Profile

Philippe Bodin is a French composer whose music, drawing on poetry, literature, Oulipian wordplay, 1960s jazz, African rhythms, and Renaissance canonic techniques, aims to transcend geographic and stylistic boundaries. His works, prize-winning in international competitions from Los Angeles to Moscow, have been performed by ensembles including the American Composers Orchestra, the Las Vegas Festival Orchestra, St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble, Left Coast Chamber Ensemble, Verge, Picosa, Xtet, the NZ Trio, and the Chamber Orchestra Kremlin. He holds a D.M.A. from Yale University and has taught composition at Yale, Lawrence, and Illinois Wesleyan universities.

Press

• "An original composer with something important to say"
  Alan Rich · LA Weekly
• "An explosion of brash timbres and insistent rhythms that gradually melted into softer textures"
  Allan Kozinn · The New York Times
• "Could have served as a climax all on its own... serially complex, stirring, never trivial"
  Frits van der Waa · De Volkskrant, NL
• "One hopes to hear more from Philippe Bodin, and soon"
  Hewell Tircuit · San Francisco Classical Voice
• "A French, fluid clarity... liquids freeze... then boil"
  Lars Hedblad · Svenska Dagbladet, Sweden

Competitions & Call for scores

• Black Dot Publishing call for scores, UK, 2019 ․ peal
• Vocalespoo Competition — 1st Prize, Espoo, Finland, 2018 Flores Artificii
• Shipley Arts Festival Composition Competition — Recital Music Award, UK, 2011 · Swoon (from Stringware)
• M.B. Angelo-Comneno Competition — 1st Prize, Rome, Italy, 2008 · vers le bleu - vers le rouge
• Utah Arts Festival Chamber Ensemble Commission — Winner, 2006 · peal
• Asia Pacific Festival call for scores, NZ, 2006 ․ peal
• Homage to Mozart Competition — 1st Prize, Moscow, Russia, 2006 ․ swirl (from Poétique des fluides)
• Barlow Prize — Honorable Mention, 2006 ․ Talaria
• Lutosławski International Competition — 2nd Prize, Warsaw, Poland, 2005 ․ vers le bleu - vers le rouge
• Music of Changes Int'l Competition — Winner, 2001 · peal

Recordings — CD

• Inner Banners — Albany Records
• Talaria — Mark Records
• peal — Lost Dog New Music Ensemble
• Mynah Games — Lost Dog New Music Ensemble

Radio

• Missa Brevissima — Alla Breve