{{short description|French contemporary composer}} thumb|Philippe Boivin '''Philippe Boivin''' (born 1954) is a French contemporary composer.
== Life == Born in Metz,<ref name="opu">[http://www.cdmc.asso.fr/fr/ressources/compositeurs/biographies/boivin-philippe-1954 Biographie] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190413043558/http://www.cdmc.asso.fr/fr/ressources/compositeurs/biographies/boivin-philippe-1954 |date=2019-04-13 }}, Centre de documentation de la musique contemporaine (Cdmc)</ref> after studying musicology at the Sorbonne, Boivin obtained his Certificate of Aptitude for Secondary Teaching Professorship in 1976, which allowed him to teach. Between 1977 and 1979, Boivin studied writing at the Conservatoire de Paris and followed Alain Bernaud's harmony classes. He then studied composition at the École normale supérieure de Paris with Max Deutsch. Registered at the University of Vincennes in 1979, he trained in new technologies, notably with Iannis Xenakis. The following year, he attended a training course on computer-assisted music composition at IRCAM. He then went to California at the Center for Music Experiment of the University of California, San Diego. From 1985 to 1988, he was a regular producer at Radio France. Since 1990, Boivin has been involved in musical composition and educational activities, regularly participating in seminars and giving lectures. He continues his activities as director of the Conservatoire de musique et de danse of Ivry-sur-Seine, and since 2008 at the Centre de formation des musiciens intervenants of the University of Provence.
His compositions are written for a variety of instrumentists, from soloists to large orchestras, with a predominance of chamber ensembles.<ref name="opu"/>
== Works == {{div col}} * ''Comme sur des roulettes'', musical tale, 1978. * ''Monopoly'' for 1 or 2 saxophones, 1980. * ''Septuor en trio'' for 3 clarinets, string trio, double bass, 1980. * ''TéléCom j'éCout{{'}}'' for zarb and a reed instrument, 1983. * ''La sangsue'' for 12 instrumentists, 1981. * ''Chalumeau'' for clarinet, 1982. * ''Photo de classe'' for 12 clarinets, 1982. * ''Zab ou la passion selon Saint-Nectaire'' double bass, 1983. * ''Ouverture'' for harmony orchestra, 1983. * ''Domino I'' for piano, 1986. * ''Concerto'' for viola and orchestra, 1986. * ''Concerto'' for viola and chamber orchestra, 1987. * ''Domino II'' for cello, 1987. * ''Big bug'' for 6 percussionists, 1989. * ''Cadence'' for viola * ''Chaconne'' for 4 timpani and 2 synthesizers, 1989. *''Aulos'' for oboe, 1990. * ''Cinq algorithmes pour les Évangiles des grenouilles'' for double bass, 1990. * ''Domino III'' for timpani, 1990. * ''Trois petites lectures'' for oboe, 1990. * ''Deux esquisses'' for violin or viola, 1992. * ''Domino IV'' for string quartet, 1993. * ''Concerto'' for brass and percussion, 1993. * ''Domino V'' for vibraphone, 1995. * ''L'homme dans le désert'' for soprano and piano, 1996 * ''Vue sur la mer'', fragments for a chamber opera for soprano, clarinet, cello and 2 pianos, 1998. * ''Six algorithmes'' for orchestra, 1999. * ''Star burst'' for recorder, flute in G, flugelhorn, English horn and bass clarinet, 2004. * ''Ce soir on improvise…'' for violin, cello and accordion, 2005 * ''TriOméga'' for wind quintet, piano and string quartet. {{div col end}}
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{BrahmsOnline|IRCAM-name=philippe-boivin}} * {{YouTube|7tIUQqPe9uU|''Domino V'', solo vibraphone (video)}}
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