Thierry Miroglio ( France)
Thierry Miroglio is one of the great contemporary percussionists "
Wolfgang Mastnak, Salzburger Volkszeitung.
Thierry Miroglio pursued percussion studies with the eminent soloists
Jean-Pierre Drouet and Sylvio Gualda, with whom he obtained a first
Prize at the National Conservatory of Versailles.
He also pursued studies in musical acoustics at the Sorbonne with Iannis
Xenakis. He studied harmony and counterpoint, and received First Prize
for chamber music at the National Conservatory of Boulogne-Billancourt.
He took part in various musical research work with important ensembles
in France and abroad before starting a brilliant solo career. He has
been invited to perform in more than thirty countries where he has give
recitals and solo concerts in numerous venues and international
Festivals such as Salzbourg, Philharmonie Berlin, Besançon, San
Francisco, Munich, Schleswig Holstein, Madrid, Rome, Bourges, Milan,
Zagreb, Nice, Cologne, Paris, Hannovre, Athènes, Sao Paulo, Lisbonne,
Buenos-Aires, Genève, Bucarest, Bejing, Amsterdam, Linz
Bruchnerhaus,Rio, Darmstadt, Helsinki, Johannesbourg, Mexico, Seoul,
Boston, Shanghai ...
Thierry Miroglio is one of the very few percussionists in the world to
realize such a high level of solo activity, whcih includes a repertoire
of more than two hundred works.
He has collaborated with many different studios of electroacoustic music
research (IRCAM, GRM, Grame, etc.), and gives recitals which join music,
visual and plastic arts, electronics and other artistic forms such as
theater ( S.Monfort) and dance (J.Cl.Gallotta).
Numerous international radio and television stations have recorded his
concerts, or realized productions and recordings with his participation.
Professor of percussion at the Conservatory Darius Milhaud in Paris,
member of french section ISCM committee, director of percussion
collection at Jobert Editions (Paris),
Thierry Miroglio gives masterclasses, lectures and seminars about
contemporary percussion in many countries and founded, as Artistic
Director, the "International Meeting of Percussion".
For several years, he has worked in collaboration with such composers as
Cage, Boucourechliev, Risset, Berio, Ohana, Taira, Saariaho, Denisov,
Teruggi, Ager, Donatoni, Barriere, Giraud, Stroppa, Melchiorre,
Fr.Miroglio, Grisey, Stahmer, Shimazu, Ferneyhough, Jolas, Stahnke,
Dufourt... giving premiere performances of their pieces, many of which
are dedicated to him.
He has recorded many CD's as a soloist for various international labels,
including a CD devoted to solo works, published in the Collection
"Musique Francaise d'Aujourd'hui", a coproduction of Radio France, Sacem
and the French Ministry of Culture; and a CD devoted to the works of
Saariaho.
His recent activities have included the premiere of the last work of
Iannis Xenakis for solo percussion and ensemble, the world premiere of
the percussion concerti of Marlos Nobre in Rome, Regis Campo in France,
and recitals tours in Europe, Asia, Africa, South America and the USA .
- 10 december: Grenoble (France)
- 11 december: Bagneux (France)
- 12 january 2006: Rambouillet (France)
- 15 january 2006: Bern (Switzerland)
- 19 january : Tubingen (Germany)
- 27 february: New York (USA )
- 17 march: Milano (Italy)
- 22 April: Paris Radio France
- 25/26 Mai: Turin (Italy)
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