# Charles Chaynes

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'''Charles Augustin Chaynes''' (11 July 1925 – 24 June 2016) was a French composer.

== Biography ==
Chaynes was born in [Toulouse](/source/Toulouse) in 1925. He studied at the [Conservatoire de Paris](/source/Conservatoire_de_Paris) with [Darius Milhaud](/source/Darius_Milhaud) and [Jean Rivier](/source/Jean_Rivier). In 1951 he won  the [Prix de Rome](/source/Prix_de_Rome) with the cantata ''Et l'homme se vit les portes rouvrir''. During his stay at the Villa Medici in Rome he wrote the ''First Concerto for String Orchestra'' and the ''Ode for a Tragic Death''.

In 1956 he became a producer at the [Radiodiffusion Télévision Française](/source/Radiodiffusion_T%C3%A9l%C3%A9vision_Fran%C3%A7aise) (RTF). In 1964 he succeeded [Marius Constant](/source/Marius_Constant) as head of the channel ''France Musique''. From 1975 to 1990 he headed the ''service de la création musicale'' at [Radio France](/source/Radio_France).

In addition to several operas, one symphony and chamber works Chaynes composed numerous concertos, etc. for trumpet, violin, piano and organ, and two orchestral concerts. In 1966 he composed a concerto for organ, string orchestra, timpani and percussion for [Marie-Claire Alain](/source/Marie-Claire_Alain). His Piano Concerto was premiered in 1967 by [Yvonne Loriod](/source/Yvonne_Loriod), the wife of [Olivier Messiaen](/source/Olivier_Messiaen).

He died on 24 June 2016 in [Saint-Mandé](/source/Saint-Mand%C3%A9) at the age of 90.<ref>[http://www.pizzicato.lu/composer-charles-chaynes-died-at-90/ Composer Charles Chaynes Died at 90]</ref>

== Selected works ==
* Symphony (1955)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wisemusicclassical.com/work/50180/Symphony--Charles-Chaynes/|title=Charles Chaynes {{!}} Symphony (1955)|website=[Wise Music Group](/source/Wise_Music_Group)|publisher=[Éditions Alphonse Leduc](/source/%C3%89ditions_Alphonse_Leduc)|access-date=15 October 2022}}</ref>
* Concerto for organ, string orchestra, timpani and percussion (1966)
* Piano Concerto (1966)
* ''Alternances'' for viola and piano (1966)
* ''Quatre Poèmes de Sappho'' (1968)
* ''Visions Concertantes'' for guitar and 12 strings (1979)

== Honours ==
Chaynes was inter alia the ''Grand Prix Musical of Paris'' (1965), the ''Prix du Disque of the Académie du disque français'' (1968, 1970, 1975 and 1981), the ''Prix de la Tribune internationale des compositeurs'' UNESCO (1976), the ''Prix Musical de la SACD'' (1988) and the ''Orphée d'Or of the Académie du Disque Lyrique'' (1996 and 2003). He was awarded officer of the [Legion of Honour](/source/Legion_of_Honour), the [Ordre national du Mérite](/source/Ordre_national_du_M%C3%A9rite) and Commander of the [Ordre des Arts et des Lettres](/source/Ordre_des_Arts_et_des_Lettres). In 2005 he became a member of the [Académie des Beaux-Arts](/source/Acad%C3%A9mie_des_Beaux-Arts).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.academie-des-beaux-arts.fr/membres/actuel/musique/Chaynes/Fiche.htm |title=Charles Chaynes |access-date=6 March 2011 |archive-date=5 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101205153956/http://www.academie-des-beaux-arts.fr/membres/actuel/musique/Chaynes/Fiche.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

* {{Flag|Monaco}} : Commander of the [Order of Cultural Merit](/source/Order_of_Cultural_Merit_(Monaco)) (November 1999)<ref>[http://www.legimonaco.mc/Dataweb/jourmon.nsf/966e69337756d51ac12568c40037f872/bc72c48b62b4b92fc125683900365472!OpenDocument Sovereign Ordonnance n° 14.274 of 18 Nov. 1999] : promotions or nominations</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==
* Official Website of Charles Chaynes [https://web.archive.org/web/20130707180849/http://charleschaynes.com/ www.charleschaynes.com]

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