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Pierre-Henri Wicomb | |
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| Birth name | Pierre-Henri Wicomb |
| Born | November 24, 1976 Stellenbosch, South Africa |
| Occupation(s) | Classical music, film and theatre composer |
Pierre-Henri Wicomb (born 1976) is a South African contemporary classical and electroacoustic composer[1], pianist and film/theatre music composer.[2]
He studied composition at University of Stellenbosch in South Africa under Roelof Temmingh and Theo Herbst. He completed a Masters degree in composition at the University of Cape Town under the supervision of Hendrik Hofmeyr and furthered his studies in The Netherlands completing a post graduate degree at the Koninklijk Conservatorium[3] in The Hague studying under Gilius van Bergeijk and Diderik Haakma Wagenaar.
Wicomb's works have been performed in South Africa, Europe and the Americas including the 'Festival d'Automne a Paris', Opera Bastille[4],International Computer Music Conference in Utrecht, TivoliVredenburg[5] and ISCM World New music Days[6]
Wicomb won the NewMusicSA commission prize for the South African New Music Ensemble (SANME) with his Double Bass Concerto. He received the RMN Music (London) electroacoustic prize[7] with his work BlaBlaBlaBlaBlavet. His electroacoustic work Evenly Hovering received a 'special mention' from the Swiss Ars Electronica Forum Valais[8]
As a film composer Wicomb composed soundtracks for Canal+ (French TV channel) series Spinners,[9] the Walt Disney series Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire and the America production company XYZ Films and KykNet films ecological horror Gaia (film).[10] Wicomb has won two South African Film and Television Awards (Saftas)[11] and a Fleur du Cap award for his original music for the theatre production 'Samsa masjien'.[12]
He together with South African composer Michael Blake (composer) founded the Purpur festival, one of the few annual experimental classical music and performance art events in South Africa. [13] The festival located in Cape Town brings together artists, musicians and composers from South Africa and abroad. Musicians and composers that have been part of the event include, Franziska Baumann, Christoph Baumann, Soren Hermansson, the Stockholm Saxophone Quartet, Jonny Axelsson, Ivo Nilsson, Joanna Wicherek, X[iksa], Africa Open Improvising, Coila-Leah Enderstein, Joakim Sandgren, Christina Viola Oorebeek, Andile Khumalo, to name a few. He is one of the founding members and pianist for the improvisation group Africa Open Improvising.
Wicomb's music is a combination of a more familiar harmonic sound world in combination with an unpredictable, irregular rhythmic approach akin to that of serial music. He has a special interest in notation and its inherent ambiguities, circumscribing everything from fixed to unidiomatic to open[14]. His music often incorporates theatrical and psychoanalytic theories.[15]
Orchestral works
edit- Roads to and fro (2010)
Opera
edit- Melody-Malady-Melody-Malady (MMMM) (2024, narrator, soprano, piano, electronics, soundtrack) for duo InterZones[16]
Chamber music
edit- Polaroid (2006, clarinet, bass clarinet, viola, cello, double bass, tuba and percussion) for Schönberg ensemble
- A line for Rachael Whiteread (2007, trumpet, viola, double bass, piano and percussion) for EJNCP
- Violence made easy (2008, clarinet, viola, double bass, percussion, piano body and strings and piano) for EJNCP
- Trio (2009, viola, double bass and piano)
- Emergence (2010, saxophone, viola, double bass, piano and percussion)
- My love is trying (2010, piano, viola, double bass, percussion and narrator)
- A sound briefing: Introducing Silence (2010, flute, oboe, saxophone, cello, guitar and piano)
- ...in October (2010, mezzo soprano and piano)
- Domicilium (2011, for any instrument adhering to the range of the music and piano)
- A[we]-struc[k]-ture (2011, counter tenor, recorder, electronics and soundtrack) for Ums 'n Jip
- And so began (2013, viola, cello, piano, percussion and narrator) for L'Instant Donne
- Sing you! la-re-ti (2013, voice, saxophone, piano and soundtrack) for Potage du Jour,[17]
- Your mother's molecules (2014, bass flute, clarinet, trumpet, trombone, violin, viola, cello and piano) for Ensemble Reconsil
- [Com]poser (2014, voice, electronics and piano)
- Ever after (2014, flute, clarinet, viola, double bass and piano) for Ensemble DissonArt
- Four real (2015, string quartet)
- Pat[i]ent (2015, piano with 2 musicians)
- Pool (2015, trombone and percussion, incl. vibraphone) for duo Axilsson Nilsson
- Double bass Concerto (2016, double bass, flute, clarinet, violin, viola, violoncello and piano) for SANME
- Three milieus (2016, voice and piano) for duo InterZones
- Game for less than two (2016, alto saxophone, clarinet in b flat and double bass)
- Automation (2018, trombone and percussion)
- Sue-hm Kwee (2018, saxophone quartet) for the Stockholm Saxophone Quartet
- ...Juliet is the sun (2019, flute, clarinet in B flat, violin, violoncello, piano and percussion.)
- Lightning lessons (2019, xylophone and piano)
- Catch! culture (2024, eight voices) for Aurum Cantores
Solo music (with or without electronics)
edit- To Pulse II (2006, piano)
- Solving Solo (2006, violin)
- Karaoke later (2009, saxophone and Midi soundtrack)
- Where music is.... (2010, piano)
- Earthed (2010, piano, electronics and soundtrack)for Petra Ronner
- Eavesdrop (2013, piano and soundtrack) for Petra Ronner
- Me [An]D (2015, piano, Midi soundtrack)
- Solicism (2015, French horn in F and soundtrack)
- Self-portrait (2016, piano)for Coila-Leah Enderstein
- Spelling and sound (2016, violin) for Lieva Starker
- Quaver left (2016, piano)
- It'll be a thing... (2018, clarinet in B flat) for Visser Liebenberg
- [S]kin-ship (2020, piano and soundtrack) for Joanna Wicherek
- Role-ing (2021, piano, electronics and soundtrack)
- Love.Lock.Nestle. (2024, flute and soundtrack) for Liesl Stoltz
Works with a theatrical component
edit- 3x3x3 (2016, city centre installation piece for 3-4 performers)
- On air (2016, 7 speakers/actors on different levels)
- The gathering (2018, actor, soundtrack and participants present) for Africa Open Institute inauguration
- Trees B (2020, for violin, harp and video)for X[iksa]
Electronic/Electroacoustic works)
edit- Play.playable.playing (2005, electronic-visual piece for the notation program Sibelius)
- Bird's birds (2013, electroacoustic piece) for Concert Too
- Mozart oooh! (2013, electroacoustic piece) for Willem Anker's 'Samsa Masjien'
- An aesthetics of rat bites (2018, electroacoustic piece) for short, This Country is Lonely of Jaco Bouwer
- Now for triads (2018, for the robot toy piano of Ranjit Bhatnagar and MIDI soundtrack)
- Composition machine (2020, interactive online electroacoustic piece) for Herri[18]
- BlaBlaBlaBlaBlavet (2021, electroacoustic piece)
- Evenly-hovering (2021, electroacoustic piece)
- Hommage mirage (2022, electroacoustic piece)
References
edit- ^ https://libguides.sun.ac.za/music/SAcomposers
- ^ "Pierre-Henri Wicomb". Universal Edition.
- ^ https://www.volkskrant.nl/cultuur-media/begaafd-clubje-studenten-toont-kunnen-in-paradiso~b561ca36/?referrer=https://www.google.com%7Cwebsite www.volkskrant.nl
- ^ "Pierre-Henri Wicomb | Festival d'Automne". www.festival-automne.com.
- ^ https://www.hku.nl/getmedia/3aa4dc3b-8221-4429-a81a-68ee13a2cdee/programbooklet.pdf/%7Cwebsite University of Arts Utrecht
- ^ https://www.musicinafrica.net/sites/default/files/attachments/article/202311/wnmd2023prgramme.pdf%7Cwebsite Music in Africa
- ^ "Call for Electroacoustic Works 2022".www.rmnmusic.com
- ^ https://www.musikzeitung.ch/en/anlaesse/2021/07/11-kompositionen-ausgezeichnet
- ^ "Spinners". canneseries.com.
- ^ "Gaia movie review & film summary (2021) | Roger Ebert". www.rogerebert.com.
- ^ Ferreira, Thinus. "All the winners at 2023's 17th Saftas". Life.
- ^ "Two stalwarts of the stage recognised at Fleur du Cap awards".
- ^ https://www.pressreader.com/south-africa/cape-times/20150428/281883001889800?srsltid=AfmBOopqj1lZjcnB-Bo_5_lZmiwyzSSqwo2s-YcUotP2RsTBc7yEK7VA/
- ^ https://scholar.sun.ac.za/items/4c69f242-994e-4c19-bac5-8c1e01cedaa1/%7Cwebsite University of Stellenbosch
- ^ https://www.universaledition.com/en/Contacts/Pierre-Henri-Wicomb/
- ^ http://www.franziskabaumann.ch/en/ensembles/duo_baumann/
- ^ https://www.discogs.com/release/5980220-Potage-Du-Jour-Go-South/
- ^ https://herri.org.za/4/pierre-henry-wicomb/
External links
edit- WorldCat [1]
- IMDB [2]
- University of California Music Collection [3]
- Africa Magazine [4]
- MusicBrainz[5]
- Herri online Arts Journal [6]
- South African Saxophone Catalogue [7]
- Dimitri Voudouris