Paul Xavier Desenne Hable (7 December 1959 – 20 May 2023) was a Venezuelan cellist and composer.Javier A. Montilla, "THE FLUTE MUSIC OF PAUL DESENNE: A COMPARATIVE ANALYTICAL STUDY OF REPRESENTATIVE WORKS", Doctoral document, University of Nebraska
Biography Desenne was born on 7 December 1959,Paul Desenne (b12/07/1959) , Classics Online in Caracas, where he was also raised. In 1977, he was a founding member of the Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra, for whom he later became the resident composer. He studied composition for 11 years in Paris.
Desenne's main instrument was the cello. He won first prize in cello performance at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris.Paul Desenne, 2010–2011 Rieman and Baketel Fellow for Music, Radcliffe Institute After returning from Paris, Desenne joined the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra and was El Sistema's resident composer.Paul Desenne
In 2002, Desenne took a sabbatical 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 PromsProm 67: Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra and Gustavo Dudamel, Royal Albert Hall by Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gustavo Dudamel.
In 2006, Desenne became a Fellow at Civitella Ranieri Center in Umbria, Italy,Fellows: Paul Desenne , Civitella Ranieri and was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2009. From 2010 to 2011 he was a Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute at Harvard University.
Desenne was resident composer with FESNOJIV (El Sistema) in Venezuela.Paul Desenne – Venezuela/USA , Quinteto Latino (QL) Latin American Chamber Music Festival He wrote a weekly column on music for the Venezuelan national newspaper El Nacional. In 2015-2016, he was Composer in Residence with the Alabama Symphony Orchestra.
On 20 May 2023, Desenne died from a heart attack in Boston, Massachusetts, at the age of 63. His widow Carmen Liliana Rojas Marulanda survives him.
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 celloRondón, 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. "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""Paul Desenne’s Sinfonía Burocratica ed’Amazzonica & Prokofiev 3 with Lang Lang and LA Phil" , Gustavo Dudamel, 7 May 2014 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)Composer Spotlight: Paul Desenne, Classical Edge, Alabama Symphony Orchestra Symphony No. 5 (2016) Guasamacabra for orchestra (2018)
References
External links Paul Desenne page.