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LYSIGHT Michel (°1958)

Michel Lysight is a Belgo-Canadian composer and conductor born in 1958. He studied music at the Schaerbeek Academy and in 1981 won the Government Medal for Piano. After two years studying history of art at the "Université Libre de Bruxelles" (1976-1978), he entered the "Conservatoire Royal de Musique de Bruxelles" where he won first prizes in the history of music, methods of solfeggio, educational psychology, harmony, counterpoint, the fugue and bassoon. He also holds a graduate diploma in solfeggio and chamber music. He studied conducting with René Defossez and Robert Janssens and won the first prize with distinction in the class in 1997. He was awarded his first prize for a composition in 1989 at the "Conservatoire Royal de Musique de Mons" in Paul-Baudoin Michel's class. In the same year the "Crédit Commercial de Belgique - Gemeentekrediet" commissioned him to compose the obligatory piece for woodwinds, "Soleil Bleu" (Blue Sun) for its annual competition. "Quatrain" for wind quartet won the 1990 Irène Fuérison Prize of the "Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts de Belgique". He was awarded the Silver Medal with Mention of the "Académie Internationale de Lutèce" (Paris) in 1992 in its international competition for composers. The Union of Belgian Composers gave him the "Trophée Fuga 1997" for his activities in favor of the national repertoire. Michel Lysight is a member of Sabam, the Union of Belgian Composers and the "Centre Belge de Documentation Musicale" (CeBeDeM). The discovery of such composers as Steve Reich, Arvo Pärt and Henrik Mikolaj Gorecki, marked a turning point in his musical development and made him one of the major personalities in New Consonant Music in Belgium. The catalogue of his works lists about thirty works. Most have been recorded on a number of CDs. In 1991 he founded the Michel Lysight Ensemble, a group whose members vary, which is concerned with disseminating and recording his music. He also conducts the contemporary music ensemble, "Nouvelles Consonances". Michel Lysight is a professor at the "Conservatoire Royal de Musique de Bruxelles" and at Schaerbeek and Bruxelles-Ville Academies. He also teaches writing music at the International Summer Academy of Belgium.

Discography on Cypres

Michel Lysight | Labyrinthes (Ref.: CYP4602)
ENSEMBLE NOUVELLES CONSONANCES - Amaryllis Grégoire soprano - Denis-Pierre Gustin flute - Olivier Habran oboe - Ronald Van Spaendonck clarinet - Jean-Pierre Dassonville horn - Pierre Olivier Martens bassoon - Zygmunt Marek Kowalski violin - Joseph Grau recorder - Leonardo Anglani piano - Michel Lysight conductor (CD - 1998)
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