Brice Pauset

Brice Pauset (born 17 June 1965 in Besançon) is a French composer living in Germany.

Biography Composer Brice Pauset was born in Besançon in 1965, and started his musical education by learning the piano, violin and harpsichord before turning to composition. In 1994 he was awarded a grant by the Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet Foundation and became a student at IRCAM from 1994 to 1996. He studied with Michel Philippot, Gérard Grisey and Alain Bancquart in Paris, and since then has pursued a dual career as a composer and performer of his own works as well as playing the early repertoire on the harpsichord and pianoforte and, occasionally, the modern piano.

In France, Brice Pauset regularly works with Ircam, the Festival d'Automne in Paris and the Accroche-Note ensemble, the Ars Musica festival in Belgium, Klangforum-Wien in Austria, and, in Germany, the SWR (Baden-Baden) and WDR (Köln) radios, the Musik-Biennale Berlin and the Recherche ensemble in Freiburg im Breisgau. On occasion his works call for musicians unexpected in the realm of contemporary music, such as his Vanités which was first sung by countertenor Gérard Lesne with Il Seminario Musicale at Royaumont, Kontra-Sonate based on Schubert's Sonata op. 42 (D 845), which Andreas Staier performed in June 2001 in Hagen and Paris, and Schlag-Kantilene based on Beethoven's violin concerto, with David Grimal and the Philharmonic Orchestra of Radio-France, conducted by Peter Eötvös (2010). He also, among many other ensemble or chamber works, completed a six-symphonies cycle (2001 to 2009). Arditti String Quartet, together with WDR Choir and Orchestra, under Matthias Pintscher's baton, premiered Das Dornröschen (2012) in Köln Philharmony (Germany). He has written many works for the pianist Nicolas Hodges, including three books of Canons for solo piano, Symphony no. 4 - "Der Geograph", for piano and orchestra, and several etudes, the first of which was part of Hodges' Studies Project.

He has taught composition at Musikhochschule Freiburg-im-Breisgau since 2010. From 2012 to 2018, he was artistic director of the Ensemble Contrechamps in Geneva.

Works Brice Pauset's music is mostly published by Editions Lemoine, Paris, works since 2014 being published by Edition Gravis, Berlin.

Theatrical works Das Mädchen aus der Fremde, musical theatre on Schiller's poems "Der Tanz" and "Das Mädchen in der Fremde" (2005) for actors, dancers, choir and large instrumental ensemble. Collaborative composition with Isabel Mundry, published by Breitkopf WONDERFUL DELUXE, Rêves et futilités d'une idôle (2014–15), for counter tenor, five voices and ensemble, publ. by Ed. Gravis STRAFEN, Opera for solo voices, 6-voice madrigal, and large orchestra, (2017-19), publ. by Ed. Gravis

Orchestral works Six Canons - Musurgia combinatoria (2001) Orchestra Kataster (2015–2017) for solo ensemble and orchestra (50') pub. Ed. Gravis Kontra-konzert (2011) Pianoforte, orchestra and 3 percussionists Konzertkammer (2010-20) Piano and chamber orchestra Maos Frosch (2011) Orchestra Schlag-Kantilene (2010) Violin and orchestra Symphonie I - Les outrances nécessaires (2001) Piano and chamber orchestra Symphonie III - Anima mundi (2005) Orchestra Symphonie IV - Der Geograph (2006) Piano and orchestra (CD Aeon) Symphonie V - Die Tänzerin (2008) Large orchestra (CD Neos) Un-Ruhe (1. Heft) (2013–14) for soprano, harpsichord and three orchestra groups (20') Publ. Ed. Gravis

Ensemble music Après une lecture de Marx - I. Accumulation (2022) for ensemble and electronics (15') pub. Ed. Gravis APRÈS UNE LECTURE DE MARX: III. Tombeau de Mary-Ann Walkley (2018) for ensemble (15') pub. Ed. Gravis arbeiten. Musik mit Hebewerk (2013–15) for ensemble (20') publ. Ed. Gravis Autopsie de la foi (2012) Actor and ensemble Canons (4) - Les Saisons (1992) Solo violin and 13 string instruments Canons (8) (1998) Oboe d'amore and ensemble (CD Aeon) Concerto I - Birwa (2002) Harpsichord and ensemble (CD Aeon) Concerto II - Exils (2005) Solo percussion and 2 ensembles Harpe de Mélodie (2008) 2 percussions and ensemble In nomine broken consort book (2003) 8 instruments (CD Aeon) Kinderszenen mit Robert Schumann (2003) Ensemble (CD Numérica) Purcell Verschriebungen (2007) Violin and ensemble Schwarzmärkte (2012) Ensemble Theorie der Tränen: Atem (2009) Ensemble Vertigo – Infinite Screen (2020-21) for ensemble in 6 groups, 18 picture modules and electronics, publ. Ed. Gravis Vier Variationen (2007) Ensemble (CD) Vita Nova (sérénades) (2006) Violin and ensemble

Chamber music Adagio dialettico (2000) Saxophone, percussion and piano (CD Assai - out of print) Die Vorüberlaufenden (2003) for fl(picc,A-fl), B-clar, vc (10') Collaborative composition with Isabel Mundry, published by Breitkopf Eurydice (1998/2015) for flute and string trio (CD Stradivarius) Les Voix humaines (2006) Clarinet, string trio and piano (CD Aeon) Ljusare (1992) Violin and piano (CD Aeon) Pluvia (1989) Violin, cello and piano Quatuor à cordes I Mèden agen (2001) 2 violins, viola and cello Quatuor à cordes II Das unglückselige Bewusstsein (1996) 2 violins, viola and cello Quatuor à cordes III ...récit-écrit (2002) 2 violins, viola and cello subito sempre (langsamer satz) - for Klaus Huber (2014) for fl, cl, pno, vn, vla, vc (8') publ. Ed. Gravis Theorie der Tränen: Gesang (2007) Horn and piano Theorie der Tränen: Schlamm (2008) Bass clarinet, violin, cello and piano (CD Stradivarius) Vestige (2007) Harpsichord 4 hands Wahrheitsverfahren (2014-) Harpsichord and string quartet (unpublished) (CD Winter & Winter)

Solo works Cadences pour le Concerto pour violon et orchestre Op.61 de Beethoven (2010) Violin (CD) Canons (3) (1989) Piano (CD Wergo) Canons (5) (2002) Piano (CD Wergo) Canons (7) (2010) Piano (CD Wergo) Canons (9) (2010) Piano (CD Wergo) Chaconnes (2) (1991) Viola De Prolatione (1996) Percussion Entrée (2007) Harpsichord Etudes (2011-) Piano (No 1, 2011, Nos 2-4 2017) Eurydice (1998) Flute (CD Metier) Kontra-sonate (2000) Piano (CD Aeon) Kontrapartita (2008) Violin (CD Ambroisie) La Nef des fous (1991) Violin Narration Hégémonique (2017) Accordion (3') publ. Ed. Gravis Pièces (6) (2005) Organ (CD Aeon - excerpts) Préludes (6) (1999) Harpsichord (CD Aeon) Rasch (2006/2025) Cello Theorie der Tränen: Salz (2011) Horn Wiegenlieder (2007) Accordion

Works with electronics Exercices du silence (2008) Soprano, piano and electronics Perspectivae Sintagma I (canons) (1997) Piano and live electronics (CD Wergo) Perspectivae Sintagma II (2001) Piano, 2 voices, 2 ensembles and computer Symphonie VI - Erstarrte Schatten (2009) Large orchestra, 6 solo voices and live electronics

Vocal and choral music A (1999) Soli, chorus, 2 ensembles and electronics Das Dornröschen (2012) String quartet, choir and orchestra (CD Aeon) De Aeternitate (1998) Soprano De Felicitate (1997) Soprano Demosthenes on the seashore (2004) Mixed chorus Deux Corps (Galathée à l'usine) (2005) 8 voices and 2 ensembles Die alte Frau (2013) Soli, chorus and orchestra Drei Nornen (2013) Soli, chorus and orchestra Eleusis (An Hölderlin) (1997) Soprano, clarinet and piano (CD) Furcht und zittern (2009) Voices and ensemble Gesangbuch (2003) Soprano and piano Gesangbuch II (2011) Alto, viola and piano In girum imus nocte et consumimur igni (1995) High tenor and instrumental ensemble L'Opéra de la lune (2012) Soli, chorus and orchestra M (1996) 2 sopranos, contralto and 2 ensembles Portrait (2007) 4 male voices and string quartet Sainte (2007) Voice and piano Studien über Dornröschen (2) (2008) Double chorus Symphonie II - La liseuse (2003) Voice and orchestra Theorie der Tränen: Louise (2009) Soprano and ensemble Un-Ruhe II (2016) for voice and harpsichord (CD Stradivarius) Vanités (2000) High tenor, soprano and ensemble