updated 9 July 2020
© Rémy Jannin
© Rémy Jannin
Frédéric Pattar
French composer born 24 November 1969 in Dijon.
Born in 1969 in Dijon, Frédéric Pattar initially studied piano, accompaniment, music theory, and electroacoustic composition. Starting in 1994, he undertook study of composition with Gilbert Amy at the Lyon Conservatory (CNSM), graduating four years later. He completed his studies at IRCAM, where he participated in the Cursus (IRCAM’s composition and computer music course) in 1999.
Pattar has received commissions from the Festival d’Automne in Paris, the Louvre, Alliance Française in Hannover, Lyon Conservatory, and the André Boucourechliev Foundation (2005). His works have been performed in France and abroad by ensembles such as Ensemble Intercontemporain, Ensemble Orchestral Contemporain, Les Temps Modernes, Accroche Note, Ensemble Cairn, and the Manfred Quartet. Over the past few years, he has worked closely with Ensemble L’Instant Donné, for whom he has composed several new works. He also regularly appears on radio programmes on France Musique and France Culture.
Frédéric Pattar is particularly interested in interactions between music, text, and visual representations. His compositions reveal a pluralistic musical language which is characterised by constant tension, but also by a certain lyricism which conceals a palpable dramatic intensity. Rhythmic fluxes, the driving elements in his works, appear in successive waves, each revealing a harmonic structure, giving rise to intuitive, but also unexpected, listening experiences.
© Ircam-Centre Pompidou, 2009
- Solo (excluding voice)
- La part de l’ange for solo harp (1994), 4 mn 30 s, Inédit
- Ombre Vive five pieces for piano (1999), 11 mn 30 s, Inédit
- Ulalume for harp (1999), 8 mn 30 s, Inédit
- elec ircam Ircam cursus Chaman for harp and electroacoustic device (2000), 8 mn 30 s, Inédit [program note]
- elec Exil for cello and electronic device (2000), 8 mn, Inédit [program note]
- Cinq marches educational piece for piano (2004), Inédit
- L’une for solo timpani (2005), 60 s, Inédit
- Délie ! for solo violin (2010), 9 mn, Inédit
- drink me for cello-singer (2013), 7 mn
- L'hiver d'ivraie for tenor saxophone (2014), 11 mn
- Ricercar à 11 - Effet joule for electric guitar (2014), 7 mn
- Météore for double bass (2018), 17 mn
- Chamber music
- Duel for two violins (1995), 6 mn 30 s, Inédit
- Mouvement for flute, cello and harp (1996), 11 mn, Inédit
- Trois fragments for violin and piano (1998), 4 mn, Inédit
- Acte for flute, bass clarinet, trombone and piano (1999), 7 mn 30 s, Inédit
- Sur le fil for viola and cello (2002), 5 mn 30 s, Inédit
- elec Nuées Noires for four cellos and electronics (2002-2003), 21 mn, Inédit
- Todesfuge for four reciting cellists (2003), 4 mn, Inédit
- Flèche for 3 percussionists (2004), 7 mn, Inédit
- Tresse for bass flute and zarb (2004), 7 mn, Inédit
- Hivernale for guitar, flute, clarinet, viola and cello (2005), 7 mn, Inédit
- Quatuor à cordes (2004-2005), 17 mn, Inédit
- Lierre for harp and Fender-Rhodes electric piano (2007), 9 mn, Inédit
- Contrainte de lumière for bass flute, bass clarinet, viola, cello and harp (2008), 12 mn, Inédit
- Miroir noir II for clarinet, violin, viola and cello (2008), 12 mn, Inédit
- Miroir noir I for zarb and string trio (2009), 7 mn, Inédit
- Miroir noir III for celesta, toy piano and string trio (2009), 7 mn, Inédit
- tresse-ébresztés for guitar and cello (2010), 10 mn
- elec stage Tout réfléchit musical tale for flute, harp, percussion, double bass and video device (2013), 50 mn
- White clouds blue void for accordion and tuba (2013), 11 mn
- Quatuor à cordes n° 2 (2015), 21 mn
- Deux chansons enchevêtrées for bass flute and cello (2017), 6 mn
- Éteignez en entrant for accordion and string trio (2017), 11 mn
- Au cœur d’une… for mandolin, guitar and harp (2018), 13 mn
- Around agôn for two cellists (2019), 21 mn
- Lichtspiele for flute, clarinet and harp (2017-2019), 20 mn
- Instrumental ensemble music
- Tourbillons for ensemble (1997-1998), 13 mn, Inédit
- Hé for ensemble (2001), 14 mn, Inédit
- Suite bruitiste educational piece for one to five cellos (2001), Inédit
- La Nuit Remue – hommage à Henri Michaux for ensemble (2002), 8 mn, Inédit
- Water music educational piece for orchestra (2002), Inédit
- FRAGE Schläfst du ? for flute, oboe, clarinet, Fender Rhodes, violin, viola, cello (2011), 13 mn
- Apneïa for electric guitar, fender piano, two percussions, string trio and double bass (2013), 11 mn
- Les vagues educational work for string ensemble (2014), 5 mn
- Mind Breath for ensemble (2014), 17 mn
- Aux enfants sauvages for two horns, tuba, two contrabass saxophones, percussion, guitar, violin (2017), 21 mn
- Deflation - Eine Kleine Marxmusike for instrumental ensemble (2018), 17 mn
- Concertant music
- elec Jeux de Deuils for solo harp and ensemble (2001), 13 mn, Inédit
- Soleils-Filaments for harp and double bass solo and ensemble (2006), 14 mn, Inédit [program note]
- Outlyer for solo violin and flute, viola, cello, harp, Fender-Rhodes electric piano and percussion (2007), 18 mn
- Vocal music and instrument(s)
- Illuminations - après le déluge for soprano and six instruments (1997), 9 mn, Inédit
- stage L’homme qui faisait fleurir les arbres musical tale, for harp, percussion and narrator (2002), 45 mn, Inédit [program note]
- Autres Cadres for baritone and piano (2003), 5 mn, Inédit
- elec Voix d’écho for mezzo-soprano, flute, accordion, guitar, two percussions and sampler (2004), 10 mn, Inédit
- Cendres for quintet and narrator (2005), 20 mn, Inédit
- Flowerghost for mezzo-soprano, string trio and piano (2009), 10 mn
- Snowdrift for soprano and flute, oboe, clarinet, percussion, harp, piano, string trio (2011), 25 mn
- This is not a crescendo for guitar, bass, drums, Fender piano, bass clarinet and vocals (2012), 5 mn
- Peephole metaphysics for mezzo-soprano and ensemble (2014), 17 mn
- Sangre for two percussions, guitar, double bass, piano and vocals (2016), 30 mn
- Symphony for human transports for four voices and six instruments (2016), 20 mn
- Démocratie outdoor music for a minimum of nine performers (2018), 11 mn
- …de qui parlez vous? chanson pour un tombeau de Debussy, for mezzo-soprano and cello (2018), 4 mn
- A cappella vocal music
- Nachtkreis-Fragment for seven solo voices (2012), 17 mn
- Electronic music / fixed media / mechanical musical instruments
- elec ircam Croire aux fauves (2024), 50 mn [program note]
- 2024
- elec ircam Croire aux fauves, 50 mn [program note]
- 2019
- Around agôn for two cellists, 21 mn
- Lichtspiele for flute, clarinet and harp, 20 mn
- 2018
- Au cœur d’une… for mandolin, guitar and harp, 13 mn
- Deflation - Eine Kleine Marxmusike for instrumental ensemble, 17 mn
- Démocratie outdoor music for a minimum of nine performers, 11 mn
- Météore for double bass, 17 mn
- …de qui parlez vous? chanson pour un tombeau de Debussy, for mezzo-soprano and cello, 4 mn
- 2017
- Aux enfants sauvages for two horns, tuba, two contrabass saxophones, percussion, guitar, violin, 21 mn
- Deux chansons enchevêtrées for bass flute and cello, 6 mn
- Éteignez en entrant for accordion and string trio, 11 mn
- 2016
- Sangre for two percussions, guitar, double bass, piano and vocals, 30 mn
- Symphony for human transports for four voices and six instruments, 20 mn
- 2015
- Quatuor à cordes n° 2, 21 mn
- 2014
- L'hiver d'ivraie for tenor saxophone, 11 mn
- Les vagues educational work for string ensemble, 5 mn
- Mind Breath for ensemble, 17 mn
- Peephole metaphysics for mezzo-soprano and ensemble, 17 mn
- Ricercar à 11 - Effet joule for electric guitar, 7 mn
- 2013
- Apneïa for electric guitar, fender piano, two percussions, string trio and double bass, 11 mn
- elec stage Tout réfléchit musical tale for flute, harp, percussion, double bass and video device, 50 mn
- White clouds blue void for accordion and tuba, 11 mn
- drink me for cello-singer, 7 mn
- 2012
- Nachtkreis-Fragment for seven solo voices, 17 mn
- This is not a crescendo for guitar, bass, drums, Fender piano, bass clarinet and vocals, 5 mn
- 2011
- FRAGE Schläfst du ? for flute, oboe, clarinet, Fender Rhodes, violin, viola, cello, 13 mn
- Snowdrift for soprano and flute, oboe, clarinet, percussion, harp, piano, string trio, 25 mn
- 2010
- Délie ! for solo violin, 9 mn, Inédit
- tresse-ébresztés for guitar and cello, 10 mn
- 2009
- Flowerghost for mezzo-soprano, string trio and piano, 10 mn
- Miroir noir I for zarb and string trio, 7 mn, Inédit
- Miroir noir III for celesta, toy piano and string trio, 7 mn, Inédit
- 2008
- Contrainte de lumière for bass flute, bass clarinet, viola, cello and harp, 12 mn, Inédit
- Miroir noir II for clarinet, violin, viola and cello, 12 mn, Inédit
- 2007
- 2006
- Soleils-Filaments for harp and double bass solo and ensemble, 14 mn, Inédit [program note]
- 2005
- Cendres for quintet and narrator, 20 mn, Inédit
- Hivernale for guitar, flute, clarinet, viola and cello, 7 mn, Inédit
- L’une for solo timpani, 60 s, Inédit
- Quatuor à cordes, 17 mn, Inédit
- 2004
- Cinq marches educational piece for piano, Inédit
- Flèche for 3 percussionists, 7 mn, Inédit
- Tresse for bass flute and zarb, 7 mn, Inédit
- elec Voix d’écho for mezzo-soprano, flute, accordion, guitar, two percussions and sampler, 10 mn, Inédit
- 2003
- Autres Cadres for baritone and piano, 5 mn, Inédit
- elec Nuées Noires for four cellos and electronics, 21 mn, Inédit
- Todesfuge for four reciting cellists, 4 mn, Inédit
- 2002
- La Nuit Remue – hommage à Henri Michaux for ensemble, 8 mn, Inédit
- stage L’homme qui faisait fleurir les arbres musical tale, for harp, percussion and narrator, 45 mn, Inédit [program note]
- Sur le fil for viola and cello, 5 mn 30 s, Inédit
- Water music educational piece for orchestra, Inédit
- 2001
- Hé for ensemble, 14 mn, Inédit
- elec Jeux de Deuils for solo harp and ensemble, 13 mn, Inédit
- Suite bruitiste educational piece for one to five cellos, Inédit
- 2000
- elec ircam Ircam cursus Chaman for harp and electroacoustic device, 8 mn 30 s, Inédit [program note]
- elec Exil for cello and electronic device, 8 mn, Inédit [program note]
- 1999
- Acte for flute, bass clarinet, trombone and piano, 7 mn 30 s, Inédit
- Ombre Vive five pieces for piano, 11 mn 30 s, Inédit
- Ulalume for harp, 8 mn 30 s, Inédit
- 1998
- Tourbillons for ensemble, 13 mn, Inédit
- Trois fragments for violin and piano, 4 mn, Inédit
- 1997
- Illuminations - après le déluge for soprano and six instruments, 9 mn, Inédit
- 1996
- Mouvement for flute, cello and harp, 11 mn, Inédit
- 1995
- Duel for two violins, 6 mn 30 s, Inédit
- 1994
- La part de l’ange for solo harp, 4 mn 30 s, Inédit
Bibliographie
- Entretien avec Frédéric Pattar, propos recueillis par David Sanson, dans le programme du Festival d’Automne à Paris du 9, 16 et 23 novembre à l’Auditorium du Louvre, Paris, 2007, p. 5, en ligne sur : http://www.festival-automne.com (lien vérifié en juillet 2020).
Discographie
- Frédéric PATTAR, Mind Breaths ; Peephole Metaphysics ; Sangre ; Au cœur d’une…, Ensemble C Barré, dans« Peephole », 1 CD L’empreinte digitale, 2019, ED13256.
- Frédéric PATTAR, Lierre ; Miroir noir I ; Miroir noir II ; Miroir noir III ; Contrainte de lumière ; Outlyer, Ensemble L’Instant Donné, dans« Outlyer », 1 CD Césaré - CNCM de Reims, 2012.