Allain Gaussin

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Allain Gaussin (born 1943 in Saint-Sever-Calvados (Normandie)) is a noted French composer. A laureate of the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris, where he studied with Olivier Messiaen, He also studied conducting with Louis Fourestier and piano with Hélène Boschi.

Allain Gaussin teaches composition at the American Conservatory in Fontainebleau and orchestration at the music faculty of the Osaka University.

Main works[]

  • Irisation-Rituel (Grand Prix du disque 1995 of the Académie Charles Cros)
  • Mosaïque céleste (1997), "chamber concerto" (concerto de chambre) for eleven instruments.
  • Camaïeux (1983) pour ensemble électronique
  • Années-Lumière (1992) pour grand orchestre
  • Chakra (1984) for string quartett

Discography[]

  • Eclipse, Ogive (for flute and harpsichord), Eau-Forte (collection MFA, disques Arpège-Calliope, 1983)
  • Chakra par le Quatuor Arditti (collection MFA, disques Montaigne / Auvidis 1991).
  • Irisation-Rituel, Camaïeux, Arcane, Salabert / Harmonia Mundi, 1995. Awarded Grand prix du disque (1995) by the Charles Cros Academy.
  • Ogive (flute and piano) Ensemble Triton II (disques REM 1996).

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