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Lenners, Claude (b. 1956, Luxembourg).
Luxembourg composer of orchestral, chamber and vocal works that have been
successfully performed throughout Europe; he is also active as a promoter of
new music.
Mr.
Lenners studied music and musicology with Alexander Müllenbach and
François-Bernard Mâche and at
conservatories in Luxembourg and Strasbourg.
His honors include a scholarship to stay at the Villa Medici in Rome (1989-91), First Prize in the Henri Dutilleux Competition (1991), a scholarship to attend Darmstadt (1992), the First International Irino Prize for Chamber Music (Tokyo, 1993), and the Lions Prize (Luxembourg section, 1997).
He has composed for various
ensembles, including Alter Ego, the ASKO Ensemble, the Cambridge New Music
Players, Court-circuit, l’Ensemble Accroche Note, Ensemble 13, and l’Ensemble
Intercontemporain. He has also written for Ensemble Quadro, Ensemble Recherche,
the Ex Novo Ensemble (directed by Claudio Ambrosini),
l’Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, the Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester
Saarbrücken, le Trio à cordes de Paris, and the United Instruments of Lucilin.
Soloists who have performed
his works include violinist Irvine Arditti, percussionist Guy Frisch,
saxophonists Pierre-Stéphane Meugé and Olivier Sliepen, pianists Oscar Pizzo
and Béatrice Rauchs, and flautist Manuel Zurria.
Since 1992, he has taught analysis,
composition and computer music at the Luxembourg Conservatory. In 1999, he
founded of the electronic music association Pyramide and was artistic director
of the new music festival Rainy Days in 2000.
Éditions Lemoine publishes
his music.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: lcl@pt.lu
E-mail address for consulting scores:
dpousset@editions-lemoine.fr
Street address: Éditions Lemoine, 41 rue Bayen, 75017 Paris, France
Telephone: + 015 668 8665
Fax: + 015 668 9066
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
ORCHESTRAL: Pentagramma, oboe, clarinet, saxophone,
bassoon, harp, piano, percussion, 2 string orchestras, 1985; Nachtschattengesänge, 1989; Buch der Unruhe, 1997; Unter fremden Sternen, cello, orchestra,
1998; Phaeton, piano, string
orchestra, 1999
CHAMBER MUSIC: Dialog I, 2 percussion, 1984; Dialog II, bass trombone, percussion,
1984; Dialog V, clarinet, percussion,
1986 (also version for alto saxophone, percussion as Dialog V bis, 1997); Melisma,
4 saxophones, 1986; Ex abrupto, flute,
piano, 1988; Frammenti Fuggitivi,
soprano saxophone, 2 guitars, 1988; Monotaurus,
alto saxophone, 1988; Pulsations, 4
percussion, 1989; Zenit, flute, oboe,
soprano saxophone, 1990 (also version for flute, clarinet, violin as Zenit bis, 1997); Durch kühle Nacht…, flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn, violin,
viola, cello, percussion, 1990; Half-Moon/Fragments,
flute, violin, piano, 1990; Hinter den
Blitzen, rot, violin, viola,
cello, 1991; Pan, flute, 1991; Dialog III, piccolo, glockenspiel, 1992;
Amalgama, flute, oboe, clarinet,
French horn, bassoon, 1993; Euphonia I,
flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, string quartet, 2
pianos, 2 percussion, 1993; Found in a
bottle…, clarinet, bassoon, French horn, string quartet, double bass, 1994;
Tête-à-Tête, flute, violin,
1994; Alea iacta est, flute, piano, 1995;
Albo notando lapillo, flute, piano,
1995; Vol de nuit, flute, clarinet,
double bass, piano, 1-2 percussion, 1995; Ipso
facto, flute, piano, 1996; Blau, des Falters Flügel, violin, viola,
cello, 1997; Dream Museum, soprano
saxophone, violin, piano, percussion, 1997; Das
Schweigen der Natur, shakuhachi, koto, 1997; Octopus, percussion, 1997; Apollo,
violin, 1999; Cosmic outlook,
clarinet, piano, 1999; Dialog VI,
guitar, percussion, 1999; Isola volante,
flute, harp, viola, 2000; Pegasus,
trumpet, 2000; Mephisto, clarinet,
2001
VOCAL: Lied (text from an anonymous 20th-century
source), soprano, piano, 1982; Les
insectes… (text by Lambert Schlechter), soprano, clarinet, guitar, 1984; Brush and Trunks (text by Liliane
Welch), soprano, 4 clarinets, 4 percussion, 1986; Songs between Star-light and
Earth-night, mezzo-soprano,
orchestra, 1988; Klagelied (text by
Georg Trakl), soprano, piano, 1995 (also version for soprano, flute, clarinet,
double bass, piano, 2 percussion, 1995); Langue
de feu (text by Dante Alighieri), soprano, clarinet, double bass, piano, 2
percussion, 1995; Leni privat, voice,
1995; Gruppenbild mit Dame, soprano,
flute, clarinet, double bass, piano, 2 percussion, 1995; Hetaera Esmeralda, soprano, glass harmonica, 2 harps, violin, viola,
cello, 2 percussion, 1997; Nachtgesänge 7
Hälfte des Lebens (text by Friedrich Hölderlin), soprano, piano, 1999
PIANO: Alba, 1992
ELECTROACOUSTIC: Rotor, percussion, live electronics,
2001
(Last updated on March 18, 2003)
