Christophe Bertrand

Bertrand, a French pianist and composer of mainly chamber works, was born in Wissembourg in 1981. After earning gold medals for piano and chamber music at the Conservatoire de Strasbourg, he performed and recorded with the Ensemble "Accroche-Note" and the Ensemble "In Extremis" of which he was a co-founder. He collaborated with composers such as Ivan Fedele and Pascal Dusapin. He studied composition since 1996, under the supervision of Ivan Fedele at the Strasbourg Conservatoire, obtaining with distinction his diploma in 2000. His compositions, conducted among others by Pierre Boulez, Jonathan Nott, Hannu Lintu, Marc Albrecht have been performed by several ensembles and soloists such as the Ensemble Intercontemporain, Arditti Quartet and the Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg. His compositions have been played internationally, amongst others in: • France: Festival Musica, IRCAM, Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, Festival Agora, Centre Georges Pompidou, Salle Olivier Messiaen de la Maison de Radio France, etc. • Germany: Beethovenfest Bonn, Ultraschall-Festival à Berlin, Internationale Ferienkurse in Darmstadt, Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk • Switzerland: Lucerne Festival • Belgium: Ars Musica in Brussels • Italy: Festival Traiettorie in Parma, Rondo-Milano, Spoleto Festival • The Netherlands: Gaudeamus Festival in Amsterdam • The USA (San Francisco), in the United Kingdom (Manchester), in Slovenia (Ljubljana) French radio channel France Musique provided his compositions airtime (broadcasting). He died by suicide in September 2010 in Strasbourg, where he also lived. ==Awards==

Christophe Bertrand was awarded several awards for • Prix de la Musique de l'Académie des Marches de l'Est (2001) • Earplay Prize (2002) • SACEM Hervé Dugardin prize (2007) • André Caplet prize (2007) He was selected by the Académie française in Rome to be in residence at the Villa Médicis in Rome for 18 months. ==Works==

; Quatuor II : 2010 : String quartet (11') ; Okhtor : 2010 : Large orchestra (13') ; Ayas : 2010 : Brass and percussion (2') ; Scales : 2008-2009 : Large ensemble (20') ; Haïku : 2008 : Piano (5') ; Satka : 2008 : Ensemble (13') ; Dall'Inferno : 2008 : Flute, viola and harp (10') ; Hendeka : 2007 : Piano trio (13') ; u ; Arashi : 2007 : solo clarinet (6') : To Thomas Monod : World premiere : 29/02/2008 - Strasbourg, Mamcs - Thomas Monod ; Vertigo : 2006–2007 : 2 pianos and orchestra (20') : Co-commissioned by French Ministry of Culture and Musica Festival : World premiere: Musica Festival 2008 ; Sanh : 2006 : bass clarinet, cello and piano (11') : Commissioned by French Ministry of Culture to Armand Angster : World premiere : 11/10/2007 - Strasbourg, Musica Festival / Accroche-Note ; Quatuor I : 2005–2006 : string quartet (20') : Co-commissioned by Beethovenfest of Bonn and Peter McBurney : To the Arditti Quartet : World premiere: 19/03/2006 - Brussels, Ars Musica Festival - Arditti Quartet : French premiere: 20/07/2006 - Festival d'Aix-en-Provence - Arditti Quartet : World premiere of first version: 24/09/2005 - Kunstmuseum Bonn - Mandelring Quartett ; Mana (Bertrand) : 2004–2005 : large orchestra (10') : Commissioned by Lucerne Festival : To Pierre Boulez : World premiere: 09/09/2005 - Lucerne KKL - Lucerne Festival Academy Orchestra, dir. Pierre Boulez : French premiere: 02/062006 - Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio-France, dir. Hannu Lintu ; Madrigal : 2004–2005 : female voice and ensemble (11') : Commissioned by the André Boucourechliev Foundation to Françoise Kubler and Armand Angster : World premiere: 30 September 2005 - Strasbourg, Festival Musica - Accroche-Note ; Virya : 2004 : flûte, clarinet (+ bass clarinet), percussions and piano (7') : Commissioned by Francis Rueff : To Frédéric Kahn : World premiere: 19/03/2004 - Espace 110 Illzach - Ensemble In Extremis ; Aus : 2004 : viola, soprano saxophone, clarinet (+ bass clarinet) and piano (8') : Commissioned b Radio Berlin-Brandeburg : To Philippe Hurel : World premiere: 24/01/2004 - Berlin, Ultraschall-Festival - Ensemble Intégrales : Recording: CD "European Young generation" by Ensemble Intégrales Zeitklang Editions (ez-21019) ; Haos : 2003 : solo piano (10') : Commissioned by Festival Rendez-vous Musique Nouvelle, Forbach to Laurent Cabasso : World premiere: 09/11/2003 - Forbach, Festival RVMN - Raoul Jehl, piano ; Iôa : 2003 : 8-part female choir (3') : To Catherine Bolzinger : World premiere : 23/05/2003 - Strasbourg, Palais du Rhin - Ensemble Vocal Féminin du Conservatoire de Strasbourg, dir. Catherine Bolzinger ; Yet : 2002 : 20 musicians (10') : Commissioned by Ensemble Intercontemporain to Pascal Dusapin : World premiere : 29/09/2002 - Strasbourg, Musica Festival - Ensemble Intercontemporain; dir : Jonathan Nott ; Full : 2001 : four vibraphones, piano and eight amplified voices (15') : Commissioned by Les Percussions de Strasbourg : To Odile Charvet and the Ecole des Percussions de Strasbourg : World premiere : 20/01/2002 - Strasbourg, La Laiterie for the 40th birthday of Les Percussions de Strasbourg - Matthieu Chardon, Marcel Verrept, Christophe Landoz, Christophe Dietrich (vb); Anne-Cécile Litolf (pno), Choeur de chambre de Strasbourg; dir: Catherine Bolzinger ; Ektra : 2001 : solo flute (5') : To Olivier Class : World premiere: 16/06/2001 - Strasbourg, Cercle européen, Académie des Marches de l'Est - Olivier Class, flute ; Dikha : 2000–2001 : clarinet/bass clarinet and electronics (9'30) : Composed during the "Cursus de composition et d'informatique musicale" at the IRCAM : To Pierre Dutrieu : World premiere: 15/06/2002 - Paris, Agora Festival, Espace de Projection de l'IRCAM - Pierre Dutrieu, clarinet ; Treis : 2000 : violin, cello and piano (10') : Honorable mention at the Gaudeamus Festival 2001/First Prize Earplay 2002 : To Rosalie Adolf, Anne-Cécile Litolf and Godefroy Vujicic : World premiere: 07/10/2000 - Strasbourg, Musica Festival - Rosalie Adolf (vn), Godefroy Vujicic (vc), Anne-Cécile Litolf (pno) ; La Chute Du Rouge : 2000 : clarinet, cello, vibraphone and piano (11') : To Ivan Fedele : World premiere : 11/05/2000 - Strasbourg, Oratoire du Temple-Neuf - Ensemble du Conservatoire de Strasbourg ; Skiaï : 1998–1999 : five instruments (8') : To Pierre-Yves Meugé : World premiere: 11/05/1999 - Strasbourg, Musée de l’Œuvre Notre-Dame - Ensemble du Conservatoire de Strasbourg ; Strofa II : 1998 : female voice, violin and piano (5'30) : World premiere: 11/05/2000 - Strasbourg, Oratoire du Temple-Neuf - Ensemble du Conservatoire de Strasbourg ; Strofa IIb : 1998–2000 : female voice, alto flute (+ flute in C) and piano (5'30) : World premiere : 02/07/00 - Wangen (67), Vieux Freihof - Aline Metzinger (voice), Olivier Class (fl), Christophe Bertrand (pno) ==References==