Claire Schapira

Claire Schapira (born 19 January 1946)[1] is a French harpsichordist, pianist and composer.

Biography

Born in Paris,[1] Schapira studied piano, harpsichord, musical theater and composition, graduating from the Schola Cantorum de Paris. She was a resident at the Villa Medici in Rome and served an internship at Ircam. She received a grant from the French Ministry of Culture in 1985 to write the opera La Partition de sable.[2] Her work has been performed internationally.[3]

Works

Selected works include:

  • La Partition de sable, opera
  • Trames
  • Vagues
  • Ténèbres
  • Fragments insolites
  • Le Ciel de mes yeux en pleurs
  • Acheminement
  • Mémorial
  • Requiem pour la paix (commissioned by Radio France)
  • La Chaîne (1981)
  • Chant cousu (1985)
  • Rumeur (1986)
  • Regards (RAI National Symphony Orchestra)
  • In pace
  • Interjections II (Festival de Paris)
  • Contes (Musica and the Salzburg Festival)
  • Hymne à la paix
  • Antigone
  • Sans craindre le vertige et le vent'
  • Chants mêlés
  • Sysiphe
  • Cassandre
  • Stabat Mater (with the support of the Beaumarchais Foundation)
  • L'Ombre de Cassandre, opera

References
  1. "Schapira, Claire (1946)", Centre de documentation de la musique contemporaine (Cdmc)
  2. "Claire Schapira (biography, works, resources)" (in French and English). IRCAM.
  3. Overhauser, Catherine (1984). Zaimont, Judith Lang; Gottlieb, Jane (eds.). The Musical Woman: An International Perspective. Greenwood Press. ISBN 9780313235870.
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