Raphaël Sévère

Raphaël Sévère born 15 September 1994 in Rennes, is a French clarinettist and composer.[1]

Raphaël Sévère

Biography

At the age of 12, Raphaël Sévère won 1st prize and the special prize at the Japan Clarinet Society competition in the 18-20 age category (Tokyo 2007). After gaining a nomination as ‘Solo Instrumental Discovery’ at the Victoires de la Musique Classique[2] when aged fifteen, he went on to win the prestigious Young Concerts Artists International Auditions in New York[3] in November 2013, where he was awarded First Prize and eight special prizes.

Aged 8, he took up the clarinet at the Conservatoire de Nantes. At 14, he was admitted to the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique of Paris where he obtained in June 2013 the master of arts degree with high honors.

Raphaël Sévère has been invited to play as a soloist with London Philharmonic Orchestra,[4] Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin,[5] Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Sinfonia Varsovia, National Philharmonic of Russia,[6] Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn, Orchestra of St. Luke's,[7] Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Hong Kong Sinfonietta,[8] Korean National Symphony Orchestra.[9] He played in France with many orchestras including Orchestre de chambre de Paris, Orchestre national d'Île-de-France, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Orchestre National de Lille, Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire.

He performed at Berlin Philharmonie,[10] Théâtre des Champs Elysées,[11] Auditorium du Louvre,[12] KKL Lucerne, New York Alice Tully Hall, Seoul Arts Center.

In the field of chamber music, he performed with Pražák Quartet, Modigliani Quartet, Ébène Quartet, Trio Wanderer, Trio Karenine, Martha Argerich, Boris Berezovsky, Jean-Frédéric Neuburger, Adam Laloum, Gidon Kremer, Renaud Capuçon, David Grimal, Alexander Sitkovetsky, Gérard Caussé, Antoine Tamestit, Gary Hoffman, Xavier Phillips.

Raphaël Sévère regularly gives masterclasses in Europe and Asia. In 2024, he was appointed clarinet professor at the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris.

Always attracted by creation and himself a composer, his works are published by L'empreinte mélodique.

Compositions

  • Obscurs for clarinet and guitar[13] (premiered in Festival Européen Jeunes Talents in Paris in July 2015).
  • Entre les liens for clarinet and piano[14] (commissioned by the Festival Musicades et Olivades and premiered in Saint-Rémy de Provence in July 2018).
  • Sept Miniatures for piano[15] (premiered in Paris salle Cortot by Paul Montag in February 2019).
  • Entre chien et Loup for guitar[16] (commissioned by Antoine Morinière and premiered in Vienna in July 2019).
  • Mojenn, legend for clarinet and orchestra[17] (commissioned by the Orchestre National de Bretagne and premiered in Rennes in March 2020).
  • Le pont d'Arcole for violin, cello, piano[18] (commissioned by the Festival Européen Jeunes talents and premiered in Paris by the Trio Karénine in July 2020).
  • Orages d'acier for violin, clarinet, piano[19] (commissioned by Théâtre La Scala and premiered in Paris in October 2020).
  • Partita for strings trio[20] (commissioned by the Festival Européen Jeunes talents and premiered in Paris in May 2021 by the Trio Sypniewski).
  • La 7e preuve for soprano saxophone and piano[21] (commissioned by Valentine Michaud and premiered in Festival Radio France Occitanie Montpellier in July 2022 by the Akmi Duo).
  • Non mudera for euphonium and piano, commissioned by Corentin Morvan.
  • Comme si for flute, clarinet, violin and cello (premiered salle Cortot with Mathilde Caldérini, Caroline Sypniewski, David Petrlik and Raphaël Sévère in March 2023).
  • Phoenix, for viola, clarinet and orchestra[22](commissioned by Hong Kong Sinfonietta and premiered with Adrien La Marca, Raphaël Sévère and Hong Kong Sinfonietta at Hong Kong City Hall in April 2023).

Discography


References

  1. ^ Musicaglotz Artists Management
  2. ^ France Musique Aug 24, 2014
  3. ^ Huffington Post Apr 21, 2015
  4. ^ London Philharmonic Orchestra 24 novembre 2016.
  5. ^ "Debüt im Deutschlandradio Kultur" (PDF). Deutschlandradio Kultur. 15 February 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 December 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2024..
  6. ^ 5."Deux jeunes solistes d'exception". Nouvelles d'Alsace. 10 July 2012..
  7. ^ 6."The Best of Young Artists". The New York Times. 17 May 2017..
  8. ^ Bachtrack 25 novembre 2018.
  9. ^ "Korean National Symphony Orchestra". engm.koreansymphony.com. Retrieved 2022-08-12.
  10. ^ Deutschlandradio Kultur Archived 2017-12-13 at the Wayback Machine Feb 15, 2016
  11. ^ Théâtre des Champs Elysées Dec 18, 2016
  12. ^ Auditorium du Louvres
  13. ^ "Obscurs". YouTube. 16 March 2016. Archived from the original on Dec 21, 2021.
  14. ^ "Festival Les antiques de Glanum". Archived from the original on 2020-10-30. Retrieved 2020-10-27.
  15. ^ "Sept miniatures". YouTube. 31 March 2019. Archived from the original on Dec 21, 2021.
  16. ^ "Entre chien et loup".
  17. ^ "Mojenn".[permanent dead link‍]
  18. ^ "Le pont d'Arcole". concerts à Paris. July 21, 2020.
  19. ^ "Orages d'acier". France Musique. October 9, 2020.
  20. ^ "Partita".
  21. ^ "La 7e preuve".
  22. ^ "DOUBLE ACTs: Double Concertos! – Hong Kong Sinfonietta". hksl.org. 22 April 2023.
  23. ^ "Sélection albums". Le Monde. February 1, 2019.,
  24. ^ "Quatuor pour la fin du temps". Resmusica. May 11, 2019.
  25. ^ "Album On tour". August 12, 2020.