Composer, organist, pianist and improviser

Originally from London, Richard studied at the University of Cambridge and the Royal College of Music, and now shares his time between France and the UK, where he holds a conducting and teaching position at the Conservatoire a Rayonnement Régional de Paris (conducting the Jeune Choeur de Paris and the Maîtrise de Paris), chorus masters the Leeds Philharmonic Chorus and will be, from October 2018, Musical Director of the Cambridge University Symphony Chorus. 

His works are performed globally and have been recorded and broadcast by a number of leading choirs. For many years he was conductor of the Exon Singers and Director of the Hallé Youth Choir, and has conducted many of the UK's and France's foremost choirs. After an early success with the BBC Proms Young Composer Competition, Richard made composition the main focus of his time at Cambridge University, where he studied with Robin Holloway and Giles Swayne. His passion for writing for voices has been influenced by his first career as a countertenor, and one of his guiding ambitions as a composer is to write vocal lines that are rewarding for singers to sing, and melodies that are infectious!

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Jean-Christophe ROSAZ 
Member of Future Composés, SACEM, SACD                                                      
 
Born in the Alps, of a Swiss-French nationality and Italian-Argentinean origin, all this invite him to travel, meeting other cultures. Graduated of the Conservatory of Lyon in classical guitar and writing music (counterpoint, harmony and fugue), he obtained a Post Graduate Diploma in Composition at the Conservatoire National de Lyon and then in film music at the Ecole Normale de Musique - Alfred Cortot in Paris .

2015: he is invited composer to the Florilège Vocal de Tours. He has won several composition competitions: 2013 Prayer for peace has been choiced for the Congrès Pueri cantores 2014 Paris. The lads of Monleon is the winner of the 1st Hispasong International Composers Contest  (Spain). Diligam te, Domine is the winner of the 7th Concours Amadeus de composition chorale(Spain). Chiaroscuro for double bass solo received the Grand Prize International Society of Bassists David Walter Composition Competition solo division, the premiere performance will be at the 2013 ISB Convention, June 3-8, Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. Concours National Composition and Writing Songs for Choirs (Choirs Creates Re) 2009 chaired by Jean-Claude Vannier (Jury members: Jean-Claude Petit, composer, Patrick Marco, head of choir). Fairies of the Rhine was awarded the prize for composition for choir festival of Swiss children's choirs and youth / 2008-2009. Semifinalist for Frammenti dell 'Paradiso (from a text by Dante Alighieri) to contest composition of sacred music for choir of Fribourg (Switzerland) 2008. Composition Competition for Concert Band of Lambersart 2006. Contest the city of Basel in 2000, for Argizagi: mixed choir. Lutoslawski International Composers Competition: Awarded for Four Indian Songs (soprano, conductor) / 1995. Piano Composition Competition of the city of Vannes: winner for Storm on the Ocean, Under The Sun's Drum / 1990.

His works are created in France, Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, Portugal, Switzerland, the United States by ensembles and musicians of international fame as Sonia Wieder-Atherthon, Thierry Barbé, Pascale Rouet, Christine Marchais, Marc Sieffert, Francois Veilhan, the Choir Britten cond. Nicole Corti, Suonare e Cantare, Maîtrise de la ville de Paris, cond. Patrick Marco, Maîtrise de la Cathedrale Notre Dame de Paris, cond. D. Rougier ...

He received numerous commissions: the Forestare Ensemble Canada, the Modern South America ensemble, Cantatrix, Amia associtation and the city of Strasbourg for an opera for children's voices, The Quimper Musical Weeks, Orion Ensemble (Switzerland) dir. Jean-Luc Darbellay, The Choir of the Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire (cond. Valérie Fayet), the Festival des Voix du Prieuré, artistic dir. Bernard Tetu, Loïc Pierre and Le Cepravoi, the Argenteuil  Estudiantina and Florentino Calvo, Panam 'Trombones…
In 2011, he was in residence at the Music Conservatory of Chilly-Mazarin for writing three pieces for instrumental ensembles based on the work of Anne Herbauts. From 2010 to 2012, he continued working with the Master of Autun, dir. Fabien Barxell around the creation of the passions of St Luke, St Matthew and St Mark.

He works with the German poetess Eva-Maria Berg on the particular relation poetry-music

The recordings of the Magnificat from Puy (Bayard Music) as well as extracts from Vespers of Puy appeared in 2009 and 2010.

Soon: 
O magnum mysterium (Impronta Editions) world premiere by Ensemble Vocapella Limburg (male choir) cond. Tristan Meister programming by Stiftsmusik-Stuttgart 27 March 07.PM Stiftstraße 12, Stuttgart / Germany.
Commission & Premiere Ecole de musique du Jura bernois for children voices & Mozart orchestra cond. Philippe Krüttli June 23 Saint-Imier Switzerland. 




“But he who dares not grasp the thorn
Should never crave the rose.”

Une histoire remplie de notes

Né en 1962, Jérôme LEBAILLIF a été sensibilisé très tôt à un réel éclectisme musical par sa mère, mélomane avertie, férue de musique classique et en compagnie de laquelle il découvre un univers très vaste passant par des genres aussi différents que Pop-Rock, variétés internationales, B.O.F., World, etc. Il débute l'étude de la guitare classique à l'âge de 9 ans en conservatoire puis celle du piano un an plus tard. Adolescent il assiste à l'arrivée des premiers synthétiseur et utilisera avec bonheur les nouveaux MOOG, ARP puis YAMAHA et SEQUENTIAL CIRCUITS... Il poursuit ses études de Musique et Musicologie au sein de la prestigieuse université de Paris Sorbonne.  Auteur et Compositeur, il interprète ses deux premiers spectacles L'Ile aux Oiseaux puis Promenade Étrange pour lesquels la presse l'associe au mouvement des Nouveaux Romantiques. Sa musique illustrative et descriptive, mêlant instruments et styles classique et pop planant fera dire de lui à Nathalie MARCHAND sur Radio France "Au synthétiseur, Jérôme LEBAILLIF distille une musique envoutante et mystérieuse". Il reprend aujourd'hui son voyage musical.

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