States of Mind Michel Supéra, Hungarian Symphony Orchestra Budapest & Laurent Petitgirard

• Laurent Petitgirard (b. 1950): États d'âme:
• 1 États d'âme (Version for Alto Saxophone & Orchestra): I. — 07:14
• 2 États d'âme (Version for Alto Saxophone & Orchestra): II. — 07:17
• 3 États d'âme (Version for Alto Saxophone & Orchestra): III. — 08:12
• Laurent Petitgirard:
• 4 Solitaire 12:09
• 5 Le marathon 14:12
• 6 Flaine 09:13
• Total Runtime 58:17

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Laurent Petitgirard's eclectic career as a composer of lyrical and intensely French symphonic music, operas and chamber music is matched by conducting activities at the highest level - experience that accounts for the colourful richness of his orchestration. The rhapsodic concerto 'États d'âme' explores the saxophone's vocal expressiveness. Of the three symphonic poems 'Le Marathon' is an allegory in which the runners represent birth, love and death, while 'Flaine' is a poignant and inspiring journey through art and culture.

Michel Supéra, alto saxophone
Hungarian Symphony Orchestra Budapes
Laurent Petitgirard, conductor

Michel Supéra
is a many-sided saxophonist, who trained at National Conservatory in Paris where he won top honors in Saxophone. He is interested in all Music.

He has played as a soloist with such prestigious orchestras as: Orchestra of Radio Television Belge, Orchestre National de Lille, Orchestra Colonne, Orchestra Douai, Music of the Royal Belgian Guides, Hungarian Symphony Orchestra Budapest, Portuguese Air Force Orchestra, Oldenburg Orchestra, Orchestra of the French Republican Guard, Orchestra of the Paris Police…

He is fascinated by chamber music and he plays with brilliant musicians: Denis Pascal pianist, Varduhi Yeritsyan pianist, Xavier Phillips cellist, Romain Leleu trumpet player, Marcel Azzola accordionist, Eric Comère accordionist… He is regularly invited for Master Class: Poland, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Brazil, Finland … and is a jury member of national competition and international.

Holder of Certificate in teaching saxophone, Michel SUPERA accompanies his saxophonistique course of an intense educational activity : Cefedem Metz, Rueil-Malmaison, Higher Institute of Music and Pedagogical of Namur, Pôle Supérieur deLille… he currently teaches at the CRR de Douai and Valenciennes CRD.

He is Co-Artistic Director of European Competition ClariSax.

He worked for the revival of the directory with creations: Laurent Petitgirard,Olivier Calmel, Pierre Charvet, Elzbieta Sikora, Frédéric Boulard, Alain Crepin, Sylvain Kassap, Jean-Philippe Vanbeselaere, Eric Comère, Jacques Schab, Philippe Portejoie, Olivier Calmel,Nimrod Borenstein …

Laurent Petitgirard
career as a composer of symphonic music, operas and film music is matched by his activities as a guest conductor over the world. His concertos have been performed and recorded by eminent soloists including Augustin Dumay, Gary Hoffmann, Gérard Caussé, Emmanuel Pahud, Marie-Pierre Langlamet and Michel Supéra. Music director of the Orchestre Colonne in Paris from 2005 to 2018, and the French Symphonic Orchestra from 1988 to 1997, Petitgirard has recorded over 40 albums.

As a guest conductor he has appeared with the Paris Opéra Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Orchestre National de France, Bamberger Philharmoniker, Berliner Symphoniker, Tonhalle Orchester Zürich, Utah Symphony, Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, Korean Symphony Orchestra, KBS Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Spanish National Orchestra, Moscow State Symphony Orchestra and the China National Symphonic Orchestra.

His first opera, Joseph Merrick, The Elephant Man, was first performed in 2002 at the Prague and Nice Operas, and in 2006 at the Minnesota Opera. His second opera Guru was nominated as CD of the Month by Classica magazine, and was premiered at Opera at the Castle in Szczecin. Laurent Petitgirard’s concertos for violin, viola, cello and saxophone, symphonic poems, operas and the ballet suite The Little Prince have been released on Naxos. In February 2017 he was elected Perpetual Secretary of the Beaux-Arts Academy.

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