David Chaillou

Biography

David Chaillou is a French composer, born in 1971.

Biography

Chaillou is a senior lecturer at the University of Lille
His music has been released by Preiser Records, Gérard Billaudot and Universal Editions.
Chaillou's works have been broadcast among others by France Musique, RTS (Switzerland), RAI3, and RBBKultur.
His music combines for some a form of modern impressionism and post-minimalism.

Solo instruments

Les mains nues for piano. World premiere by Moisès Fernàndez Via. La Puda. Festival Les Serenates d'Estiu
Empreintes for piano. World premiere by François-Frédéric Guy at the Beethovenfest, Beethoven Hall, Bonn (Allemagne)
Une voix for piano. World premiere by Nina Barkalaya at the Conservatoire Tchaikovsky, Moscow
Diableries for piano. Public world premiere by Jeffrey Grice at the Sorbone amphithéâtre Richelieu, Paris. Published by Gérard Billaudot ISBN: M-043-07351-2.
Légende for piano
Mirages for piano
Blocs for piano
Temps inverses for piano
Pluie blanche for piano
Temps inverses for piano
Plein air for piano
Final for piano
Au piano de Sibelius for piano
Seul for cello. World premiere by Emmanuel Bellanger at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris. Published by Gérard Billaudot
Solo for cello, World premiere in 2020
Solliloquy for flute solo
Solo Solo for violin, premiered by Valeria Zorina (dédicataire) at the Madrid National Auditorium in 2019.

Chamber music

Gulf stream for string quartet. Commission by orchestre de Bretagne for the 100 years anniversary of the writer Louis Guilloux. Gérard Billaudot Publishing
Sur un visage for wind sextet
Rappoport for string trio with voice. Commission by Ariam Ile de France, selected for the 30 years anniversary of Ariam. Premiered at the Cité internationale des Arts of Paris.
Duo violon violoncelle premiered by Christophe Pantillon and Clara Fleider, Austrian radio (ORF). Mozarteum

Orchestral

Symphonie du bout des terres, commission by Orchestre de Bretagne. Conducted by Stefan Sanderling. Gérard Billaudot Publishing.
Rhapsodie pour orchestre
Paris miniature (Paris IXème arrondissement), mouvement concertant for violin and orchestra. Commission by Mairie de Paris. Premiered at Auditorium Saint-Germain, Paris (Orchestre du Conservatoire supérieur de Paris, conducted by Xavier Delette

Vocal

Nunc Dimittis for a cappella choir. Premiered by the Choeur sacré de Paris (conducted by Till Ally)
Magnificat for mixed choir and organ. Commission for the 500 years anniversary of La Trinité-des-Mont, Roma. Premiered at La Trinité-des-Monts
Une mélodie upon a text by Pauline Bernon-Bruley for countertenor and piano
Prose du suaire upon a text by Michel Deguy for three women voices. Premiered by the Trio Chrysilis (Isabelle de Biron, Sylvie Deguy, Christine Raphaël) at the Maison de l’Amérique latine, Paris
Mémoire de Loire upon a text by Michel Chaillou for mezzo, an actor, mixed choir and instrumental ensemble. Premiered at Salle Vasse with Jean-Louis Vicart and Isabelle Sokoja.
Le chêne et le roseau according to Jean de la Fontaine for cembalo and children's choir
Tableaux, melody from a poetry by Picasso premiered at the Musée d’Orsay, Paris (Chloé Briot, Julien Beaudiment). Broadcast by France Musique

Stage music

Little Nemo opera all audience in 3 acts (libretto Arnaude Delalande, Olivier Balazuc)
Conrad original music for a series of shows for France-Culture (Radio France). Produced by Philippe Taroni
Léger au front for three instruments and magnetic tape with Jacques Gamblin and Patrice Alexandre. Commission of the Marne county and the conseil général of Champagne-Ardenne, France.
Philomène et les ogres tale for children upon a text by Arnaud Delalande, premiered by Jean-Pierre Marielle and Agathe Nathanson

Music for motion pictures

A la lisière directed by Fabianny Deschamps
La mort de Jean-Philippe Gatien directed by Christophe Régin on a screenplay of Denis Podalydes
Caserne 52 minutes directed by François Barat. Broadcast on France 3
Léger au front 52 minutes directed by Philippe Lanfranci. Broadcast on La chaine Histoire
David et la mort de Marat directed by Martin Fraudeau, produced by Caméra Lucida / Arte production)

Music for young audiences and educational pieces

Philomène with Jean-Pierre Marielle et Agathe Nathanson. Theatre version (2015)
L’orchestre d’Odilon Le Grillon (quintett and narrator) CD-book Gallimard Jeunesse. Selected by the Crédit Mutuel
Trois petites miniatures for piano, commission by Argenteuil, premiered at Argenteuil, France
Philomène et les Ogres piece for flute, percussions, piano and children's choir narrated by Jean-Pierre Marielle. CD-book Gallimard Jeunesse

Music films

Nocturne, directed by Grégoire Pont and produced by Stéphan Aubé for the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark (2018)
Solo, interpreted by Annabelle Berthomé-Reynolds (violin), directed by Philippe Mottet (2020).

Recent works

Little Nemo(libretto by Arnaud Delalande and Olivier Balazuc), an opera first performed at Angers-Nantes Opéra and the Opéra de Dijon in 2017 with the mezzo-soprano Chloé Briot and the Ensemble Ars Nova.The opera was awarded the Prix de l’Association Beaumarchais (SACD).
Léger au front, music theatre performed at the Théâtre de l'Athénée in Paris in 2018 with the sculptor Patrice Alexandre, staging by Jacques Gamblin. Léger au front has been performed in German by Karl Markovics in Vienna (Theater Odeon), Bonn (LVR museum), The Carinthian Summer Music Festival (2015). Léger au front is Laureate of the French National Centenary Committee.
Tableaux, a song to a poem by Picasso first performed at the Musée d’Orsay in Paris.
Solo for violon, first performed by Valeria Zorina at the Auditorio Nacional de Música in Madrid in 2019.

Awards and distinctions

2004 – Grand prix of the Fondation Napoléon for his book Napoléon et l'Opéra (Fayard publishing)
2014 – Laureate of the French National Centenary Committee for Léger au front .
2015 - Awarded of the Prix de l’Association Beaumarchais (SACD) for Little Nemo, children 'opera.