Gisèle Barreau
Gisèle Barreau (born 28 February 1948) is a French composer.
Life[]
Gisèle Barreau was born in Couëron, west of Nantes in Brittany,[1] and studied with and for musical acoustics at Jussieu University. She continued her studies with Pierre Schaeffer at the Paris Conservatory and later with Olivier Messiaen. In 1977 she received a diploma in electroacoustic music from the Groupe de Recherches Musicales (GRM).[2]
After completing her university studies, Barreau obtained a teaching certificate for music. She was composer-in-residence at the MacDowell Colony in 1978 and resident at the Villa Medici from 1980-82. Barreau works as a professor at the Paris Conservatoire.[3]
Honors and awards[]
- 1st Prize in Harmony, Counterpoint, Fugue and Musical Analysis at the Paris Conservatoire
- 1st prize in musical composition, Olivier Messiaen class (1977)
- Koussevitzky Composition Prize (for Tlaloc, 1977)
- Composition Prize of the SACEM Georges Enescu (1978)
- Award of the Ministry of Women's Rights (1986)
- Prix de composition Stéphane Chapelier-Clergue (1988)
- Prix SACEM Partition teaching (for Blue Rain, 2000)
Works[]
Selected works include:
- Blue Rain for 2 pianos, 2 percussion, 1998
- Océanes for orchestra, 1988
- Piano-Piano for ensemble, 1982
- Little Rain
- Tlaloc, for two percussionists
References[]
- ^ Grove Music Online, retrieved 30 April 2020.
- ^ Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers (Digitized online by GoogleBooks). ISBN 9780393034875. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
- ^ "Gisèle BARREAU". Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
Categories:
- 1948 births
- Living people
- 20th-century classical composers
- 20th-century French composers
- 20th-century French women musicians
- French classical composers
- French female classical composers
- French music educators
- Musicians from Nantes
- Women music educators
- 20th-century women composers