PRODUKTBESCHREIBUNGEN
Born 1959 in Paris. Composer and pianist. After firstly approaching music through the conservatory, he left for the United States in 1977, where he continued his musical studies at Berklee College of Music in Boston under the direction of Herb POMOROY and Michael GlBBS. Upon graduating (1980) he won first prize in the John Lewis competition (Boston USA). In 1983 he continued his apprenticeship in contemporary music composition at the Mannes School in New York under the direction of David Tsimpidis. Returning to France (in 1985) he won the first prize from the French Foundation for Musical Composition. In addition to the private tuition in piano and composition which he has given throughout his career, he has organised and directed many music writing workshops. Hervé Legrand's musical compositions rotate around three major axes: contemporary music, jazz and film music. CONTEMPORARY MUSIC There are two distinct periods in his production of contemporary musical works. During the first decade, 1983-1993, he wrote several pieces, inducing: "Piece for strings" (17'), "concerto for piano, violin and small orchestra" (18'). 'concerto for violin and orchestra" (30'). "andante for piano and cello" (11') and "Attila", piece for solo piano (12'30"). Since 1993 his writing has developed towards pieces of longer duration, notably: "Musik pour Park", for string orchestra, choir and piano (25'), "Trivialis"-. piece for orchestra (25'). -The Saint-Etienne Contemporary Orchestra Ensemble offered him the possibility to attempt a meeting between jazz and contemporary music. And "Le Voyage Noir', concerto for chamber orchestra and soloist (30'). was born from this experiment, with Hervé Legrand himself taking the solo part at the piano. It was at the heart of the amphitheatre of the Lyon Opera that he had the opportunity of presenting a sketch version of a work entitled "Les Jours, a pocket opera" for small orchestra, two voices. Narrator and dance (1h15).