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Bertrand, Christophe (b. 1981, Wissembourg). French composer of primarily chamber works that have been performed in Europe and elsewhere; he is also active as a pianist.
Mr. Bertrand studied piano with Laurent Cabasso and Michèle Renoul at the Conservatoire National de Région de Strasbourg, where he then studied with Armand Angster and earned gold medals in chamber music and piano. There he also studied composition with Ivan Fedele from 1996–2000 and earned his diploma by a unanimous vote of the jury. In addition, he participated in the Cursus Annuel de Composition et Informatique Musicale at IRCAM in 2000–01, where he worked with Brian Ferneyhough, Jonathan Harvey, Philippe Hurel, Tristan Murail, and Marco Stroppa, and he studied piano with Nicolas Hodges at Darmstadt in 2002.
Among his honors are the Prix de la Musique from the Académie des Marches de l'Est (2001), an honorable mention in the Gaudeamus competition (2001, for Treis) and First Prize in the Earplay Donald Aird Memorial competition (2002, for Treis). The Beethovenfest in Bonn, Ensemble Intercontemporain, the Fondation André Boucourechliev, the government of France, Les Percussions de Strasbourg, the RVMN festival in Forbach, and the summer festival in Lucerne have commissioned works from him. His music has been performed in Belgium, France, Germany, The Netherlands, Switzerland, the UK, and the USA, including at the Gaudeamus Muziekweek (2000), Darmstadt (2002), the Ultraschall festival (2004), and the summer festival in Lucerne (2005).
As a pianist, he primarily performs new music and has worked with composers such as Mark André, Gualtiero Dazzi, Pascal Dusapin, Ivan Fedele, Michael Jarrell, and Ramon Lazkano. He has played with Accroche-Note and is currently the pianist in the new music ensemble In Extremis, which he co-founded.
Edizioni Suvini Zerboni publishes his music.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: chr.bertrand@free.fr
Website (personal): http://www.christophebertrand.net/
Website (In Extremis): http://ensembleinextremis.free.fr/
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
ORCHESTRAL: Yet, small orchestra (20 players), 2002; Mana, large orchestra (75 players), 2004–05
CHAMBER MUSIC: Skiaï, flute, clarinet (+ bass clarinet), violin, cello, piano (+ tam-tam), 1998; La chute du rouge, clarinet, cello, piano, vibraphone, 2000; Treis, violin, cello, piano, 2000; Dikha, clarinet (+ bass clarinet), tape, 2000–01; Ektra, flute, 2001; Aus, clarinet (+ bass clarinet), soprano saxophone, viola, piano, 2003; Virya, flute (+ piccolo), clarinet (+ bass clarinet), piano, vibraphone (+ glockenspiel, 3 woodblocks), 2003–04; Sanh, bass clarinet, cello, piano, 2005; Quatuor, string quartet, 2005–06
CHORAL: Full, 8 mixed voices, piano, 4 vibraphones (any 2 + glockenspiel, any 2 + bass drum), 2002; Iôa, 8 female voices, 2003
VOCAL: Strofa II, mezzo-soprano, violin, piano, 2000 (also version as Strofa IIB, mezzo-soprano, alto flute [+ flute], piano, 1998–2000); Madrigal (texts by Italo Calvino, Roland Barthes, François Rabelais), soprano, flute, clarinet (+ bass clarinet), violin, cello, percussion, 2004–05
PIANO: Haos, 2003
(Last updated on May 13, 2007)
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