Dominique Dupraz

Dominique Dupraz

Dominique Dupraz studied music in Paris at the Conservatoire Serge Rachmaninoff, as well as at the Sorbonne, where he obtained the title Docteur d'Etat ès Lettres in musicology.

His teaching activities rapidly led him to create the music courses Musique en Vivarais and Musique en Vendée. During these courses he conducted the orchestra classes and gave talks on Beethoven's symphonies.

For many years he conducted the modern music ensemble Horizons Sonores XXI (Sound Horizons XXI), which gave numerous performances, mainly in Paris.

His musical compositions for piano, voice and piano, string quartets, choirs and symphony orchestras, as well as for many other instruments, including the Crystal and Tibetan bowls, were given their first performances in France, Belgium, Luxemburg, England and the Czech Republic.

He has made five recordings of his works:

• TRACES for piano (1994 - AVK 002)
• SONGS for soprano and piano (1995 - AVK 003)
• NEW CONSONANT MUSIC for string orchestra (1997 - AVK 004)
• STRING QUARTET (1998 - AVK 005)
• ESPACES DU DEDANS (Inner Spaces) for piano, violin and viola (2000 - FIBO 003).

As well as numerous concert performances, Dominique Dupraz has also taken part in large-scale musical events, in the role of conductor, organiser or composer:

• 1984 Musique et Laser - multimedia show - La Géode/la Villette - Paris
• Architecture et Musique - for the centenary of Le Corbusier - Convent of la Tourette - Lyon
• 1986 Leviathan 99 by Bradbury - original stage music - Théâtre Espace Acteur - Paris
• 1987 Les Cenci by Shelley - original stage music - Carreau du Temple - Paris
• 1988 Horizons Sonores XXI - Festival de Montmartre - Les Arènes/le Musée - Paris
• 1989 Bicentenaire de la Révolution Française (Bicentenary of the French Revolution) - the hymn "Liberté/Egalité/Fraternité" - Paris
• Alice au Pays des Merveilles (Alice in Wonderland) - Open air performance - Château de Nieul
• L'Arlésienne by Georges Bizet - Play by Alphonse Daudet - Théâtre de Luxembourg
• Jamais plus, Never again, Nie wieder - show based on the 1914-18 War - Luxembourg
• L'Odyssée Européenne - multimedia show for the Fête du Millenium/An 2000 - Luxembourg
• Sous le ciel étoilé (Under the Starry Sky) - musical for the 50th anniversary of the European Union - Luxembourg

Dominique Dupraz works regularly with other artists; not only composers, performers, musicologists and conductors but also writers, poets, actors, editors and painters. His support for contemporary music over many years, most recently with the group New Consonant Music, has made him a fervent proponent of the music of our times, appealing to a wide-ranging and varied audience.