Jean-Louis Florentz

Born: 19 December 1947, Asnières (France)
Died:

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[details ←] Debout Sur Le Soleil Organ,
[details ←] Laudes Organ,
[details ←] Vocalise Vocal,
[details ←] Anneau De Salomon Piano,
[details ←] Anneau De Salomon
[details ←] Asmara Vocal,
[details ←] Enfant Noir Op.17 Organ,
[details ←] L’ange Du Tamaris Cello,
[details ←] La Croix Du Sud Organ,
[details ←] Laudes Organ,
[details ←] Laudes Organ,
[details ←] Laudes Organ,
[details ←] Le Songe De Lluc Alcari Piano, Cello,
[details ←] Les Jardins D’amenta
[details ←] Lune De Sang
[details ←] Magnificat Piano, choral
[details ←] Magnificat
[details ←] Second Chant/Nyandarua

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Debout sur le Solei opus 8; Chat de résurrection pour orgue sur le ‘Miserere’ de Jacques Leclercq; Primère: 10 April 1991, Church of Saint-Eustach, Paris, organ: Michel Bourcier
Asmarâ opus9 Melt’ ân pour chœur mixte a cappella. Sur le psaume VIII éthiopien; Primère: 14 Feb. 1992, Aix-les-Bains; Michel Piquemal Vocal Ensemble
Qsar Ghilâne; Poème symphonique op.18; Primère: 30 Sept. 2003, Théâtre des Champs-Elysèes, Paris. Ensemble orchestral de Paris conducted by John Nelson. Commissioned for the 25th birthday of the Ensemble Orchestral de Paris.

1947: Born in Asnières on 19 December
1966: Baccalauréat in experimental sciences
1967: University studies: Natural sciences, Literary Arabie, Ethnomusicology
1971–1975: Paris Conservatory, classes of Olivier Messiaen and Pierre Schaeffer as well as studies with Antoine Duhamel
1971–1979: 4 field trips to North Africa, Niger and the Ivory Coast
1978: Lili Boulanger Composition Prize
1979–1981: In residence in the Villa Medici, Rome
1981–1986: 4 field trips to Kenya
1981–1982: Taught composition and West African music at Kenyatta University College, Nairobi, Kenya
1983–1985: In residence at the Casa Velazquez, Madrid and in Palma, Majorca
1982–1997: 8field trips to Israel, Martinique, Polynesia, North Africa, Egypt…
1985: Georges Wildenstein Prize, Institut de France; Appointed teacher of analyses for traditional oral music at the Lyons Conservatory
1989: Grand Prix Musical de la Ville de Paris for his overall output
1990: Grand Prix Musical of the Fondation Prince Pierre de Monaco for Asun (Assoun, formerly Requiem de la Vierge), op. 7
1991: Grand Prix for Symphonic Music from the SACEM
1993: René Dumesnil Prize from the Académie des Beaux-Arts
1995: Elected member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts, Institut de France
1995-1997: Composer in residence with the Orchestre National de Lyon
2000: Field trip to Madagascar
2000–2002: Composer in residence with the Orchestre National des Pays de Loire
2002: Field trip to Sahara

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10 April 1991: Premiere of Debout sur le Solei op. 8, in Paris, France.

14 February 1992: Premiere of Asmarâ op. 9, in Aix-les-Bains, France.

30 September 2003: Premiere of Poème symphonique op.18, in Paris, France.

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– Sat 17 May: Second Symphony: Lobgesang Alcobaça, Portugal
– Sun 18 May: El Nino Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington DC, USA
– Sun 18 May: 2nd Symphony Lobgesang Aual Magna, Lisbon, Portugal
– Sun 18 May: Second Symphony: Lobgesang Aual Magna, Lisbon, Portugal
– Sun 18 May: "Kurt Weill, Thomas Bagwell & Diane McNaron" Artburst at the Unitarian Universalist Church, Homewood, Alabama, USA
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– Michael William Balfe
Dying days:
– Marius Constant
– Italo Montemezzi
– Andrey Schulz-Evler
– Karl Friedrich Zelter
Events:
– (2005) Vincent Ghadimi: Premiere of the opera " Decamero lala" for Orchestra and children choir, in the "Palais des Beaux-Arts", Brussels, Belgium, conducted by the composer. (Songs with piano version edited by lantromusic, including a book with pictures for children).
– (1958) John Cage: Premiere of Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, in New York, USA.
– (1920) Igor Stravinsky: Premiere of Pulcinella, in Paris, France.
– (1915) Claude Debussy: Premiere of Jeux, in Paris, France.