Raphaël Sévère

Raphaël Sévère born 15 September 1994 in Rennes, is a French clarinettist.[1]

Raphaël Sévère

Biography

After winning the Tokyo Competition at the age of twelve and gaining a nomination as ‘Solo Instrumental Discovery’ at the Victoires de la Musique Classique[2] when aged fifteen, Raphaël Sévère went on to win the prestigious Young Concerts Artists International Auditions in New York[3] in November 2013, where he was awarded First Prize and eight special prizes.

Aged 8, he took up the clarinet at the Conservatoire de Nantes. At 14, he was admitted to the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique of Paris where he obtained in June 2013 the master of arts degree with high honors.

Raphaël Sévère has been invited to play as a soloist with French orchestras (Orchestre de chambre de Paris, Orchestre national d'Île-de-France, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Orchestre National de Lille, Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire) and internationally with National Philharmonic of Russia, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Budapest Strings Chamber Orchestra, Württemberg Chamber Orchestra, Polish Chamber Orchestra, Sinfonia Varsovia, London Philharmonic Orchestra,[4] Orchestra of St Luke's,[5] Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Hong Kong Sinfonietta,[6] Korean National Symphony Orchestra.[7]

He performed at Berlin Philharmonie,[8] Théâtre des Champs Elysées,[9] Auditorium du Louvre,[10] KKL Lucerne, New York Alice Tully Hall, Seoul Arts Center.

In the field of chamber music, he performed with Pražák Quartet, Modigliani Quartet, Quatuor Ébène, Trio Les Esprits, Martha Argerich, Boris Berezovsky, Jean-Frédéric Neuburger, Adam Laloum, Gidon Kremer, Renaud Capuçon, David Grimal, Gérard Caussé, Antoine Tamestit, Gary Hoffman, Xavier Phillips.

He regularly performs with pianist Adam Laloum and cellist Victor Julien-Laferrière with whom he recorded a Brahms CD (Mirare) that was rewarded Diapason d'Or of the year 2015 in Diapason magazine.[11]

Always attracted by creation and himself a composer, his works are published by L'empreinte mélodique.

Compositions
  • Obscurs for clarinet and guitar[12] (premiered in Festival Européen Jeunes Talents in Paris in July 2015).
  • Entre les liens for clarinet and piano[13] (commissioned by the Festival Musicades et Olivades and premiered in Saint-Rémy de Provence in July 2018).
  • Sept Miniatures for piano[14] (premiered in Paris salle Cortot by Paul Montag in February 2019).
  • Entre chien et Loup for guitar[15] (commissioned by Antoine Morinière and premiered in Vienna in July 2019).
  • Mojenn, legend for clarinet and orchestra[16] (commissioned by the Orchestre National de Bretagne and premiered in Rennes in March 2020).
  • Le pont d'Arcole for violin, cello, piano[17] (commissioned by the Festival Européen Jeunes talents and premiered in Paris by the Trio Karénine in July 2020).
  • Orages d'acier for violin, clarinet, piano[18] (commissioned by Théâtre La Scala and premiered in Paris in October 2020).
  • Partita for strings trio[19] (commissioned by the Festival Européen Jeunes talents and premiered in Paris in May 2021 by the Trio Sypniewski).
  • La 7e preuve for soprano saxophone and piano[20] (commissioned by Valentine Michaud and premiered in Festival Radio France Occitanie Montpellier in July 2022 by the Akmi Duo).

Discography

References
  1. Musicaglotz Artists Management
  2. France Musique Aug 24, 2014
  3. Huffington Post Apr 21, 2015
  4. London Philharmonic Orchestra Nov 24, 2016
  5. New York Times May 17, 2017,
  6. Hong Kong Sinfonietta Nov 11, 2018
  7. Korean National Symphony Orchestra Aug 9, 2022
  8. Deutschlandradio Kultur Feb 15, 2016
  9. Théâtre des Champs Elysées Dec 18, 2016
  10. Auditorium du Louvres
  11. Diapason Magazine Dec 18, 2015
  12. "Obscurs". YouTube. Archived from the original on Dec 21, 2021.
  13. "Festival Les antiques de Glanum".
  14. "Sept miniatures". YouTube. Archived from the original on Dec 21, 2021.
  15. "Entre chien et loup".
  16. "Mojenn".
  17. "Le pont d'Arcole". concerts à Paris. July 21, 2020.
  18. "Orages d'acier". France Musique. October 9, 2020.
  19. "Partita".
  20. "La 7e preuve".
  21. "Sélection albums". Le Monde. February 1, 2019.,
  22. "Quatuor pour la fin du temps". Resmusica. May 11, 2019.
  23. "Album On tour". August 12, 2020.
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