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Hurel, Philippe (b. July 24, 1955, Domfront). French composer of mostly orchestral and chamber works that have been performed throughout Europe and elsewhere.
Mr. Hurel studied musicology at the Université de Toulouse from 1974–79 and composition with Betsy Jolas and Ivo Malec at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris from 1980–83. He also had private studies in musical computer science with Tristan Murail in Paris in 1983.
His honors include the Pensionnaire à la Villa Médicis à Rome (1986–88), the Förderpreis der Siemens-Stiftung in Munich (1995, for Six miniatures en trompe l'œil), the Prix de Compositeurs from SACEM (2002), and the Prix de la Meilleure Création de l'Année from SACEM (2003, for Aura).
Among the ensembles that have commissioned his music are Accroche-Note, BIT20 Ensemble, Court-circuit, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Ensemble Musique Nouvelle de Bordeaux, ensemble recherche, Interface, Itinéraire, the Jeune Chœur de Paris, Musique Oblique, and Les Percussions de Strasbourg. Orchestras that have commissioned him include Orchestre de Paris, the Orchestre National de Chambre de Toulouse, the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Philharmonie de Lorraine. He has also received commissions from the Cité de la Musique, the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris, flautist Anne-Cécile Cuniot, the Institut Français de Milan, IRCAM, the city of Metz, the Ministère de Culture in Paris, Barbara and Luigi Polla, Radio-France, Shizuoka Hall in Tokyo, and other individuals and organizations. His music has been performed in Australia, Belgium, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK, and the USA.
Mr. Hurel is also active in other positions. He worked as a music researcher at IRCAM in 1985–86 and 1988–89. He founded the new music ensemble Court-circuit in 1990 and has since served as its artistic director. He also served as composer-in-residence to both the Arsenal de Metz and the Philharmonie de Lorraine from 2000–02.
He taught composition at IRCAM from 1997–2001.
Éditions Billaudot publishes his music written between 1981–96 and Éditions Lemoine publishes his music written since 1997.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: hurel@free.fr
Street address: Mr. Philippe Hurel, 224-bis Rue de Marcadet, 75018 Paris, France
Telephone: + 331 4459 3634
Website: http://www.philippe-hurel.fr/
SELECT LIST OF WORKS
STAGE: La célébration des invisibles (melodrama, text by Philippe Raymond-Thimonga, shadow theatre by Michel Rosenmann), mixed chorus, 6 percussion, 1992 (also shorter concert version)
ORCHESTRAL: Trames, 11 strings, 1982; Memento pour Marc, 1982–83; Diamants imaginaires, diamant lunaire, small orchestra (22 players), 1984–85; Pour l'image, small orchestra (14 players), 1986–87; Mémoire vive, large orchestra (74 players), 1988–89; Six miniatures en trompe l'œil, small orchestra (14 players), 1990–91; Flash-Back, large orchestra (80 players), 1997–98; Quatre Variations, vibraphone, small orchestra (16 players), 1999–2000; Aura, piano, orchestra, 2001–02; Trois études mécaniques, small orchestra (17 players), 2003–04; Phonus ou la voix du faune, flute, orchestra, 2004; Phasis, tenor saxophone (+ soprano saxophone), small orchestra (14 players), 2007
CHAMBER MUSIC: Eolia, flute, 1981; Opcit, tenor saxophone, 1983–84 (also version for clarinet, 1993); Pavino et Sanina, flute, 1990; Rémanences, bass clarinet, tenor saxophone, French horn, tuba, 2 synthesizers (1 player), 2-track tape, 1991–92; Pour Luigi, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, 1994; Kits, 6 percussion, 2-track tape, 1995 (also version for bass guitar, congas, 6 percussion, 1995); ...à mesure, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, vibraphone, 1996; Tombeau in memoriam Gérard Grisey, piano, percussion, 1999; Loops, flute, 1999–2000; Figures libres, flute, oboe, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano, percussion, 2000–01; Loops II, vibraphone, 2000–02; Loops III, 2 flutes, 2002–03; Ritornello in memoriam Luciano Berio, flute, piano, 2003; Loops IV, marimba, 2004–05; Step, moving flute, moving clarinet, piano (+ melodica), percussion, 2006–07; D'un trait, cello, 2007
CHORAL: La célébration des invisibles (melodrama, text by Philippe Raymond-Thimonga), mixed chorus, 6 percussion, 1992 (shorter concert version of stage work); Non-Dit, 50 mixed voices, 2005
VOCAL: Cantus (text by the composer), soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion, 2006
CARILLON: Loops V, 2006
ELECTROACOUSTIC: Fragment de lune, 2 flutes, oboe, 2 clarinets, alto saxophone, bassoon, 2 French horns, trumpet, trombone, 2 MIDI-keyboards, 2 percussion, live electronics, 1985–86; Leçon de choses, flute, clarinet, 2 French horns, harp, violin, viola, cello, double bass, piano, MIDI-keyboard, 2 percussion, live electronics, 1993; Hors-Jeu, percussion, live electronics, 2006
DIDACTIC MUSIC: Musica 2, bassoon, piano, 1984; Altomobile, viola, 1985; Funky Studies, cornet, 1987; Bacasax, alto saxophone, piano, 1990; Première Improvisation (à Raphaële), orchestra, 1990; Deuxième Improvisation (à Thibault), small orchestra (28 players), 1991
(Last updated on February 7, 2008)
