Maryvonne Le Dizès[needs IPA] (25 June 1940 – 9 August 2024), also known as Maryvonne Le Dizès-Richard,[1] was a French violinist and academic teacher. She is best known for her work on contemporary classical music, as violinist of the Ensemble intercontemporain in Paris from 1979 for over twenty years. Le Dizès collaborated with composers such as Pierre Boulez and György Ligeti, and commissioned new chamber music works. She taught at the Regional Conservatory of Boulogne-Billancourt in Paris from 1977.
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| Born | 25 June 1940 |
| Died | 9 August 2024 (aged 84) |
| Occupation | Classical violinist |
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Life and career
editLe Dizès was born on 25 June 1940, in Quimper, France.[2] During her studies at the Conservatoire de Paris, she received awards for both solo performances and for chamber music.[3] In 1962, she was the first woman to achieve first prize at the Paganini Competition.[4][5]
She moved to the United States for two years because of her husband's career, where she became the first woman and the first foreigner to enter the Carnegie Hall Competition.[3][4] At this time she performed less, in order to focus on raising her children. Afterwards, she regained her technique by going over Bach's sonatas and partitas for violin solo, chamber music works, and concertos.[3]
Le Dizès became a violinist with the Ensemble intercontemporain in Paris in 1979,[6] after which she held the post for more than twenty years.[3][4] During this time she collaborated with composers such as Pierre Boulez and György Ligeti, whose Violin Concerto and Trio for Piano, Violin, and Horn she performed with the ensemble.[3][4] She recorded works by Olivier Messiaen, Iannis Xenakis, Luciano Berio, Elliott Carter, and others.[3] Her commissions of new compositions included a trio for saxophone, trombone, and violin by Gilbert Amy, a string trio by Jean-Baptiste Devillers, and Ommaggio, an homage to Tiepolo for solo violin by Philippe Fénelon.[3]
From 1977 she taught at the Regional Conservatory of Boulogne-Billancourt in Paris, focusing on contemporary music.[3][4] While there, she said: "Teaching is as vital to me as playing my instrument. I cannot teach if I do not play, and I cannot play without teaching."[3] She was, with Robert Davidovici, winner of the 1983 Carnegie Hall International American Music Competition.[7][8] Le Dizés died on 9 August 2024.[3][4][9]
Recordings
edit- Twentieth Century Works for Violin (1986), solo works by Luciano Berio and Bruno Maderna, works for violin and piano by Aaron Copland, Charles Ives, Arnold Schoenberg and Olivier Messiaen, with pianist Jean-Claude Henriot, Adda[10][11]
- Hidden Sparks (1997), New World Records[12]
- Bartók, Berg, Stravinsky, Amy: Trios (2002), Musidisc[13]
- Bartók: Oeuvres pour violon et piano (2002), Musidisc[14]
- Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du Temps (2012), Adda[15]
References
edit- ^ "Maryvonne Le Dizès-Richard – Biography, Compositions, Labels". Classite – Online Classical Records Database.
- ^ International Who's who in Music and Musicians' Directory (in the Classical and Light Classical Fields). International Biographical Centre. 2000. p. 376. ISBN 978-0-94-887553-3.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Ensemble intercontemporain mourns violinist". The Strad. 20 August 2024. Archived from the original on 23 August 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f "French Violinist Maryvonne Le Dizès has Died". The Violin Channel. 21 August 2024. Archived from the original on 30 August 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
- ^ "Maryvonne Le Dizès". lamiresol.free.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 20 August 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
- ^ Serrou, Bruno (1999). "[solo] Maryvonne Le Dizès, violon". ensemble intercontemporain (in French). Archived from the original on 23 August 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
- ^ Holland, Bernard (26 September 1983). "2 Violinists Awarded First Prize in Competition". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 27 August 2024. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
- ^ Rockwell, John (27 May 1984). "Recital: A Violinist From France". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 27 August 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
- ^ "Maryvonne Le Dizès". simplifia.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 29 August 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ Whittall, Arnold (August 1991). "Twentieth Century Works for Violin". ensemble intercontemporain. Archived from the original on 28 August 2024. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
- ^ "Maryvonne Le Dizes, Violin". Archived from the original on 27 August 2024. Retrieved 27 August 2024 – via www.allmusic.com.
- ^ "Hidden Sparks – Maryvonne Le Dizes-Richard". Archived from the original on 27 August 2024. Retrieved 27 August 2024 – via www.allmusic.com.
- ^ "Bartók, Berg, Stravinsky, Amy: Trios". Archived from the original on 27 August 2024. Retrieved 27 August 2024 – via www.allmusic.com.
- ^ "Bartók: Oeuvres pour violon et piano". Archived from the original on 27 August 2024. Retrieved 27 August 2024 – via www.allmusic.com.
- ^ "Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du Temps". Archived from the original on 27 August 2024. Retrieved 27 August 2024 – via www.allmusic.com.
External links
edit- Maryvonne Le Dizès discography at Discogs
- Maryvonne Le Dizès Muziekweb
