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Paul Desenne (7 December 1959 – 20 May 2023) was a Venezuelan cellist and composer, whose composition style fused elements from native Latin American and European music.

Early life

Desenne was born on 7 December 1959, in Caracas, where he was also raised. He played in the Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra. He went on to study composition for 11 years in Paris.

Performance

Desenne's main instrument is the cello. He won first prize in cello performance at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris.

Composition

In 2002 Desenne took a break from teaching and performance to concentrate on composition. Desenne's works have been performed in major venues around the world, including Alice Tully Hall at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and Joan and Sanford I. Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. On 4 September 2016 Desenne's work Hipnosis mariposa was premiered at The BBC Proms by Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gustavo Dudamel.

Desenne's "unique compositional style" exhibits a "musical hybridization" of influences from European classical music and indigenous Latin American traditions. "His works, though easily classified as art music, nevertheless gain much of their emotional and referential meaning through this rich borrowing."

Fellowships and positions

In 2006 Desenne became a Fellow at Civitella Ranieri Center in Umbria, Italy, and was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2009. From 2010 to 2011 he was a Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University.

Desenne was resident composer with FESNOJIV (El Sistema) in Venezuela. He wrote a weekly column on music for the Venezuelan national newspaper El Nacional. As of 2016 he was Composer in Residence with the Alabama Symphony Orchestra.

Death

On 20 May 2023, Desenne died from a heart attack in Boston, Massachusetts, at the age of 63.

Works

Desenne wrote instrumental music for cello, flute, and combinations of instruments, and wrote an opera based on the story of coffee cultivation. His works include:

• Gurrufío for flute orchestra (1997)
• Solo Flute Sonata (2001)
• "Jaguar Songs" (2002), a sonata for solo cello
• "The Two Seasons of the Caribbean Tropics" (2003), a violin concerto
• Guasa Macabra for flute and clarinet (2003)
• Sinfonía Burocratica ed’Amazzonica (2004), a "tropical symphony in five movements"
• Palenkumbé (2007), an overture incorporating Latin rhythms and folk songs
• Gran Cacelorazo (2010), a piece for piano, percussion, and strings
• La Revoltosa, two chamber works for clarinet
• Hipnosis Mariposa (2014)
• "Life of Benjamin: a Monkey Symphony" (2015)
• Symphony No. 5 (2016)
• Guasamacabra for orchestra (2018)

References

1. Paul Desenne (b12/07/1959) Archived 8 May 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Classics Online
2. ^ Michael Huebner, "ASO’s Classical Edge: Composer Paul Desenne on Thursday", ArtsBham, 29 February 2016
3. ^ History of Coffee Inspires Radcliffe Fellow’s Opera", Harvard Gazette, 15 July 2011
4. ^ Paul Desenne, 2010–2011 Rieman and Baketel Fellow for Music, Radcliffe Institute
5. "The BBC Proms 2016: few surprises, but a solid programme". Guardian. London.
6. Prom 67: Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra and Gustavo Dudamel, Royal Albert Hall
7. ^ Javier A. Montilla, "THE FLUTE MUSIC OF PAUL DESENNE: A COMPARATIVE ANALYTICAL STUDY OF REPRESENTATIVE WORKS", Doctoral document, University of Nebraska
8. ^ Rondón, Tulio Jose. "Cultural hybridization in the music of Paul Desenne: An integration of Latin American folk, pop and indigenous music with Western classical traditions". University of Arizona Campus Repository, 2005.
9. Fellows: Paul Desenne, Civitella Ranieri
10. Paul Desenne – Venezuela/USA, Quinteto Latino (QL) Latin American Chamber Music Festival
11. "Falleció el músico y compositor venezolano Paul Desenne" [Venezuelan musician and composer Paul Desenne passed away]. El Nacional (in Spanish). 21 May 2023.
12. "Paul Desenne’s Sinfonía Burocratica ed’Amazzonica & Prokofiev 3 with Lang Lang and LA Phil", Gustavo Dudamel, 7 May 2014
13. Hall, George (5 September 2016). "Simón Bolívar SO/Dudamel review – Venezuela's finest on world-class form". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 May 2023. They began with a work by Venezuelan composer and founding member of the orchestra, Paul Desenne. His Hipnosis Mariposa is a lightweight trifle written in memory of one of Venezuela's popular composers, Simón Díaz, who died in 2014 and whose song (A Cow Named Butterfly) forms the thematic basis of a piece that demonstrated the ensemble's delicacy and fluent unanimity.
14. Orga, Ateş (4 September 2016). "Prom 67: Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra/Gustavo Dudamel – Desenne's Hipnosis mariposa, Villa-Lobos's Bachianas brasileiras No.2, Ravel's Daphnis et Chloé and La valse". www.classicalsource.com. Retrieved 27 May 2023. Paul Desenne's Hipnosis mariposa (2014) is described by its composer as an "orchestral reverie" and a "symphonic tableau"....
15. Composer Spotlight: Paul Desenne, Classical Edge, Alabama Symphony Orchestra
16. Rabold, Stephan (26 August 2023). "Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela: Gustavo Dudamel conducts Mahler". Edinburgh International Festival. Retrieved 27 May 2023. The programme opens with Venezuelan cellist and composer Paul Desenne's Guasamacabra, described by the composer as 'a fresh, innocent tune quickly evolving into a much more complicated and even dramatic affair'. ...

External links

• Paul Desenne page.
• Paul Desenne discography at Discogs
• Paul Desenne at IMDb

• 1959 births
• 2023 deaths
• 21st-century classical composers
• Venezuelan composers
• Cellists
• 21st-century cellists
• Musicians from Caracas
• Deaths from heart disease