Franck Bedrossian

Franck Bedrossian
Period: 2006-2008
Profession: Composer Franck Bedrossian was born in Paris on February 3, 1971. After studying composition, orchestration and analysis at the CNR de Paris, he studied composition with Allain Gaussin and entered the Conservatoire Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (class of Gérard Grisey, then Marco Stroppa), where he was unanimously awarded a first prize in Analysis and the Diplôme de Formation Supérieure de Composition. In 2002/03, he attended the Cursus de Composition et d’Informatique Musicale at IRCAM, where he was taught by Philippe Leroux and Philippe Manoury. At the same time, he completed his training with Helmut Lachenmann (Centre Acanthes 1999, Internationale Ensemble Modern Akademie 2004). His works have been performed in France and abroad by ensembles such as l’Itinéraire, 2e2m, Ictus, Court-Circuit, Cairn, l’Ensemble Modern, Alternance, l’Ensemble Intercontemporain, l’Orchestre National de Lyon, as part of the Agora, Résonances, Manca, RTÉ Living Music Festival, l’Itinéraire de nuit and Ars Musica festivals. In 2001, he received a grant from the Meyer Foundation and the Fondation Bleustein-Blanchet pour la Vocation, and in 2004, the Prix Hervé Dugardin from Sacem. The Institut de France (Académie des Beaux-Arts) awarded him the Prix Pierre Cardin for Musical Composition in 2005. Franck Bedrossian will be a resident at the Villa Médicis for two years from April 2006. His works are published by Éditions Billaudot.