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1. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/21/arts/music/washington-square-music-festival-review.html?_r=0 Festival Chamber Ensemble, marimba player Pius Cheung, Washington Square Music Festival, large crowd, works by Berio, Séjourné, Saglietti, Gambaro.
2. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/11/travel/europe-festivals-2001-the-lineup-verdi-and-20th-century-nostalgia.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm Festival International Echternach, Luxembourg... Two world premieres... #2 is work by Camille Kerger, performed by the pianists Béatrice Rauchs and Adrien Meisch, the violinist Sandrine Cantoreggi, the saxophonist Philippe Geiss, the trombonist Marc Meyers, the percussionist Emmanuel Séjourné, and the double bass player Jeannot Sanavia, with Sascha Ley as narrator.
3. http://events.tennessean.com/event/detail/441740086/Bryan_Symphony_Orchestra_performs_Sejourne_Marimba_Concerto the energetic 2006 "Concerto for Marimba" by E.Sejourne performed by Konstantine Vlasis
4. http://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/handle/2097/4203 An examination of selected works for percussion ... Concerto pour vibraphone et piano by Emmanuel Sejourne ...
5. http://necmusic.edu/nec-chamber-orchestra New England Conservatory of Music, Chamber Orchestra, Haydn#1/Séjourné#2/Shostakovich#3, Boston. Séjourné Concerto for Marimba and String Orchestra, with Tsz-Ho Samuel Chan
6. http://www.marimbaone.com/community/events/concerto-s%C3%A9journ%C3%A9-1 Concerto Séjourné, 2013-12-07, Gent (Belgium methinks), Featuring: Koen Plaetinck
7. http://hfm-weimar.de/v1/veranstaltungen/meisterkurse/weimarer_mk/2012/schlagwerk/sejourne.php?lang=en The Liszt School of Music Weimar, Master Class (Percussion), taught by Emmanuel Séjourné, 53rd class (2012)
8. http://web.archive.org/web/20040303173632/www.percuweb.ca/en/people/portraits/sejourne.html == http://archive.is/HsxYh interview with Emmanuel Séjourné , by Robert Leroux , copyright 2004 PERCUweb.ca
9. http://agenda.conservatorio.ch/871_2012.11.21_Percussioni_programma.pdf Emmanuel Sejourne: Composer and Percussion Artist, born July 16th, 1961 in Limoges (France)
10. http://www.vicfirth.com/concert/spotlight/Sejourne_martin-tribes.php Emmanuel Séjourné is Head of the Percussions Department of the Strasbourg Conservatory, in charge of pedagogy. He teaches a class of keyboard percussions, the only advanced level course in this field in France.
11. http://www.internationalmusiccompetition.com/the-jury-2012/emmanuel-sejourne.html ... Emmanuel Sejourne: Prelude no. 1 ... Written for the International Marimba Competition in Salzburg 2012. (not sure award is Notable?)

Emmanuel Séjourné born July 16, 1961 in Limoges (France), is a French composer and percussionnist. He is director of percussion at the Conservatoire de Strasbourg. His music is influenced by Western classical music and by popular music (rock, jazz, extra-European music).

Education

After studying classical piano, violin, music history, acoustics, and musical analysis at the Conservatoire de Strasbourg, Séjourné stayed on to continue his education at the conservatory, and entered the percussion class of Jean Batigne in 1976. Batigne was, at the time, director and founder of the group Les Percussions de Strasbourg. Under his guidance, Séjourné became interested in contemporary music and improvised music. He won first prize (médaille d'or) in percussion in 1980, and then specialized in mallet percussion.

Career

In 1984 he became professor of mallet percussion at the Conservatoire de Strasbourg and also won the European Audio-visual Grand Prix for his 1981 CD Saxophone et Percussion. As a player, he has expanded vibraphone and marimba performance by introducing six-stick playing and the vibra-midi. He began to compose around the same time as he began teaching, and now has a triple career as teacher, performer and composer.

Teacher

Since 1984 Séjourné has taught mallet percussion at the Conservatoire/Haute École de Strasbourg, where he is currently head of the percussion department. He received his Certificat d'Aptitude in percussion in 1991. In 1994, he was appointed academic advisor to the Ministry of Culture for the preparation of the Certificat d'Aptitude. His numerous educational compositions include a method of mallet percussion in 6 volumes. He is also co-author of 10 ans avec la percussion (2002).

Performer

In 1981, Séjourné and saxophonist Philippe Geiss founded the group Noco Music, with which they recorded Saxophone et Percussion. The album was awarded the audiovisual European Grand Prix in 1984 by the Academie du Disque Français. In 1996, accompanied by the New London Chamber Choir, Séjourné created Séance for soprano, choir and vibra midi, by the English composer James Wood.

As a member of the contemporary ensemble Accroche-Note since 1988, he has premièred more than one hundred works by composers including Donatoni, Dillon, Aperghis, Manoury, Fedele, Mash, and Pesson. His performance repertoire includes concertos, chamber music and solos.

He has given numerous recitals in Europe, Asia, and North America and has performed with orchestras including the Orchestre Philharmonique de Luxembourg, with which he recorded Concerto for Marimba and Orchestra by Camille Kerger (1997). He has also participated in many festivals, including "Archipelago" in Geneva, "Ars Musica" in Brussels, "Ultima" in Oslo and "Musica" in Strasbourg, as well as the Huddersfield and Zurich festivals and the Venice and Zagreb Biennales. He has also recorded for Universal, Fingerprint, and Auvidis studios.

Séjourné has also played improvised music and jazz, particularly with the Swiss guitarist Max Lasser, the Swiss percussionist Fritz Hauser, and with Friedemann - the composer with whom he won the German Jazz Award Gold 2012 for the album The Concert and in a mallet percussion duo with Sylvie Reynaert..

As a percussionist, Séjourné has specialised in marimba and vibraphone. He has been called "one of the world's best vibraphone players".

Composer

Séjourné began to compose around the time he became a faculty member at the conservatory, and has focussed increasingly on it while continuing to perform and teach.

In his works, Séjourné varies the ensembles, composing for orchestras, chamber ensembles and soloists. His music is eclectic. His compositions include incidental music and musicals, as well as dance and film music. He also works as a composer for France Culture, German television networks ARD and ZDF, and the Franco-German cultural television channel ARTE.

His incidental music composed in 1984 won the award for Best Music at the Avignon Festival. In 1988, on the occasion of the 2000th anniversary of the City of Strasbourg, he was invited to compose the music for The Invaders for the Ballet du Rhin. He wrote Planet Claviers (1998) for the ensemble Percussions Claviers de Lyon on a commission from Grame Festival. The work was performed more than 120 times between 1998 and 2001. In 2001, returning to his preference for a mixture of forms of expression, he composed Famim, commissioned and premiered by the jazz pianist Michael Borstslap and the Amsterdam Percussion Group, improvised, contemporary and popular music. In 2004, at the request of the Luxembourg National Theatre, he wrote the musical School Boulevard.

Séjourné has also composed concertos for percussion and orchestra, two of which have particularly attracted international attention. His Concerto for Vibraphone and String Orchestra, composed in 1999 and premièred by the Orchestra of the Auvergne, has been well received by critics. The Luxemburger Wort wrote: " provides living proof of the tremendous growth of the percussion and the emergence of the process of creation in contemporary music (...)".

The Concerto for Marimba and String Orchestra (2006), commissioned and performed by Bogdan Bacanu accompanied by the Salzburg Soloists, has become a standard work in the marimba repertoire. It has been recorded on the album True colors.

Emmanuel Séjourné is supported in his work by many sponsors, including the cities of Arras, Aurillac, Strasbourg and Luxembourg, the General Council of Bouches du Rhone, the European Institute of Choral singing, and the Paris Opera. He has been commissioned and recorded by Gary Cook, John Pennington, Ju Percussion Group, Bob Van Sice, Nancy Zeltsman, Marta Klimasara, Katarzyna Mycka, Sylvie Reynaert, and Amsterdam Percussion Group. His works are often included in the repertoire of many orchestras, including the Nagoya Philharmonic, Osaka Philharmonic, Sinfonia Toronto, Croatian Radio Television Symphony, Luxembourg Philharmonic, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra of Italian Switzerland, Camerata de Bourgogne, Bochum Symphoniker, Württemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn, Orchestre d'Auvergne, Cannes, Nice, and Pau.

Works

Orchestra / Large Ensemble / Choir with soloist :

Concerto for vibraphone and string orchestra (1999) - commissioned by Vibraphone International Competition

Concerto for solo percussion and brass orchestra (2002) - commissioned by ADDIM 78

Concerto for 3 percussions and brass orchestra (2002) - commissioned by ADDIM 78

Concerto for vibraphone and 5 percussions (2002) - version for percussion group of the Concerto for vibraphone and string orchestra

Book of Gemmes (2003) - for mixed choir, 2 percussions; Latin text of the bishop Marbode (1037-1125); commissioned by Gary Cook and John Pennington

Concerto for Marimba and String Orchestra (2005) - commissioned by Bogdan Bacanu

Ketsana (2006) - for symphonic orchestra; commissioned by Young Mondial World Orchestra

Carmina 86 (2007) - for mixed choir, two pianos and five percussionists; commissioned by INECC

America's Cup Concerto (2007) - for multi-percussion solo and orchestra; commissioned by Young Mondial World Orchestra

Ta voix contre la pauvreté (2008) - suite for tenor, soprano, choir, synthesizer and 2 percussions, based on the "Declaration of

Human Rights "; commissioned by INECC

Concerto No.2 for Marimba and brass orchestra (2009) - commissioned by Attilio Terlizzi

Magellan Concerto (2010) - for percussion and string orchestra - five movements; commissioned by Concours International de

Percussion Cannes

Double Concerto for Vibraphone, Marimba and Orchestra (2012) - commissioned by Tatiana Koleva

Double Concerto for two marimbas and string orchestra (2012) - commissioned by Ludwig Albert and Lin Chin-Cheng

Chamber Music :

African Songs Duo (1994) - for two marimbas

African Songs Trio (1992) - for three marimbas

Martian Tribes (1995) - for 4 percussions; commissioned by Rotterdam Percussion

Losa (1999) - duo for marimba and vibraphone

Famim (2001) - for piano and four percussions; commissioned by Amsterdam Percussion Group

Famim 2 (2002) - duo for piano and percussion; commissioned by the group Pianosticks

Resilience (2004) - visual music for eight percussionists; commissioned by Ju Percussion Group

Departure (2005) - duo for 2 marimbas 5 octaves; premiered by Nancy Zeltsman and Ria Ideta

Eluard 's Pieces (2006) - for marimba 5 octaves and baritone; commissioned by Doug Smith

Sosso-Bala (2007) - for eight percussionists; commissioned by Ju Percussion Group

Suite for marimba and percussion quartet (2007) - commissioned by Laurent Mariusse

Attraction (2007) - for violin , marimba 5 octaves and tape; commissioned by the Opera of Paris

Calienta (2009) - for guitar and marimba 5 octaves; commissioned by duo Berimba

Abalone (2011) - for flute and two 5 octave marimbas; commissioned by Art, Culture and Tradition Association of St Paul de Vence

Avalanche (2012) - for percussion (vibraphone, marimba) and piano;commissioned by A.Gerassimez

Solo :

Nancy (1989) - marimba 5 octaves

African Songs (1991) - for marimba

Katamiya (1995) - for marimba

Chandigarh (2007) - for marimba 5 octaves; commissioned by Guy Frisch

Romantica (2007) - for marimba 5 octaves

Prelude (2012) - for marimba 5 octaves; commissioned by Bogdan Bacanu

Performance :

Planète Claviers (1998) - performance for five percussionists; commissioned by Percussions Claviers de Lyon group

Quarto para Quatro (2001) - performance for four percussionists; commissioned by the group Drumming (Portugal)

Resilience (2004) - performance for 8 percussion; commissioned by Ju Percussion Group (Taiwan)

Comment on fait pour le soleil (2004) - commissioned by the regional council of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur;

music E.Séjourne; texts/director Pierre- Jean Carrus

School Boulevard (2005) - musical; commissioned by the National Theatre of Luxembourg

music E.Séjourné; scenario E.Séjourné/C.Duguet; dialogues C.Duguet; staging/choreography G.Celestino

Compositions for young audience :

Issa (2004) - for percussion ensemble, children choir, tenor and soprano; commissioned by the city of Arras

La forêt (2006) - for percussion ensemble, jazz quartet, and narrator; commissioned by the town of Aurillac

Kiga (2007) - for large percussion ensemble; commissioned by the association Ça Percute

Esperanto (2010) - for wind ensemble, percussion, harp, children choir; commissioned by the local council community of Coteaux

d'Azur

Alcyan (2011) - for large percussion ensemble and mixed choir; commissioned by the association Percutemps/ the town of Arras

Dance :

Gwen (1985) - for magnetic tape; J.Garcia's choreography for the dance group the Opera du Rhin

La saga des Rohan (1989) - historical fresco, commissioned by the city of Saverne and the Alsace regional council

Feu (1989) - commissioned by the city of Strasbourg on the occasion of the bicentenary of the French Revolution

Syndrome 87 (1987) - for magnetic tape; choreography by Marie-Anne Thil

Musicoregraphiline (1987) - trio for 2 percussions and saxophone;commissioned by Ludwigsburg Festival, choreography by

Marianne Thil

Les Envahisseurs (1988) - for percussion group, synthesizer, and 6 brass instruments; commissioned by the city of Strasbourg; choreography by Jean Sarelli for the Ballet du Rhin

Fête Nationale (2002) - commissioned by the city of Luxembourg on the occasion of the National Day of Luxembourg

Theatre :

Schpaane und Scharwe (1983) - Drapiers Theatre

La légende des siècles (1985) - Company MAL / TJP

Jacques le peintre (1985) - Drapiers Theatre

Dans la nuit (1987) - Drapiers Theatre

Brel Abend (2001) - Wallgrabentheater Freiburg (Germany)

Blue Room (2001) - Wallgrabentheater Freiburg (Germany)

TV / Radio 

Deutschland im August (1985) - ZDF film (Germany)

Schmutzohne Grenzen (1986) - ARD film (Germany)

Le monastère hanté (1986) - France Culture serial

Jeu de mort (1987) - Short film

Le lutin aux rubans (1987) - France Culture serial

Meingewissensagtnein (1988) - ZDF fiction (Germany)

Null Bock in der Kunst (1989) - ARD film (Germany)

Gleichnisse (1990) - ARD film (Germany)

Paraboles (1991) - ARD / ORF / GIS film

Gleichnisse (1997) - ARD film (Germany)

Mississippi (2000) - ARTE film

J'ai vu changer la terre (2010) - France 5 serial

Des racines et des ailes (2011) - France 3

Thalassa (2013) - France 3

Selective discography

Performer discography

contemporary music soloist:

Withered leaves - New Birth - for solo marimba and orchestra - works by Kerger, Manoury, Mash, Almada, Smith, Batistelli, and

Takemitsu - with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Luxemborg, conductor: Paul Polivnick - Crystal / SCACD 54221

Centre International de Percussion - Donatoni "Mari" - Grammond Portrait / MGB CTS- M81

together with Accroche-Note ensemble :

Accroche-Note " Live in Berlin" - MFP

Georges Aperghis "Simulacres" - Universal

Ivan Fedele "Maja" - Empreinte digitale 2004 (Coup de coeur Charles Cros, five diapason awards by Monde de la musique)

Philippe Manoury - Chamber Music - Empreinte digitale 2007

François-Bernard Mâche - Chamber Music - Empreinte digitale 2007

jazz performer :

Friedemann "Indian Summer" - Biber Records 1987

Friedemann "Short stories" - Biber Records 2002

Friedemann "The Concert" - Biber Records 2005 (German Jazz Award Gold 2012)

Composer discography

Sosso-Bala - CD "Moving on" Ju Percussion Group -Windmusic.com

Famim - CD "Release" Amsterdam Percussion Group - APG Music 2003

Departures - CD "Marimba Classica" Katarzyna Mycka - SWR Stuttgart/MONS Records 2008

Concerto for marimba and orchestra - CD "True colors" Bogdan Bacanu - Classic Concert Records

Concerto for Vibraphone - CD "Vibraphone Concertos" Alexandru Anastasiu and Bucharest National Radio Orchestra - Sniper

Media 2009

Nancy - CD "Rhytm and Time" Bob Van Sice - Biber Records 66601

Katamiya - CD "See ya Thursday" Nancy Zeltsmann - Equilibrium EQ 29

Juries

International Marimba Competition Luxembourg (1996)

World Marimba Competition in Tokyo (1999)

Geneva International Interpretation Competition (2002)

International Vibraphone Competition (1999, 2002)

International Percussion Competition Luxembourg (2005)

OSM / Standard Life Competition Montreal (2009)

Pendim Competition Bulgaria (2009)

International Percussion Competition Cannes (2010)

Tromp Competition Eindhoven (2010)

International Marimba Competition Salzburg (2007, 2009, 2012)

Publishers

Norsk Musikforlag, Alfonce Production, Zimmermann, Honeyrock
Educational publications: Leduc, Lemoine, Combre, Zimmermann, Alfonce Production, Honeyrock

References

1. "Emmanuel Séjourné". Centre d'arts Orford. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
2. Merlin, Christian (2012). Au cœur de l’orchestre. Fayard. pp. 350–351.
3. "Emmanuel Séjourné (1961 -)". Pytheas Center for Contemporary Music. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
4. "Noco Music". Infoconcert. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
5. ^ Chipman, Michael (October 1999). "Renowned Vibraphonist Emmanuel Séjourné to Perform and Offer Master Class on October 26". Oberlin College.
6. Séjourné, Emmanuel. Les claviers de percussion. Paris: Leduc. OCLC 658674018. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |years= ignored (help) (6 volumes)
7. Bonzon, Claude; Cals, Michel; Geoffroy, Jean; Macarez, Frédéric; Séjourné, Emmanuel; van Gucht, Georges (2002). 10 ans avec la percussion. Cité de la Musique. ISBN 9782906460621. (2 volumes)
8. "Noco Music". La Discographie du Rock Français. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
9. "Séance (1995)". ressources ircam. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
10. "news". Vollton Musikverlag. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
11. "La Musique d'ODONATA impressionne". Le Mague, Culture, Talents et Indépendance. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
12. ^ "Emmanuel Séjourné, artisan et passionné". Le compositeur parle. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
13. "Many Moods of Music". Orchestra of Indian Hill. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
14. Hick, Thierry (26 April 2005). "School Boulevard, au théâtre national du Luxembourg: l'adolescence sur les planches". La Voix. pp. 7–8.
15. Faber, Suzanne (31 January 2002). "Three winners for a prestigious anniversary". Luxemburger Wort. p. 5.
16. "Le Concerto, de Mozart au 20e siècle" (PDF). Amis des Orchestres du Conservatoire. p. 6. Retrieved 21 November 2013.

Bibliography

Merlin, Christian (2012), « Au cœur de l’orchestre;», ed. Fayard, p.348-350

Smith, Dough (2011). "A guide to composing works for voice and marimba intended for a single performer". ProQuest Dissertations and Theses. Retrieved 20 April 2013.

External links

interview in a Percuweb magazine - www.percuweb.ca/en/people/portraits/sejourne.html -
www.adams-music.com/pf/reference/artist/?276E135334E4459F9DA4050CE1E29AC2#.Ueuu2dgqeZR/

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