Nguyen-Thien Dao
Nguyễn Thiên Đạo (3 July 1940 – 20 November 2015) was a Vietnamese-French composer who worked in contemporary classical music. He was born in Hanoi, French Indochina, and came to France in 1953, where he studied composition with Olivier Messiaen. He lived in Paris, France.
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Nguyen-Thien Dao
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- Born
- 1940. · Hanoi.
- Died
- 2015. · 15th arrondissement of Paris.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- composer and musician.
- Education
- Conservatoire de Paris.
- Teachers
- Olivier Messiaen.
- Languages
- French and Vietnamese.
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Nguyễn Thiên Đạo (3 July 1940 – 20 November 2015) was a Vietnamese-French composer who worked in contemporary classical music. He was born in Hanoi, French Indochina, and came to France in 1953, where he studied composition with Olivier Messiaen. He lived in Paris, France.
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In 1974 he received the Prix Olivier Messiaen for composition awarded by the Fondation Erasmus in the Netherlands and the Prix André Caplet (Académie des Beaux-Arts) in 1984. He died in Paris on 20 November 2015 at the age of 75.
• Tuyn Lua for chamber ensemble, Festival de Royan 1969. • Koskom for large orchestra, Radio France 1971 • Ba Me Vietnam, for contrabass and twenty instruments, Festival de La Rochelle, 1972 • Mỵ Châu Trọng Thuỷ Opera in Vietnamese - premiere at the Opéra de Paris (Salle Favart), 1979. • Concerto pour piano et orchestre, Rencontres de Metz, 1984 • Symphonie pour pouvoir with Orchestre National de France at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées, 1989 • Concerto 1789 (pour sextuor à cordes et orchestre), with the Orchestre National de Lille at the Palais des Congrès of Lille. • Les enfants d’Izieu opéra-oratorio Festival d’Avignon 1994 • Hoa Tâu Hanoi Opera 1995 • Khai Nhac Hanoi Opera 1997 • Giao-Hoa Sinfonia, Salle Olivier Messiaen Radio France 1998 • Sóng hồn ("Married") opera. Premiere Hanoi Opera House in Vietnam. 2000 • Arco Vivo for violoncello solo 2000 • Kosmofonia pour grand orchestre et chœur Forbach 2001 • Sóng nhất nguyên (Monastic Wave) 2002 • Sóng nhạc Trương Chi (The Wave of Music) Opéra de Hanoî 2003 • Quatre Lyriques de ciel et de terre, opéra de chambre Paris 2004 • Suoi Lung May, 1er Festival de Musique International Hué 2006. • Khoi Thap, Hanoi Opera 2007 • So Day, Hanoi Opera 2007 • Duo Vivo, hommage à Olivier Messiaen, Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord 2008, • Định mệnh bất chợt Oratorio – "Thanh xướng kịch KIỀU của Nguyễn Thiện Đạo" 2012
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1940
Nguyen-Thien Dao was born on 17 December 1940.
2015
Nguyen-Thien Dao died at 15th arrondissement of Paris.
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Hanoi.
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• Nguyễn Thiệ̣n Đạo Bat Khuat Marius Constant Equal Jacques Delécluse Quintuple Les Percussions de l'Orchestre de Paris EMI France LP 1971 • Nguyễn Thiệ̣n Đạo Phu Dông. Gio Dông. Bà Me Viêt-nam. Erato France LP 1979
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- 1.Entretien avec Nguyen Thien Dao - AAFV Le Vietnam en France 16 juil. 2012 "Nguyễn Thiên Đạo est né à Hanoï, en 1940. Il arrive en France en 1953 et entre, en 1963 au Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris. Sa rencontre avec Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) est décisive en 1967."
- 2.Thụy Kha Nguyẽ̂n Những gương mặt âm nhạc thế kỷ: Nguyễn Xuân Khoát, Lưu Hữu Phước, ... - 2000 "Trong năm học trò cưng của mình gôm: Pierre Boulez (Pháp ), K. Stoc KhauSen (Đức), I. Xena KiS (Hy Lạp), G. Benjamin (Anh) và Nguyễn Thie^n Đạo (thực ra Đạo tên là Nguyễn Thiên Đạo - N.T.K.), ông thẩy quý Nguyễn Thiên Đạo hơn cá, ..."
- 3.Văn Sung Võ Chiến dịch Hồ Chí Minh giữa lòng Paris 2005 "Lúc bấy giờ giữa Pháp và Việt Nam Dân chủ cộng hòa chưa có quan hệ ngoại giao nhưng anh Nguyễn Thiên Đạo đã để nghị nhất thiết phái treo cờ đỏ sao vàng. Và như vậy lận đầu tiên lá cờ đỏ sao vàng đã tung bay tại Đại hội âm nhạc ..."
- 4.Thị Bình Nguyễn Mặt trận dân tộc giải phóng Chính phủ Cách mạng lâm thời tại Hội ... 2001 -"Anh Nguyễn Thiên Đạo lo vể phẩn âm nhạc, các sinh viên, học sinh trong ban hợp xướng. Các bác công nhân trong công việc trang hoàng, cảnh trí. Chúng tôi đã bỏ công sức tập dượt gẩn ba tháng trời để cho vỖ kịch thành công."
- 5.Tuoi Tre Newspaper. Acclaimed Vietnamese – French composer dies at 75 in Paris. tuoitrenews.vn. 18 November 2012.
- 6.Opera: Volume 30 1979 "After such an evening few can have looked forward to the offering by the Ars Nova Ensemble on December 7, which consisted of two ballets and the premiere of the first known Vietnamese opera. My-Chau Trong-Thuy by Nguyen Thien Dao."
- 7.L'Express: Issues 1421-1433 1978 "Ars Nova chez Favart Après le remarquable spectacle de théâtre musical monté par l'Ensemble Intercontemporain et ... Avec un opéra vietnamien de Nguyen Thien Dao, My-Chau-Trong-Thuy, mis en scène par le compositeur (chant.. "
- 8.Festival international d'art contemporain de Royan 1964-1977 Henri Besançon - 2007 "Par contre, le concert de l'ensemble Ars Nova de l'O.R.T.F., sous la direction de Marius Constant, fut très apprécié malgré des déchaînements incontrôlés. Nguyen Thien-Dao, compositeur vietnamien né à Hanoï, élève d'Olivier Messiaen, ..."
- 9.Không tìm thấy trang này!. vnob.org.
- 10.Le Courrier musical de France: Issues 33-40 1971 PERCUSSIONS • Percussions de l'Orchestre de Paris THIEN-DAO : Bat Khuat - M. CONSTANT : Equal - J. DELECLUSE : Quintuple Percussions de l'Orchestre de Paris : François Dupin, Alain Jacquet, Jean Jacquet, Jacques Delécluse, avec
- 11.Musiciens de notre temps depuis 1945 Jacques-Emmanuel Fousnaquer, Claude Glayman, Christian Leblé - 1992 "Denise Mégevand, Orchestre national de Toulouse, direction Nguyen-Thien Dao. Audivis. Pbu Dông. Gio Dông. Bà Me Viêt-nam. Sylvio Gualda (percussions), Quintette et Ensemble Ars Nova, direction Nguyen-Thien Dao. Erato. 1979.
- 12.Le nouvel observateur 1979 "NGUYEN THIEN DAO La percussion, les cuivres et la voix sont le domaine d'élection de Dao, un Vietnamien qui n'a pas renié ses origines en travaillant longtemps avec Olivier Messiaen. ... 'le Quintette Ars Nova et l'auteur lui-même servent cet art orientalisant avec une touchante conviction. 1 X 30 cm, Erato STU 71114."
- 13.Le Courrier musical de France: Issues 69-72 Association pour la diffusion de la pensée française - 1980 ".. qui sera interprétée par l'ensemble Ars Nova, dirigé par Marius Constant. Cette « musique de film » paraîtra sur disque (Erato)."
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