Madeleine Isaksson (born 1956) is a Swedish/French composer.
Biography
Madeleine Isaksson studied at the Royal Academy of Music in
Stockholm from 1979 to 1987. She received a diploma as a piano and ensemble teacher after studying under
Gunnar Hallhagen, and then studied composition under teachers including
Gunnar Bucht and
Sven-David Sandström (composition),
Pär Lindgren (electroacoustic music),
Arne Mellnäs (instrumentation), and
Bo Wallner (music theory and analysis). In 1987 she lived in
Amsterdam for a year of studies with the composer
Louis Andriessen. Meetings with composers at different composition courses in Europe,
Brian Ferneyhough,
Iannis Xenakis,
Morton Feldman and
Emmanuel Nunes, have all contributed to Isaksson’s development as a composer. In the early 1990s, she moved to
France, where she lives and works near
Paris.[1][2]
Works
Isaksson has composed for solo, duo, trio, quartet, ensemble, orchestra and vocal music.[3]
Instrumental
Chaconne for piano (1982)
7 formade frön ("7 Formed Seeds") for piano (1984)
Tång ("Seaweed") for english horn, basson, bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet, harp, harpsichord, cello and double bass (1984)
Capriola for baritone saxophone and trombone (1989)
Stråkvåg ("String Wave") for string quartet (1990)
Tjärnöga – Ö blå ("The Eye of the Lake – Blue Island") for horn solo (1990)
färde for violin and open grand piano (1991)
Som om ("As If") for alto flute, bass clarinet, viola, cello, double bass and percussion (1991)
Tillstånd - Avstånd ("States – Distances") for 16 musicians (1992)
inné ("innate") for flute, oboe, saxophone (clarinet), horn, bassoon, violin, viola, cello and double bass (1993)
Fästen o fall ("Handholds and downfalls") for chamber orchestra (double wind quintet, bass clarinet and 17 strings) (1995–96)
"Taktavla", text by Katarina Frostenson (soprano, viola, cello)
Blad över blad / Feuille sur feuille for soprano, mezzo and cello with text by the composer (2000)
Ciels ("Skies") for six solo voices (soprano, mezzo, alto, tenor, baritone, bass) with text by
Gérard Haller (2009–10)
Dans l'air (from Ciels) for 2 sopranos and mezzo-soprano with text from Météoriques by Gérard Haller (2010)
Terre de l'absence ("Earth of Absence") for six soloist voices: soprano, mezzo-soprano, alt, tenor, baritone and bass with text by
Adonis in French translation by
Anne Wade Minkowski (2012)
Hemligheten ("The Secret") for countertenor, recorder, baroque violin, viol and theorbo, text by
Tomas Tranströmer (2013)
Várije ("Towards the Mountains") for children's opera choir (with two soprano soloists) and children's yoik choir (2013)