"One of the outstanding figures in contemporary French music. His music is clearly conceived from a will to arouse emotions, emotions that hold an innate sense of the flow of development." - Uncle Dave Lewis (All Music)
Born in november 1961, Nicolas Bacri is one of France's most frequently performed and recorded composers. He began piano lessons at seven and by age 16 had composed seven short orchestral pieces. His interest in the musical past is an earnest, and constantly renewed exploration of his own musical mind. His music conveys us in a recovery, or more explicitely, a refoundation from pure twenty-century music to twenty-first, unashamed of its traditional based roots. As a composer of more than one hundred and sixty works in many genres, he has received such recognition as Prix de Rome (two years scholarship, Villa Medici, 1983-85), Prix Stéphane Chapelier (S.A.C.E.M.), Prix André Caplet de l'Académie des Beaux Arts, Prix Pineau-Chaillou 1991 (City of Nantes) and many more.
Schedule
10:00-13:00 lecture
14:00-17:00 masterclass
19:00 concert
This Masterclass is co-organised by our professor Jurgen De Pillecyn.
