Samuel Sené Explained

Samuel Sené is a French theatre director, musical director, pianist, and conductor .

He won four (TCM): Best Director and Best Author for his musicals Comédiens! in 2018 and L'Homme de Schrödinger in 2019.

Early life and education

Samuel Sené obtained his baccalaureate at the age of 14.[1] In 1999, when he was 17, Sené entered the École normale supérieure de Cachan where he studied mathematics. After his time at the École normale supérieure de Cachan he obtained the French mathematics aggregation (agrégation de mathématiques). He thus became the youngest agrégé in France in this discipline.[2]

Sené first studied music at the Conservatoire d'Orléans and then at the Music school in Saint-Maur, where he won first prizes in piano, accompaniment and conducting.

Career

He first worked in Paris, for the théâtre national de l'Opéra-Comique and Châtelet, then Brazil with the São Paulo State orchestras. He has conducted numerous operas and operettas, such as Carmen, Orphée aux Enfers, Hamlet, La belle Hélène, Death in Venice, Normaand others.[3] He has also conducted many popular events, including the official Star Wars at the Grand Rex and the Jules Verne Festival concerts.[4]

Samuel composed the opera Le dernier jour[5] which was selected and subsidised by the Fonds de Création Lyrique de la société des auteurs et compositeurs dramatiques (SACD). He wrote the arrangements of Richard Wagner's Der fliegende Holländer and Mozart's Don Giovanni for the Nouvelle Troupe Lyrique. He composed the music for the ballet Derviche mon amour,[6] [7] and the incidental music for plays such as Romeo and Juliet[8] and Dom Juan. His versatility also led him into the field of film music and variety: he worked as an arranger for Sabine Paturel, pop-symphonic shows, universal audiovisual programmes, etc.

Samuel then focussed on Anglo-Saxon musicals and was the musical director for Fame, Fiddler on the Roof, Rendez-vous, West Side Story, Next Thing You Know, Oliver!, Fantasmes de demoiselles, and, Into the Woods[9] (on tour in France 2018–19). He is also the educational director of the Musidrama workshops.[10] Co-founder of the West End Frenchies, a federation of Francophile musical theatre workers in London. He directed several of their Voulez-vous sing with me tonight cabarets, as well as the musical Pinot at the Colour House Theatre, also in London.

His dual musical and theatrical training has enabled Samuel to direct operas (Tosca, Orphée et Eurydice,[11] Pagliacci[12] ...), musical shows (Contes sans frontière at the Théâtre des Célestins,[13] the 2008–2009 editions of the Cérémonies des Marius, the 2012 and 2013 editions of the Ville en lumières Festival in the city of Troyes[14]), musical theatre creations such as Légendes parisiennes, #hashtags, Flop, Jack l'ombre de Whitechapel, and Week-end! and theatre pieces such as The Lesson by Ionesco at the Théâtre Mouffetard and the Lucernaire centre[15] theatres. In 2018, he created the musical Comédiens! which successfully ran at the Théâtre de la Huchette and received five awards including for best libretto, best show, and best direction.[16] Then he wrote and directed L'homme de Schrödinger and Contre-temps.

The COVID-19 pandemic pushed Samuel to go off the beaten track, and he directed the very first French virtual choir, The Show Must Go On, which was seen more than ten million times on various platforms. He created C-o-n-t-a-c-t, a remote theatrical experience 2.0,[17] which met with immediate success in Paris. It was soon translated into several languages and transferred to a dozen countries around the globe including the United Kingdom, Canada, Italy,[18] He directed La flûte cyber-enchantée at the Opéra de Vichy, using a range of new video, streaming and videoconferencing technologies for a hyperconnected and interactive show.[19]

Theatre and musical theatre

Director

Musical director for musicals

Music

Operas

Concert conductor

Compositions and arrangements

Publication

Nominations and awards

Notes and References

  1. http://www.liberation.fr/france-archive/1996/07/06/samuel-sene-plus-jeune-bachelier-de-france_177771 « Samuel Séné : plus jeune bachelier de France »
  2. Book: René Delamaire . [{{Google books|plainurl=y|VewAAAAAQBAJ|page=138}} Qu'est-ce que les chefs ont de plus que nous ? ]. Eyrolles. 2009 . 978-2-212-54507-4 . Paris . 138 . fr. 27 February 2019.
  3. Web site: Opéra Côté Chœur en photos et vidéos . 2019-02-27 . opera-cote-choeur.fr.
  4. 2006 . Samuel Sené explore les mondes perdus du Festival Jules Verne . Cinefonia .
  5. Web site: January 2002. Le dernier jour . Lesarchivesduspectacle .
  6. Web site: 2017-05-14 . Rencontre avec Kawtar Kel autour de sa création Derviche mon Amour . 2019-02-27 . Onorient . fr-FR.
  7. Web site: Derviche mon Amour Chorésophes . 2019-02-27 . fr-FR.
  8. Web site: Roméo et Juliette. 2019-02-27 . Compagnie Théâtrale Chouchenko . fr-FR.
  9. Web site: L'actualité des comédies musicales en concert : Into the Woods de Stephen Sondheim . 2019-02-27 . . 11 November 2018 . fr.
  10. https://www.musidrama.fr/ Musidrama
  11. Web site: Orphée et Eurydice. 2019-03-04 . Les Archives du Spectacle . 23 April 2006 . fr.
  12. Web site: Paillasse. 2019-03-04 . Les Archives du Spectacle . June 2004 . fr.
  13. Web site: Contes sans frontières . 2019-03-04 . Les Archives du Spectacle . 13 May 2006 . fr.
  14. Web site: June 2013 . Et Troyes créa la femme – Dossier . 2019-02-27 . ville-troyes.fr .
  15. News: 2013-06-14 . Petits génies devenus grands . . fr . 2019-02-27.
  16. http://www.regardencoulisse.com/samuel-sene-un-chef-dorchestre-polyvalent/ Samuel Sené, un chef d'orchestre polyvalent
  17. News: Bri . Marie . 2020-06-13 . Théâtre : on a suivi 'C-o-n-t-a-c-t', la première pièce distanciée dans les rues de Paris . 2021-04-28 . Le Parisien. fr-FR.
  18. News: 2020-09-04 . C-o-n-t-a-c-t review – gripping thriller takes its audience on a pacy outdoor odyssey . 2021-04-28. The Guardian.
  19. Web site: 2021-04-07 . La Flûte (cyber) enchantée de l'Opéra de Vichy chronique . 2021-04-28 . Toutelaculture . fr-FR.
  20. http://lestroiscoups.over-blog.com/article-la-le-on-d-eugene-ionesco-critique-d-emmanuel-arnault-theatre-mouffetard-a-paris-44767926.html La Leçon, d'Eugène Ionesco (critique), Théâtre Mouffetard à Paris
  21. Web site: ИВ МОНТАН. СОЛНЦЕ ПАРИЖА.: 27 апреля 2017 года, начало в 19:00 . 2019-03-05 . premiera-piter.ru.
  22. http://www.lefigaro.fr/culture/2018/06/19/03004-20180619ARTFIG00277-le-sacre-de-comediens-a-la-huchette.php Le sacre de Comédiens ! à la Huchette
  23. Web site: ANNA ATTEND L'AMOUR . 2020-06-21 . www.theatredesmathurins.com.
  24. Web site: Bri . Marie . 2020-06-13 . Théâtre : on a suivi "C-o-n-t-a-c-t", la première pièce distanciée dans les rues de Paris . 2020-06-21 . leparisien.fr . fr-FR.
  25. Web site: A Vichy, une flûte [cyber] enchantée Forum Opéra ]. 2021-04-28 . www.forumopera.com . fr.
  26. http://www.regardencoulisse.com/west-end-frenchies-un-nouveau-rendez-vous-musical-a-londres/ West End Frenchies, un nouveau rendez-vous musical à Londres
  27. https://www.regarts.org/Jeune/la-revanche-du-capitaine-crochet.htm La revanche de Crochet
  28. http://www.laclefdeschants.com/93_11_into-the-woods.html Into the woods
  29. Book: 2016 . МАТЕРИАЛЫ . 2019-03-05 . 10.18411/d-2016-154. 9785912430725 .
  30. Web site: Cinefonia .
  31. Web site: Brochure été 2019.pdf . 2019-06-26 . Google Docs.
  32. Web site: Berneuil . Thomas . 2020-02-15 . Critique : "Bond Symphonique" envoûte le Grand Rex avec 50 musiciens ! . 2020-06-21 . Musical Avenue . fr-FR.
  33. Web site: 2019-06-19 . Les Lauréats 2019 . 2019-06-26 . fr-FR.