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Bertrand, Christophe (b. 1981, Wissembourg – d. September 17, 2010, Strasbourg). French composer of primarily chamber works that have been performed in Europe and elsewhere; he is also active as a pianist.
Mr. Bertrand studied piano with Laurent Cabasso and Michèle Renoul at the Conservatoire National de Région de Strasbourg, where he then studied with Armand Angster and earned gold medals in chamber music and piano. There he also studied composition with Ivan Fedele from 1996–2000 and earned his diploma by a unanimous vote of the jury. In addition, he participated in the Cursus Annuel de Composition et Informatique Musicale at IRCAM in 2000–01, where he worked with Brian Ferneyhough, Jonathan Harvey, Philippe Hurel, Tristan Murail, and Marco Stroppa, and he studied piano with Nicolas Hodges at Darmstadt in 2002.
Among his honors are the Prix de la Musique from the Académie des Marches de l'Est (2001), an honorable mention in the Gaudeamus competition (2001, for Treis) and First Prize in the Earplay Donald Aird Memorial competition (2002, for Treis). In more recent years, he earned the Prix Hervé Dugardin from SACEM (2007), the Prix André Caplet from the Académie des Beaux-Arts (2007) and the Pensionnaire à la Villa Médicis à Rome (2008–09). Accroche-Note, the Beethovenfest in Bonn, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Ensemble Intercontemporain, the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, the Festival Musica in Strasbourg, the Fondation André Boucourechliev, the government of France, the Mécénat musical Société Générale, the Musée du Louvre, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Les Percussions de Strasbourg, the RVMN festival in Forbach, and the summer festival in Lucerne have commissioned works from him. His music has been performed in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Switzerland, the UK, and the USA, including at the Gaudeamus Muziekweek (2000), Darmstadt (2002), the Ultraschall festival (2004), and the summer festival in Lucerne (2005).
As a pianist, he primarily performs new music and has worked with composers such as Mark André, Gualtiero Dazzi, Pascal Dusapin, Ivan Fedele, Michael Jarrell, and Ramon Lazkano. He has played with Accroche-Note and Ensemble In Extremis, which he co-founded in 2001 and of which he later served as artistic director.
Edizioni Suvini Zerboni publishes his music.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: chr.bertrand@free.fr
Website (personal): http://www.christophebertrand.fr/
Website (Ensemble In Extremis): http://ensembleinextremis.free.fr/
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
ORCHESTRAL: Yet, small orchestra (20 players), 2002; Mana, large orchestra (75 players), 2004–05; Vertigo, 2 pianos, large orchestra (83 players), 2006–07; Scales, small orchestra (26 players), 2008–09; Ayas, small orchestra (12 brass, 2 percussion), 2010; Okhtor, large orchestra (82 players), 2010
CHAMBER MUSIC: Skiaï, flute, clarinet (+ bass clarinet), violin, cello, piano (+ tam-tam), 1998; La chute du rouge, clarinet, cello, piano, vibraphone, 2000; Treis, violin, cello, piano, 2000; Dikha, clarinet (+ bass clarinet), tape, 2000–01; Ektra, flute, 2001; Aus, clarinet (+ bass clarinet), soprano saxophone, viola, piano, 2003; Virya, flute (+ piccolo), clarinet (+ bass clarinet), piano, vibraphone (+ glockenspiel, 3 woodblocks), 2003–04; Sanh, bass clarinet, cello, piano, 2005; Quatuor, string quartet, 2005–06; Hendeka, violin, viola, cello, piano, 2007; Arashi, viola, 2008; Dall'inferno, flute, harp, viola, 2008; Satka, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion, 2008
CHORAL: Full, 8 mixed voices, piano, 4 vibraphones (any 2 + glockenspiel, any 2 + bass drum), 2002; Iôa, 8 female voices, 2003; Kamenaia, 12 mixed voices, 2008
VOCAL: Strofa II, mezzo-soprano, violin, piano, 2000 (also version as Strofa IIB, mezzo-soprano, alto flute [+ flute], piano, 1998–2000); Madrigal (texts by Italo Calvino, Roland Barthes, François Rabelais), soprano, flute, clarinet (+ bass clarinet), violin, cello, percussion, 2004–05; Diadème, soprano, clarinet, piano, 2008
PIANO: Haos, 2003; Haïku, 2008
(Last updated on February 28, 2011)
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