Pierre-André Athané - 1rst string quartet - QUARTET PRIMA VISTA
Quatuor n°1 - Pierre-André ATHANÉ
III : Pour le ballet des ombres
CD :
"L'écoute du premier Quatuor de Pierre-André Athané nous affranchit du sériel et du stérile. Le poète des bords de Loire personnifie l'artiste libre, voyageant entre imaginaire, chant et architecture des rythmes..."
Jean Alain Joubert
Les Amis de la Musique Française
Prima vista's quartet is recording the 3rd mvt of pierre-André Athané 1rst string quartet in Clermont Ferrand
Pierre-André ATHANÉ was born in Angers where he studied piano at the Conservatoire before moving to Paris.
He has a keen interest in harmony, orchestration, theatre, performance - and composition, for which he is best known.
His melodic, sensitive, and sometimes nostalgic, music is often heard on stage, radio and television.
His best known soundtracks include the French television series Thalassa «Colours of the Sea », the film « Adèle and Kamel » by Vincent Monnet.
He also created the strings orchestration for the feature film « Augustin roi du kung fu» by Anne Fontaine.
He has three CDs to his name and has also written a substantial body of library music and featured on numerous joint productions. These projects have led to his music being used in advertisements, films and television productions all over the world.
In addition to his music for film and television, Pierre-André has written compositions for orchestra and chamber orchestra, which are regularly heard in concert and he has five musicals to his name, which have featured on stages in Europe and Canada.
He is a member of UCMF (the Union of composers of film music) and is on the committee of FFACE (the Federation of film and audiovisual composers of Europe.
