Finalist
and semi-finalist at various International competitions
such as Queen Elisabeth in Brussels, Leonard Bernstein
in Jerusalem and Ladislav Kubik in the U.S.A., he is
also appointed as the national laureate for the Music
General Competition in 1989, the F.F.E.M. in 1997 and
he obtains the 2nd International Olivier Messiaen Prize
of the Guardini Foundation of Berlin.
On
account of the 10th anniversary of the Metz concert
hall L'Arsenal in february 1999, the city of Metz and
L'Arsenal honour him with the order of a monumental
musical work of more than 50 minutes, L'Homme Apocalyptique.
Besides his various writing workes in hand, like his
5th symphony L'Arche d'Alliance, the symphonic poem
Macbeth Ouverture and the Christmas Suite for large
orchestra ( ordered by the Lorraine Philharmonic Orchestra
), together with two operas in collaboration with writers
as different as Michel Host ( Goncourt Prize
) or Latifa ben Mansour, he is busy working at
the achievement of his Requiem in 13 movements, Revolutions.
His work concerning the young public takes shape as
an opera for children, L'Ami Romée, first performed
in Aix en Provence in May 2000 along with a poem for
six musicians and dreamy children, La Cité Onirique,
first performed at L'Arsenal in June 2000. His action
towards the young public of the Lorraine Philharmonic
Orchestra will be renewed for the season 2000/2001.
At the age of only 30, his catalogue includes more than
80 musical works among which a great number of pieces
for orchestra. His works are published by Alphonse Leduc
Editions, Symphony Land Editions, Regia Editions and
Warwick Ltd. Editions and are performed as well in France
as all over the world : England, the Netherland, Luxembourg,
Belgium, Austria, Germany, Spain, Italy, Japan, Australia,
Brazil, Central Asia. His workes are the results of
orders from festivals such as Chain (Enshede), Young
Composer (Luxembourg), Mozarteum (Salzburg), the Musicians'night
(Paris), the Oratorio del Gonfalone (Rome), TIP2000
(Utrecht), Senzoku Gaquen (Tokyo), Tubamania (Sydney),
Spring Festival (Londres), International Festival of
Symphonic Music (Tashkent), the Lorraine Philharmonic
Orchestra (Metz), Abbey Festival (La Prée & Noirlac),
Tindal Fundation (Amsterdam), Musique en Sol (Black
Périgord), The BBC Singer's Choir, etc.
Among
the numerous interpeters or musical formations which
have either played his works or appealed to him for
a composition to be performed, must be nawed Dominique
de Williencourt, Keizo Mizoiri, Pascal Contet,
Muza Rubackyté, Bruno Rigutto, Edson & Helena Elias,
Rosella Clini, Thomas Paule, Jacques Mauger, Guy Touvron,
Mauro Maur, Wissam Boustany, the conductors Pascal
Verrot, Arie van Beck, Alexandru Lascae, Victor Puhl,
Jean-Sébastien Béreau, the Arsenal Concert Hall,
the Lorraine Philharmonic Orchestra, l'Orchestre du
Gonfalone, The Hague Chamber Orchestra, Auvergne Orchestra,
Uzbek Radio and Télévision Orchestra, the Danel String
Quartet, the Gaudi String Quartet, the Clavier String
Quartet, etc.
A resident composer at Le Touquet for the season 2000,
he will start on a new " plurimusical " residence at
Colmar city and since may 1999, invited by the cultural
Association " Pour Que l'Esprit Vive ", he has been
a resident composer at La Prée Abbey where he has been
carrying on his composition works, aiming notably at
the string quartet and symphonic works.