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Artist
Patrice Sciortino
12+ albums
library musicpercussioncontemporary classicalelectronicAvant-Garde
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Patrice Sciortino was born in Paris the 26th July 1922. His Father, Edouard Sciortino, a composer and student of Vincent d'Indy, taught Gregorian chant at the Shola Cantorum. His mother was a poet and also an amateur pianist. He began to study music in the family circle at the age of six. At thirteen, he prepares both entrance to the Beaux-arts and admission to the Schola Cantorum where he was admitted. There, he studied piano with Jules Gentil and writing with Achylle Philippe and Edouard Sciortino. In 1942, he became head organist at Alès Cathedral and music teacher at the city high school. In 1946, he moved back to Paris and practised a wide range of musical professions : accompaniment, conducting, orchestration and commissioned compositions for the radio, television, cinema and stage. After research on non-European music and a course at the G.R.M;, he made arecord of an exotic and acoustic work, Les cyclopes , with the engineer Chalin. His partnership with the Russilo company producted four major ballets. Meanwhile, his literary efforts led to a collection of poetry - Stigmates - twenty plays and a number of musical columns. Having created an analysis call at the European conservatory, he directed the Paris 13th arrondissement conservatory from 1979 to 1992. In 1995, he taught orchestration and composition classes at the Schola Cantorum. He was also appointed director of music teaching by the French Ministry of Continuing Education. His catalogue includes several hu
