Claire Schapira
Claire Schapira (born 19 January 1946 in Paris) is a French harpsichordist, pianist and composer. He studied piano, harpsichord, musical theater and composition, graduating from the Schola Cantorum de Paris. She was a resident at the Villa Medici in Rome and served an internship at Ircam.
Claire Schapira
- Born
- 1946
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- composer · pianist · harpsichordist
- Fields
- opera
- Movements
- classical music
- Honours
- resident at the Villa Medici
- Languages
- French
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She received a grant from the French Ministry of Culture in 1985 to write the opera La Partition de sable. Her work has been performed internationally.
Selected works include: • La Partition de sable, opera • Trames • Vagues • Ténèbres • Fragments insolites • Le Ciel de mes yeux en pleurs • Acheminement • Mémorial • Requiem pour la paix (commissioned by Radio France) • La Chaîne (1981) • Chant cousu (1985) • Rumeur (1986) • Regards (RAI National Symphony Orchestra) • In pace • Interjections II (Festival de Paris) • Contes (Musica and the Salzburg Festival) • Hymne à la paix • Antigone • Sans craindre le vertige et le vent • Chants mêlés • Sysiphe • Cassandre • Stabat Mater (with the support of the Beaumarchais Foundation) • L'Ombre de Cassandre, opera
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