MICHEL LYSIGHT
Journal
Cobalt is published
Cobalt (2019) is composed for piano four hands, and completes the list of my duets inspired by metals (Titanium, Palladium, Tin).
This work belongs to the New Consonant Music label of my publisher.
Chronographie XII score is published
Chronographie XII (2019) is my second piece composed for violin, clarinet and piano, the first is Runes (same publisher). Many composers used this interesting instrumental combination (Stravinsky, Bartók, Milhaud, Sculthorpe…), and I was very happy when the Erämaa Trio asked to compose a new piece for him. World Premiere by this ensemble 24th November 2019 in Salon Bugrane (Brussels, Belgium).
This work belongs to the New Consonant Music label of my publisher.
L’heure musicale by Duo Gemini
16th February 2020 11:00
Concert by Duo Gemini with works by Michel Lysight (Interiora Terræ), Claude Debussy, Jean-Paul Dessy and Arvo Pärt.
Jean-Frédéric Molard, violin
Jean-Noël Remiche, piano
Maison communale de Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
20 rue du Comte de Flandre
1080 Bruxelles – Belgium
Tanka score is published
Tanka (2015), poetic and meditative piece for clarinet and piano, was composed especially for the clarinet collection directed by Jean-Marc Fessard.
Published by Gérard Billaudot Éditeur https://www.billaudot.com/fr/catalog.php#haut
Concert by Kheops Ensemble
8th December 2019 15:00
Concert by Kheops Ensemble with works by Michel Lysight, Mikhail Glinka, Antonin Dvorak, Charlie Chaplin, Bélà Kovacs, Nino Rota.
Marie Hallynck, violoncello
Ronald Van Spaendonck, clarinet
Muhiddin Durruoglü, piano
Centre culturel du Brabant wallon, Foyer populaire
3 rue Belotte
Court-Saint-Étienne – Belgium
Michel Lysight conducts the Brussels Royal Conservatory Wind Orchestra
15th November 2019 20:00
Michel Lysight conducts the Royal Brussels Conservatory Wind Orchestra. Works by Michel Lysight, Michel Legrand, Benoît Chantry, Anthony Girard, Johan de Meij.
Il will be the Belgian Premiere of Avec des ailes d’or from Anthony Girard.
Illuminations, a new CD by Duo Gemini
My work Interiora Terræ finds his first recording on this wonderful CD: “ILLUMINATIONS”.
Chronographie XII by Trio Erämaa
24th November 2019 16:00
Concert by Trio Erämaa with works by Michel Lysight (Chronographie XII, World Premiere), Robert Schumann, Gyorgy Kurtag, Jörg Widmann, Aram Khatchaturian.
Akiko Okawa, violin
Cédric De Bruycker, clarinet
Quentin Meurisse, piano
Le Salon Bugrane asbl
Avenue de la Bugrane 108
1020 Bruxelles – Belgium
Louis Musin Prize 2019 to Michel Lysight
17th November 2019 10:00
Michel Lysight receives the Louis Musin Prize 2019. A concert with works by Michel Lysight (Interiora Terræ, Facing the Looking Glass, Trois Croquis, Haru No Haiku, Eriko*) and Arvo Pärt (Fratres).
Jean-Frédéric Molard, violin
Jean-Noël Remiche, piano
Cyril Simon, cello
Ronald Van Spaendonck, clarinet
*World premiere
Athanor score is published
Athanor is very representative of my orchestral style, with a particular attention to the timbral colours.
World premiere in Paris (Institut du monde arabe, 17th july 2019) by AYPO conducted by Mathieu Braud.
Athanor belongs to the New Consonant Music label of my publisher.
Athanor’s World Premiere by the Arab Youth Philharmonic Orchestra
17th July 2019 16:00
The Arab Youth Philharmonic Orchestra (conducted by Mathieu Braud), will perform works by Michel Lysight, Bedrich Smetana, Felix Mendelssohn etc.
Il will be the World Premiere of my new work Athanor for orchestra.
Festival Musicorum, Alchemy by Clarias Quartet
10th July 2019 12:15 a:m
The Clarias Quartet will perform works by Michel Lysight (“Alchemy” for clarinet quartet), Gioacchino Rossini, Antonin Dvorak, George Gershwin, and Willy Mortier.
Festival Musicorum
Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts
Rue de la Régence, 3 — 1000 Bruxelles
free entry
The Old Masters of Speyside at the Festival d’Aulne
Friday 5 July 2019 at 18:45
18:45 – 19:15 –
Pre-concert lecture by Olga Novak, music historian, who will reveal all the secrets, anecdotes, and a musical analysis of the works.
20 h –
Orchestre de Chambre de Wallonie and Sylvia Huang, laureate of the Queen Elisabeth Competition 2019 – violin session, Price Musiq3 of the audience public, and Canvas-Klara Price.
Works by Michel Lysight (The Old Masters of Speyside), Eugène Ysaÿe, Joseph Haydn, Carl Nielsen.
Abbaye d’Aulne
Thuin (Belgium)
Adults : 22 €
from 12 to 26 years old : 14 €
children : free
Transitions score is published
Transitions (2019) is my late chamber music work for piccolo or flute, saxophone or clarinet, and piano.
This work belongs to the New Consonant Music label of my publisher.
Prélude et Toccata is published
Prelude and Toccata (1982) can be considered as my Opus 1.
These two very short pieces for piano are the only ones in his catalog to appeal to the twelve-tone serial technique, although in a very weak manner, other influences being quite perceptible in the Toccata. My language having changed dramatically in another direction from the following works, it could have rejected this work of youth made in composition class at the conservatory. I nevertheless wanted it to be published, considering that it represents a stage in my research for a personal style.
Prelude and Toccata belongs to the New Consonant Music label of my publisher.
Festival Sphèramusic: Evening Michel Lysight
14th June 2019 at 20:00
Yuhmi Suke Iwamoto (soprano), Jean-Marc Fessard (clarinet), Johan Schmidt (piano), Lionel Bams (piano) and Charles Slingeneyer (piano) perform my following works :
Trois Croquis for clarinet and et piano, Thrène for voice and piano, Trois Images de Magali for voice and piano (poem by Alain Van Kerckhoven, world creation), La Fille du Roi d’Écosse for voice, clarinet and piano (poem by Alain Van Kerckhoven, world creation), Sonata for clarinet and piano, Deux Esquisses for piano, Nocturnes for piano (world creation)
Espace Delvaux
3, Rue Gratès
1170 Watermael – Boitsfort (Brussels)
Haru No Haiku and Thrène in MIM
Yuhmi Suke Iwamoto, sopran
Akika Hayakawa, violin
Aki Sato, koto
Hiroko Abe, piano
Frédéric Rouel, piano
Works by Lysight, Beethoven, Miyagi, Ravel
30. 03. 2019
Musée des instruments de musique
Rue Montagne de la Cour 2
1000 Bruxelles
New CD : Pulsions by Duo Ypsilon
Very pleased by discovering a new CD with my work Titanium: “PULSIONS” (Label Klarthe KLA075).
The Duo Ypsilon commissioned me Titanium especially for this recording.
Interiora Terræ by Duo Gemini
15th February 2019 20:00
Concert by Duo Gemini with works by Michel Lysight (Interiora Terræ), Claude Debussy, Jean-Paul Dessy, Claude Ledoux
and Franz Schubert.
Jean-Frédéric Molard, violin
Jean-Noël Remiche, piano
Maison communale d’Uccle
Place J. Vander Elst – 1180 Bruxelles
Meditation on a new CD by Edenwood Duo!
A new CD has just been released : “ANOTHER PLACE”, with my work Meditation.
At a time when national identity is often swallowed up in an increasingly globalised world, some composers use art to keep their heritage alive, while others heed the sirens’ calls and drift to distant and exotic worlds. The Edenwood Duo’s selection for their new album reflects this ambivalence through pieces that blend composers’ roots with rhythms and melodies from elsewhere. Since music has the incredible power to transport the listener to a different space, Another Place will sometimes be just that – another place, sometimes another culture, another time or spiritual experience. A selection of works written originally for the unusual duo of classical guitar and cello over the past 30 years: music by Ester Magi, Mathias Duplessy, Armand Coeck, Nathan Kolosko, Michel Lysight & Raffaele Bellafronte.
Cobalt and Ripple Marks in Paris
Three World Premieres : Michel Lysight (Cobalt, Ripple Marks for piano four hands) and Anthony Girard (Abîmes for clarinet and piano)
and works by Claude Debussy and Gabriel Fauré.
Geneviève Girard and Fanny Prandi, piano four hands
Éric Porche, clarinet
Frédéric Lubiatto, violoncello
24th January 2019 — 19:30
Conservatoire du 13ème Arrondissement
Auditorium “Maurice Ravel”
16 rue Nicolas Fortin — Paris 13
France
24th January 2019 19:30
Three World Premieres : Michel Lysight (Cobalt, Ripple Marks for piano four hands) and Anthony Girard (Abîmes for clarinet and piano)
and works by Claude Debussy and Gabriel Fauré.
Geneviève Girard and Fanny Prandi, piano four hands
Éric Porche, clarinet
Frédéric Lubiatto, violoncello
Conservatoire du 13ème Arrondissement
Auditorium Maurice Ravel
16 rue Nicolas Fortin
Paris 13 – France
Alchemy on an new CD by Quatuor Clarias
A new CD has just been released : “ALCHEMY”
The Quatuor Clarias, Simon Drachman (tankdrum) and Michel Lambert (accordion) perform works by Michel Lysight (“Alchemy” for clarinet quartet), Frédéric Devreese, Gwenaël Grisi, Patrick Leterme and Willy Mortier.
Label Quartziade (QTZ-019)
Contact : Mathieu Roskam [email]
Three Concertos in Ars Musica 2018
Ars Musica 2018Concert 60 + 60 + 60
Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie
Frank Braley (direction, piano)
Jean-Frédéric Molard (violin)
Ronald Van Spaendonck (clarinet)
Michel Lysight (direction)
infos : http://www.arsmusica.be/fr/events/60-60-60/
Program
Michel Lysight
Concerto for piano and orchestra – World Premiere
Concerto for violon and string orchestra -World Premiere
Concerto for clarinet and orchestra
(+ Works by Mozart, Martinu and Strazimiri)
30th November 2018 at 8:30 pm
1st December 2018 at 8:00 pm
Concert 60 + 60 + 60
Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie
Frank Braley (direction, piano)
Jean-Frédéric Molard (violin)
Ronald Van Spaendonck (clarinet)
Michel Lysight (direction)
infos : http://www.arsmusica.be/fr/events/60-60-60/
Program
Michel Lysight
Concerto for piano and orchestra – World Premiere
Concerto for violon and string orchestra -World Premiere
Concerto for clarinet and orchestra
(+ Works by Mozart, Martinu and Strazimiri)
« Nocturnes » for piano is published
« Nocturnes » for piano is published by Alain Van Kerckhoven Éditeur !