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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.^[1]

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.^[2] From 2012 to 2018, he was artistic director of the Ensemble Contrechamps in Geneva.^[3]

Works

Brice Pauset's music is mostly published by Editions Lemoine, Paris,^[4] works since 2014 being published by Edition Gravis, Berlin.^[5]

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,^[6] 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–) for solo ensemble and orchestra, 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

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
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
Pièces (6) (2005) Organ (CD Aeon - excerpts)
Préludes (6) (1999) Harpsichord (CD Aeon)
Rasch (2006) 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 informatic
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