Bruno Mantovani

Bruno Mantovani (born 8 October 1974) is a French composer. He has been awarded first prizes from the Conservatoire de Paris which he joined in 1993. His work has been commissioned by the French government as well as other organisations. In September 2010, he was appointed to the post of director of the Paris Conservatory.

Biography

At 37, Bruno Mantovani became the director of the Conservatoire de Paris.

In October 2018, his new composition Threnos was premiered at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and conducted by Marin Alsop. In March 2019, he was named music director of the Ensemble Orchestral Contemporain, a position that began in January 2020.

Awards 2010 Claudio-Abbado-Kompositionspreis of the Orchester-Akademie of the Berlin Philharmonic

Works list

Orchestra Art d'écho, for orchestra, 2000 Con Leggerezza, for orchestra, 2004 Concerto pour deux altos et orchestre, for two violas and orchestra, 2009 Concerto pour deux pianos, for two pianos and orchestra 2012 Concerto pour violoncelle, for cello and orchestra, 2005 Fantaisie, for piano and orchestra, 2010 Finale, for orchestra, 2007 Jeux d'eau, for violin and orchestra, 2011 Le Cycle des gris, for orchestra, 2005 Le Livre des illusions, for orchestra, 2009 Mit Ausdruck, for bass clarinet and orchestra, 2003 On the dance floor, for orchestra, 2003 6 Pièces for orchestra, 2005 Postludium, for orchestra, 2010 Siddharta, ballet, 2010 Smatroll (Le Lutin), for orchestra, 2010 Time Stretch (on gesualdo), for orchestra, 2006 Upon one note, for orchestra, 2011 Zapping, for flute and orchestra, 2004

Ensemble music ...273..., for 17 musicians, 2010 Concerto de chambre no.1, for 17 musicians, 2010 Concerto de chambre no.2, for 6 musicians, 2010 2 Contrepoints de l'Art de la Fugue, for 7 cellos, 2007 D'un rêve parti, for sextet, 2000 Eclair de Lune, for three ensembles and electronics, 2007 Le Sette Chiese, for large ensemble, 2002 Les Danses interrompues, for 6 instruments, 2001 Par la suite, for flute and ensemble, 2002 Série Noire, for 14 instruments, 2000 Si près, si loin (d'une fantaisie), for two pianos and two ensembles, 2007 Spirit of Alberti, for ensemble, 2013 Streets, for ensemble, 2006 Troisième Round, for saxophone and ensemble, 2001 Turbulences, for 12 musicians, 1998

Chamber music All'ungarese, for violin and piano, 2009 Appel d'air, for flute and piano, 2001 Blue girl with red wagon, for string quartet and piano, 2005 D'une seule voix, for violin and cello, 2007 Da Roma, for clarinet, viola and piano, 2005 East side, west side, for five instruments, 2003 Face à face, for four clarinets, 2010 Happy B., for flute, violin, viola and cello, 2005 Haunted Nights, for clarinet, piano and vibraphone, 2002 Hopla, for flute and boules de pétanque, 2010 Icare, for two pianos, 2009 L'Ere de rien, for flute, clarinet and piano, 2002 L'Incandescence de la bruine, for saxophone and piano, 1997 METAL, for two clarinets, 2003 8 Moments musicaux, for violin, cello and piano, 2008 5 Pièces pour Paul Klee, for cello and piano, 2007 4 Pièces pour quatuor à cordes, (Bleu, les Fées, L'Ivresse, BWV 1007), 2005 Quelques effervescences, for viola and piano, 2006 Quintette, for 2 violins, 2 violas and cello, 2013 Quintette pour Bertold Brecht, for harp and string quartet, 2007 Un mois d'octobre, for bassoon and piano, 2001 Un Souffle, for flute and 4 percussions, 2005 Une autre incandescence for clarinet, viola and piano, 1998 Until, for 3 cellos, 2010 You are connected, for string trio, 2001

Solo 8'20" chrono, for accordion, 2007 Bug, for clarinet, 1999 Dédale, for piano, 2009 Entre Parenthèses, for piano, 2006 4 Etudes, for piano, 2003 Früh, for flute, 2001 Happy hours, for violin, 2007 Italienne, for piano, 2001 Jazz Connotation, for piano, 1998 Le Grand jeu, for percussion and electronics, 1999 Le Livre de Jeb, for piano, 2009 Little Italy, for viola, 2005 4 Mélodies arméniennes, for flute, 2010 Moi jeu..., for marimba, 1999 One-Way, for cello, 2012 Suonare, for piano, 2006 The worst of, for piano, 2013 Tocar, for harp, 2007 Trait d'union, for clarinet, 2007

Vocal or choral music Akhmatova (opera), opera premiered at Opera Bastille, 2011 Cantate No.1, for chorus and ensemble, 2006 Cantate No.2 (sur G. Leopardi), for soprano and clarinet, 2008 Cantate No.3 (sur Friedrich von Schiller), for chorus and orchestra, 2012 Cantate No.4, for cello, accordion and chorus, 2013 Das erschafft der Dichter nicht, for soprano and ensemble, 2002 L'Autre côté, opera, 2006 La Morte Meditata, for mezzo-soprano and ensemble, 2000 L'Enterrement de Mozart, for 5 voices and ensemble, 2008 Monde évanoui (Fragments pour Babylone), for chorus, 2008 5 Poèmes de Janos Pilinsky, for chamber chorus, 2005 Vier Geistliche Gedichte, for chamber chorus, 2007 Voyage d'automne (Autumn journey), opera in three acts, first performed at the Capitole de Toulouse in 2024