Claire Schapira

Claire Schapira (born 1946) is a French harpsichordist, pianist and composer.

Biography

Claire Schapira studied piano, harpsichord, musical theater and composition, graduating from the Schola Cantorum. She was a resident at the Villa Médicis in Rome and served an internship at Ircam. She received a grant from the French Ministry of Culture in 1985.[1] Her work has been performed internationally.[2]

Works

Selected works include:

  • La Partition de sable, opera
  • Trames
  • Vagues
  • Ténèbres
  • Fragments insolites
  • Le Ciel de mes yeux en pleurs
  • Acheminement
  • Mémorial
  • Requiem pour la paix (commissioned by Radio France)
  • Rumeur
  • Chant cousu
  • La Chaîne
  • Regards (National Orchestra of the RAI)
  • In pace
  • Interjections II (Festival estival de Paris)
  • Contes (Musica and the Salzburg Festival)
  • Hymne à la paix
  • Antigone
  • Sans craindre le vertige et le vent'
  • Chants mêlés
  • Sysiphe
  • Cassandre
  • Stabat Mater (with the support of the Beaumarchais Foundation)
  • L'Ombre de Cassandre, opera

References
  1. "Biographie". Retrieved 7 November 2010.
  2. Zaimont, Judith Lang; Overhauser, Catherine; Gottlieb, Jane (1984). The musical woman: an international perspective.


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