Jean-Yves Malmasson

Jean-Yves Malmasson (born 1963) is a French composer and conductor.

Malmasson was born in Saint-Cloud in the Paris suburbs. After studies in piano, ondes Martenot, and composition at the Conservatoire National de Région, Boulogne-Billancourt, he went on to study composition and conducting at the Conservatoire de Paris, where he won a first prize in composition. His orchestral tone poem "Le chant de Dahut" for ondes Martenot and Orchestra won the SACEM prize at the 1988 Festival des tombées de la nuit, in Rennes (France).

His principal teachers include Alain Louvier, Pierre Grouvel, Serge Nigg, Jacques Charpentier (musical writing technique and composition), and Jean-Claude Hartemann and Jean-Sébastien Bereau (conducting).

Malmasson's compositions are written in an expressive, extended-tonal style which uses a great deal of harmonic vocabulary borrowed from the style of Olivier Messiaen (notably in the early work "Un feu ardent dans un silence noir et froid" for pianoforte). Malmasson is often inspired by space and astronomy ("Mare Nostrum" for Orchestra, Coro).

In addition to being the musical director of the city of Puteaux wind orchestra, a post he has held since 1988, Jean-Yves Malmasson is also director of Orchestre Philharmonique Francilien (Versailles).

Works Prelude (1978) for orchestra Un feu ardent dans un silence noir et froid (1980) for pianoforte Variations sur "b.a.c.h." (1981) for pianoforte Symphonie n° 1 "dsch", hommage à Dmitri Shostakovich (1981–83, rév. 2000) for orchestra Invocation a la lune (1983) for two ondes martenots, piano and percussion Trois melodies sur des poemes de Charles Baudelaire (1984) for medium voice and piano Trois melodies sur des poemes de Charles Baudelaire (1984, arrg. 2001) for medium voice, violoncello and piano Le chant de Dahut (1985) orchestral tone poen for ondes martenot and orchestra Trois miniatures burlesques (1988) for string quartet Trois miniatures burlesques (1995) for string orchestra Premier Quatuor a cordes (1988–91) for string quartet La lettre à Eloïse (1991) humoristic piece for violin, piano and triangle Estebaña (1991) for violin, piano and "accessoires pittoresques" Diptyque (1992) passacaille and scherzo on a theme by a. berg, for violoncello and piano Metapastiches (1992–93) for orchestra Concerto grosso (1992–94) for ondes martenot, keyboard percussion quartet and concert band Hymne aux lumieres (1994) for concert band Amuse-gueule (1994) for concert band Trois poemes de Paul Eluard (1996) for baritone and quartet(clar., cor, vl., vlc.) Figurines''' (1996) for brass quintet.Mare nostrum (1996) passacaille pour orchestre. 3 pieces for flute and piano (teaching piece)(1997) 3 pieces for piano (teaching piece)(1997)Sonatine entomologique for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and percussion (1997)Burlesques (1998) suite for string orchestra.Trois poemes de Charles Baudelaire (1999) for voice and orchestra.Quatre miniatures burlesques (1999) for piano 4 hands Symphonie n° 2, for string orchestra (2000)Memoire du futur, ou cantate pour la paix (2000- ) cantata for soloists, chorus and orchestra on a text by Hervé Miclos act 1 has been completed to date.5 aphorismes in memoriam D. D. Chostakovitch', trio n° 1 for violin, violoncello and piano (2001)Les fleurs du desir (2001) chamber cantata for soprano voice with violin, violoncello and pianoSinfonietta (2002) for string orchestra, piano and percussionSketches a quatre (2002) three easy pieces for string quartetAux bien brulants astres d'or (1995–2002) Symphony n° 3 for chorus and orchestra Album pour Odile (2003) 3 easy pieces for clarinet and piano Duos pour Odile (2003) 2 easy pieces for two clarinets and piano Album pour Odile (2003, transcription 2005) 3 easy pieces for alto saxophone and piano Duos pour Odile (2003, transcription 2005) 2 easy pieces for 2 alto saxophones pianoDe soleil et de vent (2004) for ondes martenot soloLes exilés, trio n° 2 for violin, violoncello and piano (2004–2005), with an actor ad libitumTrois figurines (2005) récitatif, choral et fugue for organTonton claudio (2006) musical tale for narrator and 14 instruments, to present the instruments to childrenCroquis asymetriques (2006) a booklet of 9 violin duetsCantilene pour francois (2006) for solo celloFantaisie sur Les brigands d'Offenbach (2007) for clarinet quartet or bandFantaisie sur Les brigands d'Offenbach (2007, arr. 2008) for saxophone quartet or bandFantaisie sur Les brigands d'Offenbach (2007, arr. 2009) for string quartetMouvement symphonique (2007) for orchestraFrontispice (2008) for orchestraPoints de suspension (2008) Nocturne for clarinet in B flat and celloUn songe d'outre monde (2009) for Native American flute in F and three tom-toms (or three congas)Une chanson douce (2010) for voice and pianoQuatre soleils verts - Fourth Symphony (2011), poem for mezzo-soprano, mixed choir and orchestraLast post, for claude (2012) for solo flugelhorn (or B-flat trumpet)Quatre chansons pour Emma (2012-2015) for voice and pianoExtra (2011-2013) Opera buffa in three acts, libretto by Laurent BouëxièreLes chants du séraphin (2016) for flute, violin, viola and celloEn habit de Satie (2021) Paraphrases on Erik Satie's Deuxième Gymnopédie, for orchestra (and mixed choir ad libitum)Fragment de solitude (2020) for string quartetExtrasymphonie'' (2020) Symphonic Suite from the Opera buffa Extra