Sophie Lacaze

Born in Lourdes (France) in 1963, Sophie Lacaze studied music at the Conservatoire de Toulouse, and continued at the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris, where she received the Composition Prize. Afterwards, she studied with Allain Gaussin, Philippe Manoury and Antoine Tisne in France, and with Franco Donatoni and Ennio Morricone in Italy. She also engaged in music theatre with Georges Aperghis at the Centre Acanthes, and attended Pierre Boulez's courses in College de France.

After having travelled in several countries, especially in Australia, Sophie Lacaze came back in Europe, where she divides her time between France and Belgium. Her music was noticed at several international composition competitions (Roumania, Italy, England), and she is now developing a partnership with ensembles and soloists, and also with primary schools to introduce children to contemporary music.

Unsubdued but attentive to musical trends and schools, Sophie Lacaze has developed an original aesthetics that takes into account the current research on sound while looking to restore music its primary functions, ie ritual, incantation, dance, and its links with nature.

elected works

* (1992: "Trois melodies", for soprano voice and string trio. On poems by Jules Supervielle.
* (1993): "Voyelles", for flute. On a poem by Arthur Rimbaud.
* (1996): "Jetez-vous sur l'avenir", for female voice, flute and piano. On a poem by Jean-Pierre Rosnay.
* (1996): "En Quete", for female voice, narrator, violin and piano. for an exhibition of photographs by Guy Bompais. On texts by Jean-Pierre Rosnay.
* (1997): "La vita e bella ?", for flute and cello.
* (1998): "Le Becut", for wind instrument, didgeridoo, children choir and small percussions.
* (1999): "Comme une rue pavee", for violin, clarinet and piano.
* (2000): "Broken Words", for flute and string trio. On a poem by Henry Kendall.
* (2000): "And then there was the sun in the sky", for flute, didgeridoo and flute orchestra.
* (2001): "Iotife", for string trio. On a poem by Henry Kendall.
* (2001): "Messe de Nostre Dame", for a cappella choir.
* (2002): "Concerto n°1", for piano and string orchestra. On "Vexations" by Erik Satie.
* (2002): "Histoire sans paroles", for violin, cello and piano.
* (2002): "Voices of Australia", for solo flute and recorded voices.
* (2002): "L'enfance de Catherine", for flute and string trio. Music for the film "l'enfance de Catherine" by Anne Baudry.
* (2003): "Messe de Nostre Dame", version for 8 female voices and percussions. Tribute to "Messe de Nostre Dame" by Guillaume de Machaut.
* (2003): "Tarentella", for piano.
* (2004): "Dreaming", chamber opera for two female voices, didgeridoo, flute, viola, percussions and tape.
* (2005): "Oceans", for flute, bassoon, violin, viola, double-bass, children choir and small percussions.
* (2005): "Cinq Voyelles pour Quatre Flutes", transcription of "Voyelles" for 4 flutes. On a poem by Arthur Rimbaud.
* (2005): "Py", for flute and piano.
* (2005): "Het Lam Gods", for string quartet. On "Het Lam Gods" by Hubert and Jan Van Eyck.
* (2005): "Duo", for voice and tape.
* (2006): "Archelogos I", for voice and tape.
* (2006): "Les quatre elements", concerto for flute, children choir and percussions.
* (2006): "Deux mouvements", for tenor saxophone and orchestra.
* (2006): "Musique de la mer", for clarinet, bassoon, string quartet, children choir and small percussions.
* (2006): "Vents du sud", for CD. for the exhibition of photographs "Vignes" by Guy Bompais.
* (2006): "The great flood", for alt-saxophone and saxophone ensemble.

Discography

* "Musiques francaises du XXe siccle", REM, 1996. With "Voyelles" by Chiharu Tachibana.

* "En Quete", Galun Records, 2000. With "En Quete", "Kulungalinpa", "La Vita e Bella ?", "Jetez-vous sur l'avenir" and "Le Becut". By Marie Kobayashi, Marcelle Rosnay, Ivan Bellocq, Mie Ogura, Phillip Peris, Fuminori Tanada, Lucie Bessiere, Marie-Agnes Letellier, Arnaud Limonaire, Paul Broutin, Bernard Vandenbroucque, and children of Lappacca (in Lourdes) and Parc Suzanne (in Argeles Gazost) primary schools.

* "Aperto (Re)Forms", Gaudeamus (Roumania), 2000. With "Comme une rue pavee" and "Trois preludes" by the Trio Aperto and Dolores Chelariu.

* "Plurielles", Maguelone, 2004. With "Broken Words" and "Voyelles" by the Helios Ensemble and Christel Rayneau.

* "Cosmogonies", Galun Records, 2005. With "Voices of Australia" by Ivan Bellocq.

External links

* [http://www.sophielacaze.com Sophie Lacaze's official website.]