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Gerard Pape is an American composer born in New York City in 1955 who lives in Paris. He studied composition privately with George Cacioppo and William Albright, and electronic music with George Wilson at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor).
He has composed more than 60 works for orchestra, chamber nsemble, vocal and instrumental soloists, and electroacoustic works. His works have been played throughout the world, including by such reknown performers as Arditti String Quartet, Voxnova, Ensemble 2e2m (conducted by Paul Méfano), Nicholas Isherwood, Daniel Kientzy, Irvine Arditti, Rohan de Saram, Maurizio Barbetti, Roland Auzet, Neue Vocalsolisten, Orchestre Nationale de Lille (conducted by Jean Claude Casadesus), and the Orchestre des Flûtes Français, conducted by Pierre-Alain Biget. Recent commissions have included Art Zoyd/Orchestre Nationale de Lille and the Donaueschinger Musiktage.
Gerard Pape has directed the Centre de Création Musicale Iannis Xenakis (formerly Les Ateliers UPIC) since 1991. Pape has published a number of articles including ones appearing in the Contemporary Music Review and the Computer Music Journal. His research interests have lead him to develop new software in collaboration with composers - programmers, such as Sinan Bokesoy (STOCHOS) as well as a new version of Xenakis' UPIC system, a project that is currently taking place in collaboration with several composers - programmers.
He is currently working on two large scale projects: an opera based on Antonin Artaud's play "Les Cenci" and an oratorio based on Dante's "Purgatorio". In addition to two monographic CDs of his music on MODE Records, there is a third monographic CD of his works on the label Edition Modern. His music appears on the label Col Legno, as well. His music is published by Editions Musicales Européenes in Paris.
In addition to being a composer, Pape is also a practicing Lacanian psychoanalyst and has also published articles in this domain, as well. |
