Gérard Condé

Gérard Condé (born 26 January 1947) is a French composer and music critic. Life Born in Nancy, Condé was first self-taught until 1965 then studied harmony at the before following the teaching of Max Deutsch (composition) in Paris between 1969 and 1972. He joined the daily Le Monde in 1975. He also contributes to various publications, such as Opéra and Opéra international and produces programmes on France Musique. As a composer, he writes in a technique derived from serial music. Work Compositions * Mémorial, for baritone and string quintet (1972; 1980) * Fêtes galantes, recitation with piano, poems by Verlaine (1973) (éd. Éditions Henry Lemoine) * Mélodie, scene for soprano, clarinet and piano (1974) * Darjeeling, ritual for a singer preparing tea (1976) * Il était une fois, pour violoncelliste raconteur/se (1977) * Dans la résonance du cri, for piano (1978) * Rondo varié, pour tubiste lecteur (1978) * Lovely Madeline, ballad for a guitarist (1979) * Rhapsodie, mimodrama for a bassoonist (1979) * Scherzando un poco, for flute quartet (1979) * Trio à cordes No 1 (1980) * Rêve d’amour, action musicale d’après Franz Liszt pour contrebassiste narrateur, soprano, clarinet basse, chœur d