Jean-Yves Clément
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Jean-Yves Clément | |
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 Jean-Yves Clément, the 3 May 2014 | |
| Born | July 21, 1959 Bourges, France |
| Occupation | Writer, poet, festivals creator |
| Language | French |
| Nationality | French |
| Genres | Biographic essay, poetry |
| Subjects | Composers, love |
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Jean-Yves Clément (born July 21, 1959 in Bourges) is a French essayist, poet and organizer of festivals.[1][2]
Biography
[edit]Jean-Yves Clément pursued university advanced studies in philosophy (Nietzsche and art) and has a high level in piano and advanced musicology qualifications.[3]
In 1990, he became collection director at the publishing house Le Cherche midi, a post he held until 2012. There he created the collection "Amor fati" and published the unedited works of authors including Alain-Fournier, Nietzsche, and Jules Renard.[3]
Since 1995, he has been the artistic director[4] of the Nohant Festival and creator of the Prix Pelléas, that rewards "the book with the finest literary qualities devoted to music".[5]
In 2002, he founded the Lisztomanias of Châteauroux, a music festival where world-renowned artists gather.[6] He is the artistic director,[7] as well as Lisztomanias International,[8] an association created in 2012 to export the model and the humanist spirit of Franz Liszt to the world.
In 2011, Jean-Yves Clément was appointed Commissioner General of the "Liszt Year" in France by Frédéric Mitterrand, the then Minister of Culture.
In 2012, Jean-Yves Clément received from the Minister of Culture Frédéric Mitterrand the title of officer in the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.[9]
In 2018, he is promoted, by the Minister of Culture Françoise Nyssen, commander in the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.[10]
Works
[edit]- Propos-exutoires, Paris, Le Cherche midi, 1990 ISBN 2-8627-4174-4
- De l’aube à midi (From Dawn to Noon), Paris, Le Cherche midi, 1999 ISBN 2-8627-4637-1
- Variations Chopin : Quarante-huit préludes (Chopin Variations: Forty-eight Preludes), Vendœuvres, Lancosme éditeur, 2005 ISBN 2-9121-8427-4
- 111 notes d’amour : Variations (111 Love Notes: Variations), Paris, Le Cherche midi, 2008 ISBN 2-7491-1110-2
- Nuits de l’âme (Nights of the Soul), Paris, Le Cherche midi, 2009 ISBN 2-7491-1644-9
- Les Deux Âmes de Frédéric Chopin (The Two Souls of Frederic Chopin), first edition Paris, Presses de la Renaissance, 2010 ISBN 2-7509-0397-1; second edition Paris, Le Passeur éditeur, 2017 ISBN 2-3689-0531-6
- Franz Liszt : La Dispersion magnifique (Franz Liszt: The Magnificent Dispersion), Arles, Actes Sud, 2011 ISBN 2-7427-9523-5
- Le Chant de toi : Ode (The Song of You: Ode), Paris, Le Cherche midi, 2012 ISBN 2-7491-2757-2
- La Raison des sortilèges : Entretiens sur la musique (with Michel Onfray), first edition Paris, Autrement, 2013 ISBN 2-7467-3425-7; second edition Paris, Pluriel, 2015 ISBN 2-3689-0531-6
- Nietzsche au jour le jour : Un florilège pour tous et pour personne (Friedrich Nietzsche quotations), Paris, Le Passeur éditeur, 2013 ISBN 2-3689-0022-5
- De l’aube à midi : Aphorismes,[11] Paris, Le Passeur éditeur, 2013 ISBN 2-3689-0047-0
- Suite lyrique (with the painter Jean-Marc Brunet), Paris, Le Passeur éditeur, 2013 ISBN 2-3689-0060-8
- Alexandre Scriabine : L'Ivresse des sphères, Arles, Actes Sud, ISBN 2-3300-3904-2
- Les pensées : Suivies du Dictionnaire des idées reçues (à partir de l’œuvre de Gustave Flaubert), Paris, Le Cherche midi, ISBN 2-7491-4510-4
- Glenn Gould ou le Piano de l’esprit, Arles, Actes Sud, 2016 ISBN 2-3300-6135-8
Musical Adaptations of his Work
[edit]- The composer Pierre Thilloy set Jean-Yves Clément's aphorisms to music in his work Mysterium conjunctionis (2005) for seven instruments and a mezzo-soprano.
- Thilloy also wrote a setting of Le Chant de Toi (2014) for soprano and piano.
References
[edit]- ^ "Jean-Yves Clément : biographie, actualités et émissions France Culture". franceculture.fr. Retrieved 2019-01-09.
- ^ "Biographie et actualités de Jean-Yves Clément". franceinter.fr. Retrieved 2019-01-09.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Jean-Yves Clément". Lisztomanias (in French). Retrieved 2019-01-13.
- ^ "Infos pratiques". 5 March 2017.
- ^ "Prix Pelléas". livreshebdo.fr. Retrieved 2019-01-09.
- ^ "Le festival". lisztomanias.fr. Retrieved 2019-01-09.
- ^ "Association Lisztomanias de Châteauroux". Lisztomanias (in French). Retrieved 2019-01-09.
- ^ "Lisztomanias International". Lisztomanias International (in French). Retrieved 2019-01-09.
- ^ "Nomination ou promotion dans l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres janvier 2012". culture.gouv.fr. Retrieved 2019-01-09.
- ^ "Nomination dans l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres – été 2018 – Ministère de la Culture". culture.gouv.fr (in French). Retrieved 2019-01-09.
- ^ "Le Passeur Éditeur – De l'aube à midi". le-passeur-editeur.com (in French). Retrieved 2019-01-10.
