Régis Campo

Régis Campo (born 6 July 1968) is a French composer. Biography He studied composition with Georges Boeuf at the Conservatory of Marseille. Then he entered the Conservatoire de Paris in the classes of Alain Bancquart and Gérard Grisey, where he obtained his first composition prize in 1995. In 1992, he studied with Edison Denisov, who considered him “one of the most gifted of his generation.” His style, often described as playful and colourful, departs from the great aesthetic trends of the late twentieth century with emphasis on melodic invention and tempos of great vitality. From 1999 to 2001, he was resident at the Villa Medici. In Europe and around thirty countries around the world, many artists have played his music. His work has received numerous awards including the Gaudeamus Prize (1996), the Special Award Young Composers (1996), the Dutilleux Prize (1996), SACEM prices Hervé Dujardin (1999) and Pierre Cardin (1999) The Institute of France, the SACEM Prize for Young Composers (2005), the “Georges Bizet” Prize of the Institute of France (2005), Prize of the Simone and Cino Del Duca Foundation (2014). In 2001, his work Lumen, for orchestra, was created by the Berkeley Symphony