Iii. De L'aube A Midi Sur La Mer - Music

Michael Jarrell Born Dateformed 8 October 1958 /dateformed Is A Swiss Composer. Born In Geneva He Studied At The Conservatoire There And Later With Klaus Huber In Freiburg. His Works Span Many Genres. In 1982 He Won First Prizes For Composition And Went On To Win Many More Including The Acanthes Prize In 1983 The Beethovenpreis Awarded By Bonn In 1986 The Marescotti Prize 1986 Both The Gaudeamus International Composers Award And The Henriette Renié Prizes In 1988 And The Siemens-Förderpreis 1990 . From 1986 To 1988 He Was Resident At The Cité Des Arts In Paris Taking Part In The Computer Music Course At IRCAM. His Next Residency Was At The Villa Médici 1988–89 Home Of The French Academy In Rome Followed By Membership Of The Istituto Svizzero Di Roma In 1989-90 After Which He Became Composer-In-Residence At The Orchestre De Lyon October 1991-June 1993 . In 1993 Michael Jarrell Was Appointed Professor Of Composition At The University Of Music And Performing Arts Vienna. In 1996 He Became Composer-In-Residence At Lucerne Festival While The 2000 Musica Nova Helsinki Festival Was Dedicated To Him. In 2001 The Salzburg Festival Commissioned A Piano Concerto Entitled Abschied. In The Same Year Michael Jarrell Was Made A Chevalier Of The Order Of Arts And Letters. In 2004 He Is Named Professor Of Composition At The Higher Academy Of Geneva. He Is Regarded Throughout Europe As One Of The Most Important Swiss Composers Of His Generation. He Opened His First Opera In The United States At Carnegie Hall In New York In March 2006. His "spoken Opera" Cassandre Which Is Based On Christa Wolf's Novel Cassandra Was Performed At Ojai Festival CA June 2008. It Was Composed In 1994. read less