Nicholas Owen McRoberts (born 16 January 1977) is an Australian composer and conductor[1][2][3] of classical music. He studied music in Australia,[4] before moving to Paris, France where he lives today.
His Symphony No. 1 “From the Old World” was premiered by the Sofia Philharmonic on the 27th of August 2022 with the composer conducting.[5][6]
His "Adagio for Strings" was commissioned for the Nürtinger Chamber Orchestra and first performed on November 14, 2021, conducted by Friederike Kienle.[7] It was written during the Covid lockdowns and recorded with the Janaček Philharmonic in March 2021.[8] The French première was given by the Ensemble Orchestral de Biarritz, conducted by Yves Bouillier in July 2022.[9][10][11][12]
In September 2019 he was named conductor of the Orchestre Démos du Grand Verdun [13][14][15] with the Philharmonie de Paris.[16][17][18][19][20] In 2021, the Philharmonie commissioned a new work, "Ozeano", which will be premiered at La Cité de la Musique in June 2023.[21][22]
In 2018 he was named artistic director of Opéra Montmartre in Paris.[23]
In 2017 he collaborated with the French choreographer Nawel Oulad[24] on a ballet Les Tisseuses de Silence and a duo Femme au Piano for the Semaine de la Danse in Paris[25] which were performed in the Festival Les Aliennes[26] and the Festival Appel de la Lune.[27]
His Violin Concerto was recorded in 2017 with the Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra.
His operas include "Lyon" (2016) premiered by the Ruse State Opera[28] in July 2016,[29][30] and "Nera" (2017) adapted from the play "Devojka Modre Kose"[31] (The Girl with the Midnight Blue Hair) written by the Serbian playwright Vida Ognjenović.
His composition "Festival Fanfare"[32] was the recipient of the 2002 OpenBook Award for Sacred Music.
His works are published by Halcyon Publications in Paris.
Biography edit
Nicholas McRoberts was born in Melbourne in 1977 and grew up in Ballarat. He studied piano with Anna Jurkewicz and Bruce Keck while a student at Ballarat and Clarendon College.[33][34] He went on to study piano and composition at the Melbourne Conservatorium, the Victorian College of the Arts and the Australian National Academy of Music.[35] While tutoring at Trinity College, Melbourne, he founded the Trinity College Chamber Orchestra.[36] He studied conducting with Robert Rosen,[37] Jorma Panula[38] and Dejan Savić.[39] After moving to France, he continued studies at the Conservatoire de Paris (CNSMDP) under János Fürst and at the Ecole Normale (Conservatoire Cortot).
List of works edit
Operas edit
- Merlin (2020-)
- Nera (2017–2019)
- Lyon (1996–2016)
Orchestral edit
- Symphony No.2 in G minor (2021-)
- Symphony No.1 in B minor (1999-2020)
- Violin Concerto (2016)
- The Traveller Orchestral Suite (1995-)
Chamber edit
- Adagio for Strings (2020-2021)
- Diesque (1998)
Ballet edit
- Même les rêves ont peur de mourir (2018)
- Les Tisseuses de Silence (2017)
- A Fairy Tale Begins (1998-)
Piano edit
- Cinq Nocturnes (2020)
- 8 Préludes (2000)
- Five Nocturnes (1998)
- Serenade (2000)
Vocal edit
- Wild Nights - Dickinson Cycle (2018)
- Do Not Go Gentle (2002)
- French Songs (1995)
- Valediction Forbidding Mourning (1995)
- Keats Cycle (1993-2006)
Organ edit
- Festival Fanfare (1997)
References edit
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- ^ "Nicholas McRoberts". operabase.ch. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
- ^ "Truelinked – Truelinked". TrueLinked. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
- ^ CUNNINGHAM, MELISSA (29 April 2015). "Music in his soul". The Courier. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
- ^ "Nicholas McRoberts". Sofia Philharmonic. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
- ^ 1st Symphony [FIRST LOOK], retrieved 21 October 2022
- ^ "Nürtinger Kammerorchester spielte zum Volkstrauertag- NÜRTINGER ZEITUNG". www.ntz.de. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
- ^ Channel, The Violin (25 January 2022). "NEW MUSIC TUESDAY | Composer Nicholas McRoberts' New "Adagio for Strings"". The Violin Channel. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
- ^ "Ensemble Orchestral de Biarritz - Concert Symphonique Ambiance Slave". www.biarritz.fr (in French). Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ "Gare du Midi : embarquement pour Prague avec l'Ensemble Orchestral de Biarritz". BasKulture. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
- ^ Lucq, Par Bertrand. "Les Moments musicaux de Chalosse font étape à Mugron, samedi 2 juillet". SudOuest.fr (in French). Retrieved 26 June 2022.
- ^ Gourin, Raphaëlle (27 June 2022). "Biarritz: un ultime concert-événement pour l'EOB le 3 juillet" (in French). ISSN 1760-6454. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
- ^ "Les professionnels" (in French). Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ "Concert de l'Orchestre DÉMOS Grand Verdun" (in French). Retrieved 16 June 2022.
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- ^ "Les concerts Démos rythment la fin de saison". demos.philharmoniedeparis.fr (in French). Retrieved 26 April 2023.
- ^ "Verdun. Un chef d'orchestre australien dirige des enfants verdunois". www.estrepublicain.fr (in French). Retrieved 24 March 2021.
- ^ McRoberts, Nicholas; Verdun, Orchestre Démos Grand; Verdun, Communauté d'Agglomération du Grand; Verdun, Conservatoire de Musique et de Danse du Grand (2020), 2020-2021 : Grand Verdun, retrieved 16 June 2022
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- ^ Week-end de concerts de fin de saison, retrieved 26 April 2023
- ^ "Concerts de fin d'année des orchestres Démos | Philharmonie de Paris". philharmoniedeparis.fr (in French). 24 June 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ^ "Opéra Montmartre". operamontmartre.fr. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
- ^ "Compagnie Nawel Oulad". Compagnie Nawel Oulad. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
- ^ "Semaine de la danse". Fédération de Paris de la Ligue de l'enseignement (in French). Retrieved 21 September 2017.
- ^ "Home – Festival Les Aliennes 2017". Festival Les Aliennes 2017 (in French). Archived from the original on 20 September 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
- ^ "Festival L'Appel de la Lune". Festival L'Appel de la Lune. Retrieved 21 September 2017.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Държавна Опера Русе". ruseopera.com. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
- ^ ""LYON" opera by Nicholas McRoberts". ruseopera.com. Archived from the original on 21 September 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
- ^ "Lyon – Nicholas McRoberts". free-spirit-city.eu. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
- ^ Vučković, Igor. "Vida Ognjenović | Arhipelag". www.arhipelag.rs. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
- ^ "Catalogue of Australian Organ Composition 1866–2002" (PDF). Organ Historical Trust of Australia.
- ^ "Ballarat Clarendon College". clarendon.vic.edu.au. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
- ^ pubhtml5.com. "Ringaroo December 2016". Pubhtml5. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
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- ^ "Clare Pullar – Conversations with the Next Generation, Trinity Today (Page16)" (PDF). Trinity College, Melbourne University.
- ^ alrunen (18 September 2015), 1965-xi-27 The Australian ballet: Raymonda reel 109.1 (AUDIO ONLY)., retrieved 21 September 2017
- ^ s.r.o., code: Moravio. "Dirigentské kurzy | Janáčkova filharmonie Ostrava". www.jfo.cz. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
- ^ "Dejan Savić". operabase.ch. Retrieved 21 September 2017.