(b. 1968, Marseille).
French composer of mostly stage, orchestral, chamber, choral, vocal, piano, and organ works that have been performed in Asia, Europe and North America.
Mr. Campo initially studied composition with Georges Bœuf at the Conservatoire à rayonnement régional de Marseille, as well as philosophy in Aix-en-Provence. He then studied composition with Gérard Grisey at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris, where he earned the Premier Prix de Composition in 1995. He also studied composition privately with Edison Denisov and Henri Dutilleux.
Among his honours are First Prize in the competition of the Internationale Gaudeamus Muziekweek in Amsterdam (1996, for Commedia), Premier Prix, Prix Spécial du Jeune Compositeur and Prix du Public in the competition Henri Dutilleux (1996, for Exsultate Jubilate), the Prix Hervé Dugardin from SACEM (1999), and the Prix Pierre Cardin from the Académie des Beaux-Arts (1999). In addition, he earned a residency at the Villa Medici in Rome (1999–2001) and was twice a finalist for the Prix Prince-Pierre-de-Monaco (2001, for Les Jeux de Rabelais; 2002, for Faërie).
He is also active in other positions. He served as composer-in-residence to the Staatstheater Nürnberg in 2014–15.
His principal publisher is Éditions Henry Lemoine, but Le Chant du Monde is the publisher of many early works and Armiane, Éditions Alphonse Leduc and Éditions Gérard Billaudot are the publishers of some early works.
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
STAGE:
Pinocchio ou l'éclat d'un destin (incidental music), 1995
Autour de Mortin (incidental music), 1996
Le Décaméron (incidental music), 1998
Orfeo (musical farce, libretto by the composer, after Alessandro Striggio [son]), 4 voices, viola da gamba ad libitum, harpsichord, 2000
Nonsense opera (music-theatre work, text by the composer, after Edward Lear), coloratura soprano, tenor, bass, small orchestra (17 players), 2000
L'Enfant, le violon et l'âme (incidental music), 2002
Quai Ouest (opera, libretto by Kristian Frédric, Florence Doublet, after Bernard-Marie Koltès), 2 sopranos, mezzo-soprano, countertenor, tenor, 2 basses, mixed chorus, large orchestra, 2013–14 (also version as Quai West [libretto by Carolyn Sittig, after German translation by Simon Werle], 2014)
ORCHESTRAL:
La Follia, 1993
Fabel, piano, small orchestra (11 players), 1994
Soleil et chair, 1995
Le Songe (concerto), positive organ, 10 strings, 1995
Commedia, small orchestra (19 players), 1995
Trois Petits Carrousels, youth symphonic band, 1996–97
Concerto, violin, small orchestra (15/16 players), 1997, revised 2001
Phantasmagoria, small orchestra (12 winds, 11 brass, celesta, timpani, 2 percussion), 1997
Concerto, piano, small orchestra (15/30 players), 1998–99
Faërie, small orchestra (28 players), 2000–01
Happy Bird (concerto no. 1), flute, 2 French horns, 3 percussion, string orchestra, 2001
Celestial city, small orchestra (11 winds, 8 brass, organ, 4 percussion), 2001
Lumen I, orchestra (9 winds, 8 brass, 2 percussion, 40 strings), 2001
Loop and Bell (concerto), percussion, orchestra, 2001 (also version for percussion, small orchestra [13 players], 2001)
Les Astres, large orchestra (71 players), 2002
Samba, 2002
Symphonie No. 1, large orchestra (80 players), 2002–03
Ouverture en forme d'étoiles, small orchestra/orchestra (8 winds, 2 French horns, 2 trumpets, harpsichord ad libitum, strings), 2004
Symphonie No. 2, 'Moz'art', orchestra/large orchestra (8 winds, 2 French horns, 2 trumpets, trombone, harp, piano, timpani, 4 percussion, strings), 2004–05
La Stravaganza (concerto), organ/harpsichord, small orchestra (harp ad libitum, basso continuo ad libitum, 10 strings), 2005
La Tempesta (concerto no. 2), flute, 9 strings, 2005 (also version for flute, small orchestra [4 flutes, 2 alto flutes, 2 bass flutes, contrabass flute], 2007)
Les Saisons françaises, small orchestra/orchestra, 2007
Un Trailer per Ciajkovskij, orchestra (8 winds, French horn, celesta, timpani, strings), 2007
Sounding, piano, orchestra, 2010
Color !, 2011
Lumen II, orchestra/large orchestra (8 winds, 2 French horns, 2 trumpets, harp, celesta, timpani, 2 percussion, strings), 2006–13
CHAMBER MUSIC:
Rite I: 'pour le retour de la Prêtresse', marimba, 1990
Élytres, harp, 1991
Dolcissimo, clarinet, 1991
Vives, flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn, guitar, violin, cello, 1991
...igual por dentro ao silêncio..., guitar, 1992
...doublées, una voce..., piccolo, 1992
De la rotation des corps célestes, vibraphone, 1993
Fluides, violin, bass marimba, 1993
L'Éphémère, violin, viola, cello, 1993
Ambrées, flute, clarinet, guitar, violin, cello, 1993
Vitrail du temps, flute, 1994
Les Villes-lumières, French horn, trumpet, trombone, 1994
Temps lunaire, 4 Ondes Martenot, 1994–95
For Dionne, flute, 1995
Fugitives, flute, 1995
10 Interludes for Alice, 2 percussion, 1995
Rite II: '...marbre, immobile...', clarinet, cello, celesta, crotales, 1995
Longtemps je..., violin, piano, 1995
Épiphanie, cello, 1996
Rondo, tenor saxophone, 1996 (also version for tenor saxophone, celesta, percussion, 1996)
Concerto de chambre, flute, oboe, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion, 1996
Exsultate Jubilate, French horn, 2 trumpets, trombone, tuba, 1996
Anima, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, vibraphone, 1996
Dance, cello, 1998
Esprit, percussion, 1998
La Follia, guitar, 1998 (version by Jean-Marc Zvellenreuther of section of Livre de Sonates)
Joy, 8 cellos, 1998
Livre de Fantaisies, cello, 1999
Cinq Sonates à cinq, flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn, bassoon, 1999
Dancing, harp, guitar, mandolin, 1999, revised 2001
Dove sono...?, piccolo, flute, clarinet, violin ad libitum, cello, piano, 1995–2000
Le Pic-vert, piccolo, piano, 2000
Phénix, flute/alto flute/bass flute, 2001
Sphinx, flute, 2002
Pop-Art, flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano, 2002
Quasi Hoquetus, flute, clarinet, saxophone, double bass, percussion, 2003
Scherzo, flute, cello, piano, 2003
Zapp'art, flute, oboe, 2 clarinets (both + bass clarinet), tenor saxophone, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, double bass/bass guitar, piano, 2 percussion, 2003 (also version for 12 saxophones, 2003)
Mouvements, cello, piano, 2004
Wow !, flute/violin, piano, 2004
Les Métronomes détraqués, 2 cellos, 2005
Quatuor à cordes No. 1, 'Les Heures maléfiques', string quartet, 2005
Quatuor à cordes No. 2, string quartet, 2005
Marines, French horn, 2006
Monsieur Hérisson a disparu, 2 violins, 2006
Tintamarre, 4 saxophones, 2006
Toy, flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn, bassoon, 2006
Fancy, trumpet, piano, 2007
Note-book, string quartet, 2007
Quatuor à cordes No. 3, 'Ombra felice', string quartet, 2007
Éden, violin, 2009
Quatuor à cordes No. 4, 'Energy / Fly', string quartet, 2010
Laterna magica, accordion, 2013
Quatuor à cordes No. 5, 'Fata Morgana', string quartet, 2013
CHORAL:
L'Adieu (text by Guillaume Apollinaire), male chorus, 1990
Orpheus (text by Marguerite de Navarre), 3 female voices, 1990
O sapientia in mysterio abscondita, 4 sopranos, 4 altos, 1991–93
Sanctus, 3 sopranos, 2 altos, 1998
Les Jeux de Rabelais, 12 mixed voices, 1998 (also version for 12 mixed voices, flute, oboe, 2 clarinets, bassoon, French horn, trumpet, trombone, piano, percussion, 1998)
Nova (text by Claude Debussy), 12 mixed voices, mixed chorus, 2 trumpets, harp, 4 violas, 3 cellos, double bass, 2 percussion, 1999
Music to hear (text by William Shakespeare), 7 mixed voices, clarinet, bass clarinet, tenor saxophone, cello, double bass, 1999
Les Blasons du corps féminin (texts from 17th-century erotic poems), 7 mixed voices, 2000–01
Book of Nonsense (text by Edward Lear), children's chorus, violin, piano, percussion, 2001
Effets de réveil (text by Victor Hugo), 12 mixed voices, mixed chorus, 2 oboes, English horn, bassoon, 2 French horns, 2 trumpets, organ, 2002
Laudate Dominum, 6 mixed voices, 2002
Domine in Furore tuo, mixed chorus, 2003
Agnus Dei, mixed chorus, 2005
Trois Chansons pour Claude Lejeune, 4 mixed voices, 2006
Why not measure joy?, 12 male voices, 2006
Les Cris de Marseille, 5 mixed voices, 2007
Petite Messe des Anges, 5 mixed voices, 2008
Sept Humoresques, mixed chorus, 2010
Angel, children's chorus, ensemble, 2011
VOCAL:
O notte, a me più chiara e più beata (text by Gaspara Stampa), soprano, cello, 1991
Chanson d'après Ronsard (text by Pierre de Ronsard), soprano, piano, 1997
Lucis creator (in memoriam Edison Denisov), 2 sopranos, flute, 2 clarinets, bassoon, trumpet, viola, cello, double bass, celesta, vibraphone, 1997
Trois Fables de La Fontaine (text by Jean de La Fontaine), bass-baritone, clarinet, trombone, violin, viola, cello, percussion, 1997
L'Apothéose de Couperin (text by Dominique Fernandez), soprano, viola da gamba/cello, harpsichord, 2001
Happy Birthday, soprano, small orchestra (2 flutes, oboe, 2 clarinets, bassoon, harp, 2 percussion, strings), 2003
Cinq Fables de La Fontaine (text by Jean de La Fontaine), soprano, small orchestra (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, French horn, trumpet, harp, piano, celesta, percussion, strings), 2005 (also version for soprano, piano, 2005)
Deux Poèmes surréalistes, soprano, piano, 2005
Le Bestiaire, soprano, orchestra/large orchestra, 2008
PIANO:
Irrlichter-Grillen, 1993–94
Fabel, 1994
Petite Mécanique céleste (pianist must be young), 1995
Thèmes et paraphrases (pianist must be young), 1996
Kinderball, 1997–98
Mains d'enfants et fanfarinette, 2001
Premier Livre, 2000–02
Hommage à Georges Cziffra, 2009
Étude pour les cordes bloquées, 2010
ORGAN:
Maschera, 1995
L'Excentrique (sonata no. 1), 1996
Les Couleurs (sonata no. 2), 1996
Livre de Sonates, 1997–99 (also version by Jean-Marc Zvellenreuther of one section, La Follia, for guitar)
Deux Sonneries, 2002
Capriccio, 2003
Le Livre de Caractères, 2011
HARPSICHORD:
A new ground, 2002
ELECTROACOUSTIC:
Cracticus Torquatus, fixed media, 1994
ARRANGEMENTS:
La Veuve du Roi basque (Ernest Chausson), soloists, mixed chorus, orchestra, 1999
Sports et Divertissements (Erik Satie), orchestra/large orchestra (8 winds, 10 brass, celesta, timpani, 2 percussion, strings), 2007
FILM SCORES (DIRECTOR):
La Chanson d'Eneïda, 1995 (Vincent Merlin)
Traverse, 1996 (Loïc Malo)
Slow quick quick slow, 1997 (Bruno Reiland)
Je serai la plus belle, 1997 (Fabrice Genestal)
La Vénus d'Ille, 2000 (Valérie Béon)
Itinerai silenziosi, 2000 (Jacopo Benci)
DISCOGRAPHY
Laudate Dominum. Pierre Cao/Arsys Bourgogne (Accord: 476 9939)
Capriccio; Deux Sonneries. Jean-Christophe Revel, organ (æon: AECD 0420)
Concerto (piano); Music to hear; Pop-Art. Jay Gottlieb, piano; Kanako Abe/Ensemble des Lauréats du Conservatoire; Roland Hayrabedian/Musicatreize; Pascal Rophé/Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France (æon: AECD 0529)
Ambrées. Ensemble Berlingot (BMA: 98)
Thèmes et paraphrases. Vladimir Skanavi, piano (Le Chant du Monde: AJ 4264)
Commedia; Concerto de chambre; Longtemps je...; Épiphanie; Ambrées; Anima; Les Couleurs. Alexei Vinogradov/Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble (Le Chant du Monde: LDC 278 1108)
Fabel. Shinji Urakabe, piano; Alain Louvier/NEIC (Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris)
La Follia from Le Livre de Sonates (version by the performer). Jean-Marc Zvellenreuther, guitar (La Follia Madrigal: LFM 0999001)
Dancing. Trio Polycordes (La Follia Madrigal: LFM 0999004)
Dancing. Trio Polycordes (La Follia Madrigal: LFM 11101)
Monsieur Hérisson a disparu. (Gallimard Jeunesse musique) (CD with book)
Esprit. Frédéric Daumas, percussion (GMEM: F-01)
Rondo (original version). Joël Versavaud, tenor saxophone (Maguelone: MAG 111158)
Maschera. Hervé Désarbre, organ (Mandala: MAN 4894)
Concerto (violin); Kinderball; Livre de Sonates; Rondo (second version). Ángel Gimeno, violin; Kanako Abe, piano; Jean-Christophe Revel, organ; Proxima Centauri; Micha Hamel/Nieuw Ensemble (Mandala: MAN 4948)
Premier Livre (3 excerpts). Kanako Abe, piano (Mandala: MAN 5047)
Zapp'art (version for 12 saxophones); Deux Sonneries; Les Métronomes détraqués; Andante from Dove sono...?; Fantaisie No. 3 from Livre de Fantaisies; Épiphanie; Le Pic-vert; Capriccio; Mouvements; Scherzo; Phénix; Sphinx; Wow !; Les Astres. Mihi Kim, piccolo, flute; Patrick Langot, Agnès Vesterman, cellos; Kanako Abe, piano; Pascale Rouet, organ; Kanako Abe/12 saxophones of the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris; Régis Campo/Orchestrades de Brive la Gaillarde (Mandala: MAN 5084)
La Follia from Livre de Sonates. Pascale Rouet, organ (Pavane: ADW 7468)
Livre de Fantaisies (excerpts). Barbara Marcinkowska, cello (Quantum: QU 7027)
Premier Livre. Jay Gottlieb, piano (Signature: SIG 11013)
Anima. Raoul Lay/Ensemble Télémaque (Sonpact: SPT96019)
Les Blasons du corps féminin. Rachid Safir/Les Jeunes Solistes (Soupir: S212)