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Jacques Ibert - Divertissement | | Cristian Măcelaru | WDR Sinfonieorchester Jacques Ibert was born in Paris in August 15 th 1890. His mother, an accomplished pianist, provided violin, then piano lessons for Jacques, despite his father’s wishes that his son follow in his business profession. From the beginning, Jacques always was more interested in free improvisation on the piano than concentration on technique and repertory. After deciding to become a composer, his cousin ,Manuel de Falla, encouraged him in this field. After graduating from secondary school in 1908, he delayed entering the Paris Conservatoire in order to help his father, whose family business had suffered a financial setbacks. While working there, his plans switched from music to acting, an interest stimulated by meeting actors ,singers, artists and writers during the family’s earlier travels. His interest in theatre would be remain important for him throughout life. Finally in 1911, Ibert entered the Paris Conservato...

  Born in Paris on April 19th 1892, French composer Germaine Tailleferre began her studies at the Paris Conservatory in 1904, despite her father’s opposition and her equal ability in art. She studied primarily with Eva Sautereau-Meyer. She was a pianistic prodigy with a phenomenal memory for music which led to her winning many prizes. In 1913, she met Auris, Honegger and Milhaud whilst studying in Georges Caussade’s counterpoint class. Eric Satie was so impressed by her 1917 work Jeux de plein air for two pianos that he described her as his ‘musical daughter’, and through this relationship, Tailleferre’s reputation was substantially advanced. When Les Six was formed in 1919-20, she became its only female member. Her abilities at the harpsichord and affinity for the styles of music originally composed for the instrument stood her in excellent stead as the neo-classicism of Stravinsky began to grow in popularity, though her works retained an influence of Fauré and Ravel.  Unfort...

Satie, Ibert, Tailleferre, Milhaud and Honegger by  Hermione Lai, Interlude Tomb Raider I was still too young to actually see the first “Tomb Raider” film release in 2001. But when I first watched it some years later, I thought it was the biggest thing since the invention of the handbag. Finally, there was an empowered women beating up all those macho male characters. Later I played all the video games, and “Lara Croft” became a cultural phenomenon that is still going strong 25 years later. Basically, they are pretty silly movies but you can’t beat swashbuckling action films if you want to enjoy a couple hours of mindless fun. The Hollywood studios have given us countless action/adventure movies, and that formula has been a huge commercial success. No wonder that they called the 1930’s Hollywood’s Golden Age. In Europe meanwhile, audiences had little taste for blowing up the world movies after World War I, so filmmakers tended to focus more on the artistic qualities of film. While ...

The French Arhur Honegger has been born in Le Havre on March 10, 1892 as a son of Swiss parents. He studied with Andre Gedalge (1856-1926) and Charles-Marie Widor (1845-1937). Honegger's compostion works couldn't be dictated by conglomeration-tendencies. Honegger remainded incredible and unique, catholic-mysterious and as a great composer of mythical stories, adapted in "King David" (1921), "Johanna - burned of the shike" (1938, German version premiered 1947) or the dramatic psalm, also entitled "King David" (1941). The Biblical drama "Judith"(1925) or "Oedipus Rex" (1926) became real composition challenges because of Igor Stravinsky. Honegger's fifth symphony entitled "Di Tre Tre" is already incredible, because of all movements and an ending with a drumbeat. Arthur Honegger passed away in Paris on November 27, 1955.