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Sarhan, François (b. September 30, 1972, Rouen). French composer of mostly stage, chamber and choral works that have been performed throughout Europe.
Mr. Sarhan studied cello with Xavier Gagnepain at the Conservatoire National de Région de Boulogne-Billancourt from 1985-93 and aesthetics and music history with Brigitte François-Sappey at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris from 1992-94, where he later studied analysis with Alain Louvier from 1996-99 and composition with Guy Reibel from 1996-2000. He also attended the annual Cursus de Composition et Informatique Musicale at IRCAM in 1997-98, where he encountered Brian Ferneyhough, Jonathan Harvey, Magnus Lindberg, Tristan Murail, and Marco Stroppa, as well seminars on poetics by Jacques Roubaud at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris from 1997-2001.
Among his honors is the Prix de la Ville de Bruxelles-Maïs in the RADIOPHON'iC sound poetry competition in Belgium (2003, for Who um). His music has been performed in Azerbaijan, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, The Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Sweden, Ukraine, and the UK.
Mr. Sarhan is also active in other positions. He has written numerous articles on contemporary music, as well as the book Histoire de la Musique (2002, Flammarion). He has served as artistic director of the collective vocal-instrumental ensemble CRWTH since 2000, which is active in the performance of multimedia projects.
He taught counterpoint, harmony, rhythm, space, and text and music relationships at IRCAM from 1998-2002 and has taught analysis, composition and new music at the Université Marc Bloch in Strasbourg since 1999.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: sarhan@freesurf.fr
Cellular phone: + 336 2563 8099
Website: http://fsarhan.net
SELECT LIST OF WORKS
STAGE: Nervure (ballet, choreography by Laurence Vandemotaele), clarinet, violin, viola, cello, percussion, 1993-94; Contraintes (musical spectacle, texts by Jacques Roubaud, Jacques Jouet, Raymond Queneau, Samuel Beckett), 2 actresses, 1999-2000 (collaboration with Wilfried Wendling); Anatole et Vélocipède (Esquisse pour la Fleur Inverse No. 4) (operetta, libretto by the composer, Jacques Roubaud), soprano, alto, tenor, bass, 16 mixed voices, flute, clarinet, French horn, trumpet, trombone, violin, viola, cello, piano, 3 percussion, 2000 (one section may be performed separately: Nombres et insultes); LE GrandCRWTH (spectacle, text by Bertrand Raynaud, choreography by Anja Hempel), tenor, harp (+ voice), 10-track tape, live electronics, 2001-02; Kyrielle du Sentiment des Choses (chamber opera, libretto by Jacques Roubaud), 5 mixed voices, prepared piano, 6-track tape, live electronics, 2002
ORCHESTRAL: PAS (Esquisse pour la Fleur Inverse No. 6), small orchestra (13 players), 1998-2000; The Face in the Ashes, large orchestra, 2001; Cinq Pièces, English horn, orchestra, 2004
CHAMBER MUSIC: Esquisse pour la Fleur Inverse No. 3, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion, 1999; Hell (a small detail), amplified bass clarinet, amplified guitar, amplified violin, 2000 (also version for 2-track tape, 2001); La boucle, cello, piano, 2001; Sir William Byrd's musical humors (Esquisse pour la Fleur Inverse No. 7), double bass, harpsichord, percussion, 2001 (one section may be performed separately: In Respite, harpsichord; also version for piano); BOBOK, string quartet, 2002-03
CHORAL: Such is life (text by Edward Lear), 4 mixed voices, 2000; Parfois, après tant d'années (text by Jacques Roubaud), 6 mixed voices, 2000; Nombres et insultes, 4 mixed voices, 2000 (section from Anatole et Vélocipède [Esquisse pour la Fleur Inverse No. 4]; may be performed separately); Rien, personne, une légère suffocation (text by Jacques Roubaud), 3 female voices, 2000; Manières (text by Jacques Roubaud), 2 female voices, 2001; Three Christmas Songs (text by the composer, after Tim Burton), 4 mixed voices, 2001; Oh, Nuncle (text by William Shakespeare), 4 mixed voices, 2003
VOCAL: Nuit sans Date (text by Jacques Roubaud), female voice, live electronics, 1998, revised 2000; Jours et nuits (text by Arthur Rimbaud), baritone, piano, 1999; CRWTH (text from the word "Geduld"), amplified soprano, amplified ensemble (flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano, percussion), 2000; scène (text from the word "patience" in the language of whichever nation in which the piece is performed), bass, flute, trombone, tuba, cello, double bass, 2001
PIANO: Double No. 1, 1994; Ombre: Éloge inverse, 1998; Le calcul des ombres, 1999; In Respite, 2001 (version of section of Sir William Byrd's musical humors [Esquisse pour la Fleur Inverse No. 7])
HARPSICHORD: In Respite, 2001 (section of Sir William Byrd's musical humors [Esquisse pour la Fleur Inverse No. 7]; may be performed separately; also version for piano)
ELECTROACOUSTIC: Hell (a small detail), 2-track tape, 2001 (version of chamber work); Who um, 2-track tape, 2003
RADIO PRODUCTION: Encyclopédie (text by Bertrand Raynaud), 2-track tape, 2003
ARRANGEMENTS: 8 French popular songs (18th century), violin, cello, harpsichord, 1996; Carmen (Georges Bizet), small orchestra (15 players), 1996-97; Over Maps (Love; formal aspects [I]) (Fredrik Österling), flute, viola, cello, vibraphone, 1999; Sports et divertissements (Érik Satie), flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion, 1999; Pirouette (French folksong), child's voice, bass clarinet, guitar, violin, 2001; Sleep Dirt (Frank Zappa), string quartet, 2002; Black Page (Frank Zappa), string quartet, 2002; Präludium Nr. 1 in C-dur from Das wohltemperierte Klavier (Johann Sebastian Bach), piano, 2003
DISCOGRAPHY
Such is life; Oh, Nuncle. Vox Quartet (2003)
CRWTH; In Respite (piano version); BOBOK; Hell (a small detail) (original version); Sleep Dirt; Encyclopédie; Pirouette; Esquisse pour la Fleur Inverse No. 3; Black Page. Tony Gray, piano; Rosamonde Quartet; CRWTH; Ensemble S.I.C. (Zig-Zag Territoires: ZZT 040302, 2004)
(Last updated on April 24, 2004)
