Jean-Philippe Calvin, composer, conductor
Born in 1974, French composer, conductor and academic Jean-Philippe Calvin read music at the Hartt School, University of Hartford (USA), the Centre d'Etudes de Mathématique et Automatique Musicales and at IRCAM in Paris. Calvin has studied composition with Ingram Marshall, Sir Michael Tippett and Iannis Xenakis.
The author of numerous works for soloists (Caliban's Dance 2008), chamber music (O Lacrimosa, 2009), large orchestra (Concerto for Clarinet & Orchestra for David Krakauer, 2009) and operas (La Cantatrice Chauve, 2006 – La Divina Commedia, 2010), Calvin has received commissions for his music from several major international institutions and music festivals, including the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, l’Orchestre Lamoureux, the Gaudeamus Festival, the Festival of Electro-acoustic Music of Bourges, Ensemble Epsilon and New Interfaces for Musical Expression in Japan.
Calvin’s first opera, La Cantatrice Chauve (The Bald Soprano) received the French Orphée d'Or (Golden Orpheus) Revelation award in 2010 and his second opera, La Divina Commedia (The Divine Comedy) was awarded by the Beaumarchais Foundation grant in 2011.
Since 2008, Jean-Philippe Calvin has been a professor of academic studies, orchestration, composition, contemporary music and research at the Royal College of Music. He is also the director and the principle conductor of Variable Geometry contemporary music ensemble in London.
Born in 1974, French composer, conductor and academic Jean-Philippe Calvin read music at the Hartt School, University of Hartford (USA), the Centre d'Etudes de Mathématique et Automatique Musicales and at IRCAM in Paris. Calvin has studied composition with Ingram Marshall, Sir Michael Tippett and Iannis Xenakis.
The author of numerous works for soloists (Caliban's Dance 2008), chamber music (O Lacrimosa, 2009), large orchestra (Concerto for Clarinet & Orchestra for David Krakauer, 2009) and operas (La Cantatrice Chauve, 2006 – La Divina Commedia, 2010), Calvin has received commissions for his music from several major international institutions and music festivals, including the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, l’Orchestre Lamoureux, the Gaudeamus Festival, the Festival of Electro-acoustic Music of Bourges, Ensemble Epsilon and New Interfaces for Musical Expression in Japan.
Calvin’s first opera, La Cantatrice Chauve (The Bald Soprano) received the French Orphée d'Or (Golden Orpheus) Revelation award in 2010 and his second opera, La Divina Commedia (The Divine Comedy) was awarded by the Beaumarchais Foundation grant in 2011.
Since 2008, Jean-Philippe Calvin has been a professor of academic studies, orchestration, composition, contemporary music and research at the Royal College of Music. He is also the director and the principle conductor of Variable Geometry contemporary music ensemble in London.
