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Laurent Petitgirard
12+ albums
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Born in 1950, Laurent Petitgirard studied the piano with Serge Petitgirard and composition with Alain Kremski. An eclectic musician, his career as a composer of symphonic music (more than twenty works) and of film music (160 scores) is matched by his activity as a guest conductor the world over (Paris Opera Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte- Carlo, Orchestre National de France, Orchestre National de Lyon, de Bordeaux, de Lille, Bamberger Philharmoniker, Berliner Symphoniker, Orchestras of the Tonhalle, La Fenice, BBC, Utah Symphony Orchestra, Seoul Philharmonic & CBS Orchestras, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, National Orchestra of Spain, etc.).In 1989 he founded the Orchestre Symphonique Français which he conducted until 1996, also directing, from 1986 to 1997, the Festival and the Academy of Flaine (Haute-Savoie). In December 2004 he was elected music director of the Orchestre Colonne in Paris. Laurent Petitgirard has made some thirty records, notably of Honegger’s Jeanne d'Arc au Bûcher and several world premiere recordings, including Ravel’s Gaspard de la Nuit in the orchestration by Marius Constant. For the record label Chant du Monde he recorded his Cello Concerto with the cellist Gary Hoffman and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, and Le Légendaire for violin, chorus and orchestra, with, as soloist, the work’s dedicatee, Augustin Dumay. Laurent Petitgirard’s first opera, Joseph Merrick dit Elephant Man, with a libretto by Eric Nonn, was first perf
top songs
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The Diary
4912Si Yeou Ki, Pt. 1: I. Rêve et départ de San Ts'ang
2673Mr. Green Genes
2294The Relieve
2195Si Yeou Ki, Pt. 1: II. La délivrance de Souen Wou K'ong
976Le songe de Merrick
927Ballade Pour Cathy
898Un Ami Parfait: Le Cabanon
829The Elephant Man: La Priere des Malades
7110Si Yeou Ki, Pt. 1: III. Les six brigands
71albums
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John Rabe (Florian Gallenberger's Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Petitgirard: Si Yeou Ki
PETITGIRARD: Joseph Merrick, the Elephant Man
Pop Instrumental De France
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Bandes Originales Des Films De Francis Girod
PETITGIRARD: The 12 Guardians of the Temple / Poeme / Euphonia
Petitgirard: The Little Prince
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Petitgirard: Guru
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Saint‑Saëns, Works for Cello and Orchestra
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Ravel: Daphnis And Chloe
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The Girl With The Metal Dress - Compiled & Mixed By The Cowboys From Sweden
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Instant Classical Culture