Cellist Alain Meunier is considered a genuine heir to the French school of cello and has had many major contemporary composers write works for him.
Performer Biography
Baritone Didier Henry, known for his role as Pelléas, recorded the work for Decca, which won a Grammy Award in the United States and the Preis Deutschen Schallplatten Kritik in Germany.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Duparc's creative block was linked to an internal conflict between his ideal of 'purity' and his attraction to the 'impurity' of music closely tied to poetic texts about human love.
Performer Biography
Pianist Anne Le Bozec was the first French pianist to be awarded the Konzertexamen in Lied in Germany, studying with Hartmut Höll.
Composer Biography
Henri Duparc, a student of César Franck, composed only a handful of works due to a lifelong struggle with obsessive neurosis, which led him to destroy many of his creations.
Performer Biography
Mezzo-soprano Tomomi Mochizuki, originally an euphonium student, won the 1st Grand Prix at the International Melody Competition in Toulouse in 2007, becoming the first Japanese singer to do so.
Historical Context
Despite his preference for German Romantic composers like Wagner and Beethoven, Duparc developed intense nationalist feelings after the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, which further increased during World War I.
