Dominique Clément
DOMINIQUE CLÉMENT (1959) began his musical education at the Conservatoire in Chalon-sur-Saône, whose principal, Camille Roy, infused in him a passion for musical analysis and composition. He extended his command of the language of music by reading poets and novelists such as Claude Simon or Georges Perec. His oeuvre consists of some forty pieces in a wide variety of genres, from the songs, to a piece for fifty saxophonists and video (Temps bleu), and including several chamber music works, many of the humorous (Le Rire du coq, L’almanach du Père Ubu, Dépêches). His works have been produced in French theatres and other venues including the La Péniche Opéra (Paris), Musica (Strasbourg), Musicavoix (Evreux), Les Musicades (Lyon). Alongside his activities as a composer, Dominique Clément the clarinettist is co-founder of the Ensemble Aleph, with which he has played since 1983, performing important items from the repertoire and giving numerous premieres in France, Europe and the US. He has been teaching at the CEFEDEM (College for the Training of Music Teachers) in Lyon since 1991 and at its Conservatoire since 2000. Prior to that he held a post at the Conservatoire at Chalon-sur-Saône.
Works (selection): Quatre Fascinants for voice, clarinet, violoncello, piano and synthetiser (1989), La cour du dragon for piano, 4 hands (1992), L’ intérieur de la cour for clarinet, violoncello and piano (1992), Ensemble fracturé for voice and piano (1993), Chaud-froid for 1 clarinet player (1993), La boucle for clarinet and piano (1994), Didyme for violoncello (1994), Monsieur for voice, clarinet, violoncello, 2 pianos and marimba (1994), L’Almanach du Père Ubu for voice and ensemble (1995), 2 études for piano (1996), Poème incorrect for voice (1997), Quintette for winds (1998), Poème Incorrect II for voice, clarinet and piano (1998), Triptyque pour une Corrida for ensemble (2000), Entre-deux, version for clarinet and piano (2002), Qu’est-ce ? for 2 voices and 3 clarinets (2003), Le Yin et le Yang dans les relations franco-allemandes for clarinet, violoncello, accordion and percussion (2004)