Vincent David - Soprano Saxophone

The Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Conducted by Garry Walker

Vincent David (FRANCE) was born in 1974 in Paris and graduated from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris in 1996 with a first prize with unanimity, classe of Claude Delangle. He finished his studies in perfectionnement where he distinguish himself in international competition: Adolphe Sax in Dinant 1994, International Competition of musical execution of Genève 1995 and International Competition Jean-Marie Londeix of Bordeaux 1996.

Since the beginning of his career he has played with the famous Ensemble Intercontemporain conducted by Pierre Boulez, David Robertson, Jonathan Nott, Peter Eotvös and others.

He collaborated with Pierre Boulez creating a new version for saxophone of "Dialogue de l'ombre double" in Paris in 2001. Bruno Mantovani composed a concerto for him for saxophone solo and an ensemble "troisième round". He performed it with Ensemble Intercontemporain and this piece is recorded by AEON production with the ensemble TM+.

Tzigane - Maurice Ravel
Tzigane is a rhapsodic composition by the French composer Maurice Ravel. It was commissioned by and dedicated to Hungarian violinist Jelly d'Arányi, great-niece of the influential violin virtuoso Joseph Joachim. The original instrumentation was for violin and piano (with optional luthéal attachment). The first performance took place in London on April 26, 1924 with the dedicatee on violin and with Henri Gil-Marchex at the piano (with luthéal). Ravel soon orchestrated the composition, and this version was first performed on November 30, 1924 in Paris with the Concerts Colonne under the direction of Gabriel Pierné. The first performance of the version with piano was by Robert Soetens in 1925. The name of the piece is derived from the generic European term for 'gypsy' (in French: gitan, tsigane or tzigane rather than the Hungarian cigány) although it does not use any authentic Gypsy melodies. Note that in Ravel's days in Paris gypsy/gitan/tsigane/tzigane did not so much refer to the Roma (Gypsy) people in any strict sense: the 'gypsy' style of the work was rather a kind of popular musical exoticism.

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