - Solo / Annabelle Berthomé-Reynolds, violin . YouTube . 2020-01-12 . 2020-05-19.
19. Web site: VIDEO, teaser. LITTLE NEMO, création mondiale à Nantes et à Angers | Classique News.
20. Web site: Résultats de la commission de janvier 2015 Association Beaumarchais-SACD. fr-FR. 2020-01-12.
21. Web site: Athénée saison 2018-2019 : féerie souveraine - Actualités - Ôlyrix. Olyrix.com. fr. 2020-01-12.
22. Web site: Performance "Fernand Léger an der Front" im LVR-LandesMuseum Bonn. Rönz. Dr Helmut. 1914 - Mitten in Europa. Das Rheinland und der Erste Weltkrieg. 24 October 2014 . 10.58079/adux . de-DE. 2020-01-12.
23. Web site: Le spectacle " Léger au front " . fr.
24. « Musée d'Orsay: Chloé Briot, Vincent Balse » [archive], sur www.musee-orsay.fr (consulté le 10 janvier 2020)
25. Web site: David Chaillou - Valeria Zorina . YouTube . 2019-05-16 . 2020-05-19.
26. Book: "NAPOLEON ET L'OPERA LA POLITIQUE SUR LA SCENE", David Chaillou. March 31, 2020. www.fayard.fr.
27. Web site: History Prizes 2004.
28. Web site: Résultats de la commission de janvier 2015 | Association Beaumarchais-SACD.