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Biographical outline Apart from scores that have become classics such as the concertos for , trombone HENRI TOMASI was born in Marseille on August 17, 1901 of Corsican parents. These Medi- and as well as the Liturgical Fanfares there are several other masterpieces are terranean roots are a distinguishing feature of both the man and his work. Having entered worth discovering. These include the guitar concerto written in memory of Lorca, the violin the conservatory of his hometown, he brilliantly won the First Prize in , piano concerto (Ulysses' Journey) , his Symphonie du Tiers Monde, the Requiem for Peace Also and harmony. A poor childhood – which instilled in him an unshakeable sense of justice - distinctive and stimulating are his works for theatre, like Don Juan de Mañara (text by Oscar forced him to play the piano at the age of 15 in the early movie houses, but through these Vladislas from Lubicz Milosz), Atlantis (after Pierre Benoit), Sampiero Corso , the Silence of improvisations he discovered his gifts for composition. the Sea (text of Vercors) and In Praise of Madness of the nuclear age (after Erasmus). He received a scholarship from the city of Marseille and continued his studies at the The hymn to light Return to Tipasa (text by Camus) is to be remembered as one of the most “Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique” in Paris. In 1927, he won both the “Grand emblematic scores of this passionately Mediterranean musician and citizen of the world. ” and a unanimous first prize in . He immediately began a double Some publications and films career as a and a conductor. He conducted at the “Concerts du Journal” and in the first radio stations created in France. As a composer he achieved early distinction with Henri Tomasi, un idéal méditerranéen , a biography by Michel Solis (Albiana Publish- three symphonic poems: Cyrnos (1929), Tam-Tam (1931) and Vocero (1932). ing, Book Prize of the Region of Corsica, 2008) Married in 1928 to the painter Odette Camp, he had a Henri Tomasi, du lyrisme méditerranéen à la conscience révoltée , a musicological son in 1944, which put an end to his temptation to join book gathering 30 researchers and directed by Jean-Marie Jacono and Lionel Pons the Dominican monastic order. He was part of the group (Presses Universitaires de , Pierre Barbizet Prize of the Academy of Marseille, "Contemporary Music Triton” (1932) alongside, among 2015) others, Milhaud, Poulenc, Honegger and Prokofiev. After directing the greatest French and European ensembles Un compositeur au miroir de sa correspondance : Henri Tomasi , doctoral thesis in (including National Orchestra, Concertgebouw, Théâtre History of Music and Musicology by Frédéric Ducros-Malmazet, Paris-Sorbonne (2016) de Genève, Opéra de Monte-Carlo), he withdrew from Hommage à Henri Tomasi , Avant-Scène Opera n ° 109, by Alain Duault, Frederic Du- conducting around 1956, due to the deafness that dark- cros, Gabriel Vialle, Vercors. Studies on Don Juan de Mañara and L'Eloge de la Folie ened the end of his career. As such he was able com- (1988) pletely to devote himself to composition. He died in L’Atlantide , program book, Marseille Opera (Actes Sud, October 2000) Paris on January 13, 1971. Since 2001, the year of the centenary of his birth, his ashes have rested in Corsica in Sampiero Corso , program book, Marseille Opera (Actes Sud, October 2005) H. Tomasi and O. Camp at Cassis (1941) the cemetery of Penta di Casinca, the village of his father. "The lost Requiem", documentary film by Jacques Sapiéga (52') is both a report on the His work - more than one hundred and thirty opus numbers - was equally important in op- musical work of during the recording of the "Requiem for Peace" CD era and in symphonic music. His creative achievements resulted in the award in 1952 of the with the Marseille Philharmonic Orchestra and the PACA Regional Choir, and an evoca- “Grand Prix de la Musique Française” (selected by SACEM), as well as the “Grand Prix Musi- tion of the troubled life of the composer during the years 1941-1944 (COPSI produc- cal de la Ville de Paris” in 1960. tion and MEZZO, 2001 - Prize of the Rousset Festival 2003) At the beginning of the 21st century, his music, performed by the most prestigious soloists “Henri Tomasi, un idéal universel” documentary film by Paul Rognoni (52') traces the and conductors enjoys an international audience in some forty countries. double career of the composer and conductor. In addition to unpublished audio-visual T h e w o r k archives on Henri Tomasi, it includes interviews with Maurice André, Serge Baudo, The music of Henri Tomasi is that of a great lyrical composer. Songs of the world, mysticism Frédéric Ducros, Henri Dutilleux, Emmanuel Mariini, Devy Erlih, Eric Tanguy, Claude and revolt permeate his works and their various forms of expression unfold in a range that Tomasi and José Van Dam. Piano, cello and vocal works are also performed by Mi- takes in the languages of Debussy and Ravel as well as atonalism. Despite the modernity of chelle Canniccioni, Antony Leroy, Olivier Cangelosi, Christophe Peilho and Sandra his orchestration, he has never broken with the language of the heart and the senses. Mubarak (Mareterraniu Productions, F3-Corse and F3-Mediterranean, 2005)