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Suzanne Giraud
3+ albums
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Born in 1958, Suzanne Giraud studied music at the Strasbourg Conservatoire and later at the CNSM in Paris. Her teachers were M. Constant for orchestration, C. Ballif, H. Dufourt, T. Murail, F. Donatoni and B. Ferneyhough for composition. She trained in electroacoustic techniques and computer-assisted composition at IRCAM, UPIC workshops and GRM. She benefited from a grant from the Accademia Chigiana de Siena, spent some time in residence at the Villa Medici in Rome, and attended the Darmstadt international summer course both as lecturer and guest composer. She taught harmony and counterpoint at the CNSM in Paris until 1993. She coproduces music broadcasts on France-Musique and writes introductory notes on musical topics for the Centre Pompidou. Prix G. Bizet (Académie des Beaux-Arts), G. Enesco (SACEM), Tribune Internationale (Unesco), selected by ISCM (twice) and the Institut Français in The Hague. Commissioned by: Musique Nouvelle en Liberté, Radio-France, EIC, Ens. TM+, Musica, Perpignan, Dresde, Fond. L. Vuitton, Ministry of Culture. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
