Monic Cecconi-Botella

Monic Gabrielle Cecconi-Botella (born 30 September 1936) is a French pianist, music educator and composer.

Life

She was born in Courbevoie and studied at the Paris Conservatoire with Maurice Duruflé, Jean Rivier and Henri Dutilleux. After completing her studies, she worked as professor of music theory at the Conservatoire of Aubervilliers. In 1983, she became a professor of music analysis at the Paris Conservatoire.[1][2]

In 1966, Cecconi-Botella won a First at the Prix de Rome.[3] Her opera Noctuaile won a Grand Prix du Disque. In 2008, she founded the Festival Seasons of the Voice in Gordes, Provence.[4]

Works

Cecconi-Botella explores multi-media arts in her compositions. Selected works include:

  • Bucolique for flute and piano
  • Cérémonie for viola and piano
  • Noctuaile opera in two parts, libretto by René David
  • He Signed Vincent (about the life of Vincent van Gogh)
  • The Woman of the Ogre, opera, book by Pierrette Fleutiaux
  • Operaclown, children's opera, libretto by René Pillot
  • Pirlipipi, children's opera, libretto by Pierre Gripari
  • Triangle Crystal, children's opera, book by Françoise Arquetout

References
  1. Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994). The Norton/Grove Dictionary of Women Composers. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 9780393034875. Retrieved 20 January 2011.
  2. Boenke, Heidi M. (1988). Flute Music by Women Composers: An Annotated Catalog.
  3. Dees, Pamela Youngdahl (2004). A Guide to Piano Music by Women Composers: Women Born after 1900.
  4. "Monic Cecconi-Botella". Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 20 January 2011.

Further reading
  • Andrieux, Françoise: "Cecconi-Botella, Monic", in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan, 2001).


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