Alain Weber

Born in Château-Thierry, Weber began his studies at the Conservatoire de Paris in 1941. First Grand Prix de Rome in 1952, he won the same year the Sogeda Prize for his ballet Le Petit Jeu. Lecturer at the Conservatoire de Paris since 1957, he taught preparation for the teaching profession, solfège and counterpoint, then in 1970 he assumed the function of professor advisor to studies. The Grand Prix du disque français was awarded to him in 1982 for his television work La Rivière Perdue. President of many juries, he was also a member of the symphonic commission of the SACEM (1980–83), then of the reading committee of Radio France. He carried out numerous educational missions abroad (Tunisia, Canada, Yugoslavia, Taiwan...). Alain Weber was an officer of the Ordre national du Mérite.

• Variations (1965), for tentet, piano and percussion, édition Leduc. • Strophes (1966), for trumpet, string orchestra and percussions, édition Leduc. • D'Après Wols (1969), 3 watercolours for cello and orchestra, édition Billaudot. • Synecdoque (1970), for solo oboe, édition Leduc. • Études Acrostiches en forme de variations (1970), for piano, édition Leduc. • Epitome (1972), for solo cello, édition Billaudot. • Linéaire I (1973), for alto saxophone and orchestra, édition Billaudot. • Projections (1974), for percussion ensemble, édition Leduc. • Mantra (1974), for oboe and celtic harp, unpublished. • Ricordarsi (1975), for string ensemble, unpublished. • Linéaire II (1977), for Octet, unpublished. • Syllepse (1977), for piano, percussion, ondes Martenot, unpublished. • La Rivière Perdue (1982), for nine instruments and string orchestra, unpublished. • Phonèminie (1983), for mixed choir and instrumental ensemble, unpublished. • Quatuor de saxophones (1984), quarter-tone piece, unpublished. • Concertante for guitare and guitares (1993), an unpublished work of an educational nature. • Concert des Mille: "Concerto pour un conservatoire" (1998), for the thousand students performing of the conservatoire à rayonnement régional de Cergy-Pontoise, unpublished.