Nguyen Thien Dao


Nguyễn Thiên Đạo was a Vietnamese-French composer who worked in contemporary classical music. He was born in Hanoi, French Indochina, and came to France in 1953, where he studied composition with Olivier Messiaen. He lived in Paris, France. In 1974 he received the Prix Olivier Messiaen for composition awarded by the Fondation Erasmus in the Netherlands and the Prix André Caplet in 1984. He died in Paris on 20 November 2015 at the age of 75.
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Works

Tuyn Lua for chamber ensemble, Festival de Royan 1969.Koskom for large orchestra, Radio France 1971Ba Me Vietnam, for contrabass and twenty instruments, Festival de La Rochelle, 1972Mỵ Châu Trọng Thuỷ Opera in Vietnamese - premiere at the Opéra de Paris, 1979.Concerto pour piano et orchestre, Rencontres de Metz, 1984Symphonie pour pouvoir with Orchestre National de France at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées, 1989Concerto 1789, with the Orchestre National de Lille at the Palais des Congrès of Lille.Les enfants d’Izieu opéra-oratorio Festival d’Avignon 1994Hoa Tâu Hanoi Opera 1995Khai Nhac Hanoi Opera 1997Giao-Hoa Sinfonia, Salle Olivier Messiaen Radio France 1998Sóng hồn opera. Premiere Hanoi Opera House in Vietnam. 2000Arco Vivo for violoncello solo 2000Kosmofonia pour grand orchestre et chœur Forbach 2001Sóng nhất nguyên 2002Sóng nhạc Trương Chi Opéra de Hanoî 2003Quatre Lyriques de ciel et de terre, opéra de chambre Paris 2004Suoi Lung May, 1er Festival de Musique International Hué 2006.Khoi Thap, Hanoi Opera 2007So Day, Hanoi Opera 2007Duo Vivo, hommage à Olivier Messiaen, Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord 2008,Định mệnh bất chợt Oratorio – "Thanh xướng kịch KIỀU của Nguyễn Thiện Đạo" 2012

Discography