Christophe Bertrand
Christophe Louis-Pascal Bertrand was a French composer of contemporary classical music.
Biography
Bertrand, born in Wissembourg, was a French pianist and composer of mainly chamber works born 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, in the United Kingdom, in Slovenia
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
- Earplay Prize
- SACEM Hervé Dugardin prize
- André Caplet prize
Works
; Quatuor II; Okhtor
; Ayas
; Scales
; Haïku
; Satka
; Dall'Inferno
; Hendeka
; u
; Arashi
; Vertigo
; Sanh
; Quatuor I
; Mana
; Madrigal
; Virya
; Aus
; Haos
; Iôa
; Yet
; Full
; Ektra
; Dikha
; Treis
; La Chute Du Rouge
; Skiaï
; Strofa II
; Strofa IIb