Thierry Escaich

Thierry Escaich (born 8 May 1965 in Nogent-sur-Marne), is a French organist and composer.

Life

Born in 1965, Thierry Escaich studied organ, improvisation and composition at the Paris Conservatory (CNSMDP), where he won 8 “first prizes” and where he has taught improvisation and composition since 1992.

Together with Vincent Warnier, he was appointed organist at the Saint-Étienne-du-Mont church in Paris in 1996 (succeeding Maurice Duruflé). He tours internationally as a performing artist and composer.

His passion for the cinema has led him to improvise on the piano and the organ; he composed music for Frank Borzage’s silent film Seventh Heaven, commissioned by the Louvre in 1999.

To date he has written more than a hundred works, awarded with the Prix des Lycéens (2002), the Grand Prix de la Musique symphonique from the SACEM in 2004, and on three occasions, in 2003, 2006 and 2011, the French Victoires de la Musique Composer of the Year award.

Although he widely composes for the organ (solo pieces, chamber music, two concertos, La Barque Solaire [The Sun Boat] for organ and orchestra), Thierry Escaich is open to all genres, forms and instruments (piano, saxophone...)[1]

He wrote a ballet for the New York City Ballet, The Lost Dancer, which was world-premiered in New York City in May 2010 under the title Why am I not where you are (choreography by Benjamin Millepied, scenic designs by Santiago Calatrava).

After being composer in residence with the Orchestre National de Lille, the Orchestre de Bretagne and the Orchestre National de Lyon, he will take up his position as associated composer with the Ensemble Orchestral de Paris in September 2011.

His music is performed by orchestras such as the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Berlin Konzerthaus Orchestra, the Mariinsky Theater Orchestra or the Orchestre de Paris, by choirs such as Radio France Choir, the BBC Choir, Sequenza 9.3 and by musicians such as Christoph Eschenbach, Lothar Zagrosek, Jun Märkl, Claire-Marie Le Guay, Paul Meyer, Gautier and Renaud Capuçon, Olivier Latry, Iveta Apkalna, David Grimal, Nora Gubisch, John Mark Ainsley, the Trio Dali, the Trio Wanderer and the Quatuor Voce.

Discography

Compositions

Symphonic music

String orchestra

Concertos

Solo Organ

Other solo instruments

Chamber music (2-6 instruments)

Ensemble (7 instruments and more)

A cappella vocal and choral music

Vocal and choral music with instrument(s)

Opera

Stage

Songs

Movies

Pedagogical works

References

  1. "Thierry Escaïch" in Sax, Mule & Co, Jean-Pierre Thiollet, H & D, 2004, p. 120-121
  2. http://brahms.ircam.fr/works/work/33316/
Preceded by
Maurice Duruflé and Marie-Madeleine Duruflé-Chevalier
Organist, Saint-Étienne-du-Mont, Paris
1996–
Succeeded by
Incumbent
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