PIERRE JALBERT
PIERRE JALBERT
b. 1967
Pierre Jalbert is currently the Composer-in-Residence with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. He received his musical training at Oberlin Conservatory and the University of Pennsylvania. He has received numerous awards for his compositions, including a Guggenheim fellowship, the Rome Prize, BMI and ASCAP Awards, a Society of Composer's Award, the Bearns Prize in Composition, and a Tanglewood Music Center fellowship.
His compositions have been performed throughout the United States and abroad, including two Carnegie Hall performances of his orchestral works. In October 2001, the London Symphony Orchestra performed his In Aeternam at the Barbican Centre in London as part of the BBC's Masterprize Competition, in which he received first prize. He has also been commissioned and performed by violinist Midori, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the Houston Symphony, the Budapest Symphony, the Albany Symphony, the Vermont Symphony, the Fort Worth Symphony, the Santa Rosa Symphony, the Fischer Duo, the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, Zeitgeist, Network for New Music, and the Maia String Quartet, among others. From 1999 -2002, he served as Composer-in-Residence with the California Symphony. He currently teaches at Rice University in Houston where he is Associate Professor of Composition and Theory at the Shepherd School of Music. He is also a member of MUSIQA, a Houston-based new music group.
Current Projects include new works for the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, the Ying Quartet, the Brooklyn Friends of Chamber Music, and new concertos for hornist William Ver Meulen and marimbist Makoto Nakura.
Recordings of his music appear on the Gasparo and Summit labels. New recordings are due out in the Fall, 2004 on Gasparo Records and Helicon Records.
For more information, please visit Pierre Jalbert's
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 | October 2001: BBC Masterprize International Competition, First Prize | | 2002-present: Composer-in-Residence, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra | | 2000-2001: Rome Prize | | 1999-2002: Composer-in-Residence, California Symphony |
Another Land for Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Cello and Piano (1990) -- 14’
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Conversations for Organ and Piano (1987) -- 6’
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Dual Velocity for Cello and Piano (1998) -- 7’
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Rhythmus for Violin, Viola, Cello and Piano (1991) -- 6’
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Sonata Quartet for Clarinet/Saxophone, Piano and Two Percussion (1995) -- 15’
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Sonatine for Violin and Guitar (1999) -- 8'
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String Quartet (1995) -- 22’
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Three Canticles for Flute, Double Bass, Piano and Two Percussion (1993) -- 14’
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Timing and Collisions for Piano and Electronics (1989) -- 7’
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Transcendental Windows for Chamber Ensemble (12 players) (2000) -- 12’
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Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano (1998) -- 15’
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Tsu-Shung (Four Voices) for Strings and Percussion (1989) -- 8’
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Visual Abstract for Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Cello, Piano, and Percussion (2002) -- 10'
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Four Miniatures for Violin and Piano (1988) -- 9’
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Impression for Clarinet (1985) -- 4’
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Sonata for Solo Marimba (2001) -- 12'
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Two Character Pieces for Solo Tuba (1999) -- 5'
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Duo for Two Pianos (1984) -- 11'
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Four Character Pieces for Piano (1981) -- 9’
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Piano Fantasy (1986) -- 4’
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Relativity Variations for Piano (1991) -- 9'
Published: #140-40068
Premiere Information: February 25, 1991, Baltimore, MD, Rachel Matthews, piano
Sonata No. 1 for Piano (1983) -- 10’
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Toccata for Organ (1986) -- 6’
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Toccata for Piano solo (2001) -- 6'
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Evocation for Orchestra (1991) -- 12'
2(Picc.)-2-3(B.Cl.)-2; 4-2-3-0; Timp., 2Perc., Cel., Pno., Str.
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Premiere Information: Young Musicians' Foundation Debut Orchestra, Daniel Hege, conducting, March 28, 1993, Los Angeles, CA
Available Separately:Full Score - Large (#446-41115)
Fantasy Overture for Chamber Orchestra (1994) -- 8’
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In Aeternam for Orchestra (2000) -- 13'
3(Picc.)-3(E.Hn.)-3(B.Cl.)-3(Cbsn.); 4-3-3-1; 3Perc., Hp., Pno., Cel., Str.
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Commission Information: California Symphony
Premiere Information: California Symphony, Barry Jekowsky conducting, Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA, May 7 and 9, 2000.
• Reviews
Available Separately:Full Score - Study (#446-41186)
Les espaces infinis (The Infinite Spaces) for Chamber Orchestra (2001) -- 11'
Additional Information: Originally titled L’amour infini
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Memorial for Chamber Orchestra (1987) -- 8’
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Remnants of Silence for Chamber Orchestra (1993) -- 19’
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Shock Waves for Orchestra (1997) -- 10'
3(Picc.)-3(E.Hn.)-3-3; 4-3-3-1; Timp., 4Perc., Hp., Pno., Str.
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Commission Information: American Composers Orchestra
Premiere Information: American Composers Orchestra, Paul Lustig Dunkel conducting, Carnegie Hall, New York City, May 11, 1997
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Symphonia Sacra (2001) -- 27'
4-3(E.Hn.)-4(B.Cl.)-3(Cbsn.); 4-3-3-1; Timp., 4Perc., Pno., Hp., Cel., Str.
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Commission Information: California Symphony
Premiere Information: California Symphony, Barry Jekowsky conducting, April 29 and May 1, 2001
Movements:
• 1. Introduction: Musica Sacra - Musica Humana
• 2. Musica Sacra II
• 3. Musica Mundana - Musica Sacra III
The Joyful Mysteries for Orchestra (1992) -- 8’
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Aria: Unity for Soprano, Percussion and Electronics (1987) -- 5’
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Songs of Gibran a Song-Cycle based on texts of Kahlil Gibran (1992) -- 18'
Soprano; Vcl, Pno., Perc.
Published: #141-40041
Movements:
• A Song
• Interlude
• Prelude
• Song of Beauty
• Song of the Rain
• Song of the Wave
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Available Separately:Full Score - Large (#141-40041S)
"...the piece revealed powerful command of the orchestra and a vivid emotional range... In Aeternam made a listener eager to hear more."-Joshua Kosman, San Francisco Chronicle"Composed in three sections performed in a single movement, In Aeternam (In Eternity) introduced Jalbert as a skilled orchestrator and an original compositional voice."-Georgia Rowe, San Francisco Times
"Pierre Jalbert's Songs of Gibran is a song cycle that doesn't forget the song. the music itself is quite eventful, but whatever else is happening, the composer makes sure the words are understood. ...For the piano ...Jalbert created a role that sparkled, poking through the texture of the music like a thousand tiny lights."-Peter Dobrin, Philadelphia Inquirer
"Stretches of neo-Romantic gestures would lull a listener into expecting conventional resolutions, but invariably Jalbert twisted the music in unexpected directions."-Allan Kozinn, New York Times
Page last updated June 16, 2004
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