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Dusapin, Pascal (b. May 29, 1955, Nancy). French composer of mostly stage, orchestral, chamber, choral, and vocal works that have been performed throughout the world.
Mr. Dusapin studied arts and aesthetics and plastic arts and sciences at the Université de Paris IV-Sorbonne. He then attended seminars by Iannis Xenakis at the Université de Paris IV-Sorbonne from 1974–78.
His honors include a prize from the Fondation de la vocation (1977), the Prix Hervé Dujardin from SACEM (1979) and a scholarship to stay at the Villa Medici in Rome (1981–83). He later received the Prix du Syndicat de la Critique in Paris (1993), the Prix Symphonique from SACEM (1994), the Grand Prix National de Musique from the French Ministry of Culture (1995), the Victoire de la Musique (1998, for the Montaigne Auvidis recording of Extenso [Solo No. 2], Apex [Solo No. 3] and La Melancholia), and the selected work at the UNESCO International Rostrum of Composers (1998, for Watt). In more recent years, he received the Prix du Syndicat de la Critique in Paris (2003, for Perelà, uomo di fumo).
He is also active in other positions. He served as composer-in-residence to the Orchestre National de Lyon in 1993–94.
Éditions Salabert publishes his music.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address (c/o Patricia Alia): patricia.alia.durand-salabert-eschig@bmgintl.com
Street address: Mr. Pascal Dusapin, c/o Éditions Salabert, 4/6 Place de la Bourse, 75002 Paris, France
SELECT LIST OF WORKS
STAGE: Roméo et Juliette (opéra en 9 numéros, libretto by Olivier Cadiot), mezzo-soprano, bass-baritone, speaker-soprano, speaker-baritone, speaker-bass-baritone, clarinet (+ E-flat clarinet, alto clarinet, contrabass clarinet), 4 mixed voices (soprano, mezzo-soprano, countertenor, baritone), mixed chorus, large orchestra (60 players), 1985–88 (one section may be performed separately as a concert work: Red Rock); Medeamaterial (opera, libretto by Heiner Müller), coloratura soprano, 4 mixed voices, mixed chorus, organ, harpsichord, 21 strings, 1991; La Melancholia (opératorio, texts by Galen, Johannes Tritheimus, Hildegard, Lionardi Dati, Plotinus, Everhard von Wampen, William Shakespeare, Homer, St. Ambrose, Michèle Scott, Geoffrey Chaucer, Hesiod, anonymous sources), soprano, mezzo-soprano, countertenor, tenor, 12 mixed voices, French horn, trumpet, trombone, large orchestra (62 players), tape, 1991; To be sung (chamber opera, libretto by the composer, after Gertrude Stein), 3 sopranos, speaker, flute (+ piccolo), oboe (+ English horn), clarinet (+ bass clarinet), trumpet, trombone, cello, double bass, tape, 1992–93; Perelà, uomo di fumo (opéra en dix chapitres, libretto by the composer, after Aldo Palazzeschi), coloratura soprano, soprano, mezzo-soprano, alto, male falsetto voice, tenor, bass-baritone, 3 basses, male rôle, 6 mixed voices, mixed chorus, positive organ, on-stage ensemble (flute, clarinet, 2 saxophones, 2 trumpets, trombone, tuba, 2 percussion), large orchestra (90 players), tape, 1998–2001
ORCHESTRAL: L'Aven, flute, large orchestra (71 players), 1980–81; Aria (concerto), clarinet, small orchestra (13 players), 1991; Coda, small orchestra (13 players), 1992; Go (Solo No. 1), large orchestra (83 players), 1992; Khôra, 60 strings, 1993 (also version for 30 strings, 1996); Extenso (Solo No. 2), large orchestra (84 players), 1993–94; Watt, trombone, large orchestra (69 players), 1994; Apex (Solo No. 3), large orchestra (83 players), 1995; Quad (in memoriam Gilles Deleuze) (concerto), violin, small orchestra (15 players), 1996; Celo (concerto), cello, orchestra, 1996; Clam (Solo No. 4), large orchestra (95 players), 1997–98; Galim (requies plena oblectationis), flute, 25 strings, 1998; À quia (concerto), piano, orchestra, 2001–02; Exeo (Solo No. 5), large orchestra, 2002–03; Reverso (Solo No. 6), large orchestra (96 players), 2006–07
CHAMBER MUSIC: Inside, viola, 1980; Musique captive, piccolo, oboe, bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet, soprano saxophone, contrabassoon, 2 trumpets, bass trombone, 1980; Trio à cordes No. 1, 'Musique fugitive', violin, viola, cello, 1980; Incisa, cello, 1982; Fist, English horn, clarinet (+ bass clarinet), bassoon, French horn, trombone, viola, cello, double bass, 1982; Hop', 4 ensembles (flute, bassoon, viola; bass clarinet, French horn, violin; oboe, trumpet, cello; clarinet, French horn, double bass), 1983–84; If, clarinet, 1984; Item, cello, 1985; Itou, bass clarinet, 1985; Ici, flute, 1986; Quatuor à cordes No. 1, string quartet, 1986, revised 1992–96; Indeed, trombone, 1987; Laps, clarinet, double bass, 1987; Iti, violin, 1987; Sly, 4 trombones, 1987; In and Out, double bass, 1989; I pesci, flute, 1989; Quatuor à cordes No. 2, 'Time zones', string quartet, 1988–90; Attacca, 2 trumpets, timpani, 1991; Stanze (dyade), French horn, 2 trumpets, trombone, tuba, 1991; Ohimé, violin, viola, 1992; Invece, cello, 1992; Quatuor à cordes No. 3, string quartet, 1993; Ipso, clarinet, 1994; Loop, 8 celli, 1995; Ohé, clarinet, cello, 1996; Immer, cello, 1996; Trio Rombach, clarinet/violin, cello, piano, 1997; Quatuor à cordes No. 4, string quartet, 1997; Cascando, flute (+ piccolo), oboe (+ English horn), clarinet, bassoon, French horn, trumpet (+ piccolo trumpet), trombone, double bass, 1997; In nomine, viola, 2000; Quatuor à cordes No. 5, string quartet, 2005–06
CHORAL: Niobé (ou le Rocher de Sypile) (text by Robert Fohr, after Ovid, Juvenal, Seneca, Ausonius, Sextus Propertius), soprano, 12 mixed voices, oboe (+ English horn), 2 clarinets (2nd + bass clarinet), 2 bassoons, trumpet, 2 trombones, 1982; Semino (chant), 6 mixed voices, 1985; Granum sinapis, mixed chorus, 1992–97; Umbræ mortis, mixed chorus, 1997; Dona Eis (texts from the Requiem, Olivier Cadiot), mixed chorus, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, French horn, trumpet, trombone, 1998
VOCAL: Shin'-gyō (Japanese sutra), soprano, piccolo, 1981; To God (text by William Blake), soprano, clarinet/soprano saxophone, 1985; Il-li-ko (text by Olivier Cadiot), soprano, 1987; Anacoluthe (text by Olivier Cadiot), female voice, contrabass clarinet, double bass, 1987; Red Rock, 2 sopranos, countertenor, alto clarinet/bass clarinet ad libitum, 1987 (section of Roméo et Juliette; may be performed separately as a concert work); Mimi (text by Olivier Cadiot), 2 female voices, oboe, bass clarinet, trombone, 1987; Aks (text from a popular Occitan source), mezzo-soprano, flute (+ piccolo), clarinet (+ bass clarinet), 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, cello, 1987; For O. (text by Samuel Daniel), 2 female voices, 2 bass clarinets, 1988; So full of shapes is fancy (text by William Shakespeare), soprano, bass clarinet, 1990; Comœdia (text by Dante Alighieri), soprano, flute (+ piccolo), oboe (+ English horn), clarinet (+ bass clarinet), trumpet, violin, viola, 1993; Two Walking (text by Gertrude Stein), 2 female voices, 1994; Canto (text by Giacomo Leopardi), soprano, clarinet, cello, 1994
PIANO: 7 Études, 1997–2001 (each of its seven sections may be performed separately: Étude No. 1, 1997; Étude No. 2, 1998; Étude No. 3, 1999; Étude No. 4, 1998–99; Étude No. 5, 1999; Étude No. 6, 2000–01; Étude No. 7, 2000)
DIDACTIC MUSIC: Poco a poco, 2 flutes, 2 clarinets, 2 celli, 1986
DISCOGRAPHY
Indeed. Benny Sluchin, trombone (Adda: 581087, 1989)
Laps; Item; Itou; To God; If; Indeed; Mimi; Il-li-ko; Anacoluthe. Accroche-Note (Harmonic Records: H/CD 8721, 1990 [also reissued as Accord: 204582, 1994])
Fist. (Fonit Cetra: CDC 59, 1990)
Roméo et Juliette. Bernadette Mercier, soprano; Valérie Joly, Françoise Kübler, mezzo-sopranos; Timothy Greacen, countertenor; Pascal Sausy, baritone; Nicholas Isherwood, bass-baritone; Cyrille Gerstenhaber, speaker-soprano; Julien Combey, speaker-bass-baritone; Olivier Cadiot, speaker; Armand Angster, clarinets; Luca Pfaff/Groupe Vocal de France, Orchestre Symphonique du Rhin-Mulhouse (Accord: 201162, 1991)
Medeamaterial. Hilde Leidland, coloratura soprano; Maria-Noëlle de Callataÿ, soprano; Ralf Popken, countertenor; Zofia Kilanowicz, Michele Patzakis, voices; Philippe Herreweghe/Collegium Vocale Gent, Orchestre de la Chapelle Royale (Harmonia Mundi France: HMT 7905215, 1993)
Quatuor à cordes Nos. 2, 'Time zones'–3. Arditti String Quartet (Montaigne Auvidis: MO 782016, 1994 [also reissued as Naïve: MO 782125, 2001])
Fist; Hop'; Musique captive; Aks; Niobé (ou le Rocher de Sypile). Christina Ascher, soprano; Hélène Delavault, mezzo-soprano; Guy Reibel/Groupe Vocal de France; Paul Méfano/Ensemble 2e2m (2e2m Collection: 2e2m 1008, 1995)
Ici; Shin'-gyō; Laps (version for flute, double bass); I pesci. Yumi Nara, soprano; Cécile Daroux, flute, piccolo; Jean-Paul Céléa, double bass (Éditions Salabert: SCD 9603, 1996 [also reissued as Naïve: MO 782173, 2004])
Canto; Ipso; Two Walking; Invece; So full of shapes is fancy; In and Out; For O. Accroche-Note (Accord: 205272, 1997)
Aks; Aria; Attacca; Coda; Comœdia; Fist; Hop'. Françoise Kübler, mezzo-soprano; Armand Angster, clarinet; Philippe Nahon/Ensemble Ars Nova (Éditions Salabert: SCD 9701, 1997 [also reissued as Naïve: MO 782150, 2003])
Extenso (Solo No. 2); Apex (Solo No. 3); La Melancholia. Nan Christie, soprano; Cécile Éloir, mezzo-soprano; Timothy Greacen, countertenor; Martyn Hill, tenor; Bernard Tétu/Chœurs de Lyon; Emmanuel Krivine, David Robertson/Orchestre National de Lyon (Montaigne Auvidis: MO 782073, 1997 [also reissued as Naïve: MO 782124, 2001])
To be sung. Rosemary Hardy, Sarah Leonard, Susan Narucki, sopranos; Geoffrey Carey, speaker; Olivier Dejours/Ensemble Le Banquet (Radio-France: MFA 216026, 1998)
Red Rock. Voxnova (Mode Records: 68, 1999)
Granum sinapis; Umbræ mortis; Dona Eis. Laurence Equilbey/Chœur de Chambre Accentus, Ensemble Ars Nova (Montaigne Auvidis: MO 782116, 2000)
I pesci. Juliette Hurel, flute (Naïve: V 4925, 2002)
Watt; Galim; Celo. Juliette Hurel, flute; Alain Trudel, trombone; Sonia Wieder-Atherton, cello; Pascal Rophé/Orchestre National de Montpellier (Naïve: MO 782153, 2003)
7 Études; À quia. Ian Pace, piano; Christoph Eschenbach/Orchestre de Paris (Naïve: MO 782164, 2003)
Quatuor à cordes Nos. 4; 1. Quatuor Danel (Euterp, 2004)
Perelà, uomo di fumo. Chantal Perraud, coloratura soprano; Isabelle Philippe, soprano; Nora Gubisch, mezzo-soprano; Martine Mahé, alto; Daniel Gundlach, falsetto voice; John Graham-Hall, high tenor; Nicolas Courjal, bass-baritone; Niels van Doesum, Friedemann Röhlig, Scott Wilde, basses; Gilles Yanetti, male rôle; Christophe Talmont/Chœurs de l'Opéra National de Montpellier; Alain Altinoglu/Orchestre National de Montpellier (Naïve: MO 782168, 2004)
Semino. Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart (Col Legno: WWE 20030, 2005)
Trio Rombach (version with violin). Trio Élégiaque (Triton: 331144, 2005)
Faustus: the last night. Jonathan Stockhammer/Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon (Naïve: MO 782177, 2006) (DVD)
Aks. Albena Kechlibareva Bernstein, mezzo-soprano; Christo Pavilov, flute, piccolo; Angel Makedonski, trumpet; Stanislav Potchekanski, trombone; Elka Zacharieva, cello (Acropolis: 04010)
Stanze. Ensemble Odyssée (Chamade: CHCD 5642)
Sly. Alain Trudel, trombones (Latitude 45: CLCD 2015)
Loop. Octuor de violoncelles (Transes européennes: TE 013 ND 214)
Sly. Alain Trudel, trombones (WO: 121294)
(Last updated on August 24, 2007)
