Henri Tomasi
1901 - 1971
French
Summary
Biography
Henri Tomasi (Marseilles, 17th August 1901 - Paris, 13th January 1971) entered the Paris Conservatory at the age of sixteen where he studied under Georges Caussade, Paul Vidal, Vincent d’Indy and Philippe Gaubert. In 1927 he was awarded a First Prize for conducting and the Grand Prix de Rome. He began a joint career as composer and conductor. His many works show a preference for the theatre and, in the field of instrumental music, for wind instruments. Among his very many ballets and operas are La Grisi, Les Santons, Féerie laotienne, Miguel Mañara, L’Atlantide, Le triomphe de Jeanne, Le silence de la mer. Among his symphonic works, he has written concertos for the flute, trumpet, saxophone, viola, horn, clarinet, trombone, bassoon, and violin.
Performances
30th April 2021
- PERFORMERS
- Orchestre de L'opera de Marseille
- LOCATION
- Opéra, Marseille, France
30th April 2021
- PERFORMERS
- Orchestre de l'Opéra de Marseille
- CONDUCTOR
- Lawrence Foster
- LOCATION
- Opéra, Marseille, France
6th May 2021
- PERFORMERS
- Students of CRR de Paris
- CONDUCTOR
- Fabrice Brunaud
- LOCATION
- Théâtre André Malraux, Rueil-Malmaison, France
10th June 2021
- SOLOISTS
- Wei-Hsin Chang
- PERFORMERS
- National Chia Yi University Orchestra
- CONDUCTOR
- Jeffry Liang
- LOCATION
- National Chia Yi University, Taiwan
13th June 2021
- SOLOISTS
- Rossen Rusinov; trombone
- PERFORMERS
- Sinfonieorchester Wuppertal
- CONDUCTOR
- Julia Jones
- LOCATION
- Historische Stadthalle Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany