List of works
Opera
L'autre frère: Opera for Mezzo-soprano, Baritone and Chamber Orchestra (2009/2010)
Orchestra
Study No.1 for Orchestra (2008)
Polarlicht: Study No.2 for Orchestra (2008)
Gegenschein: Study No.3 for Large Orchestra (2009)
Zodiakallicht: Study No.4 for Large Orchestra (2009)
Cyclus for Orchestra (2007)
Sinfonietta for Orchestra (2006)
Léviathan: Fanfare for Large Orchestra (2005)
Chamber Orchestra - Ensemble
Rondeau for Ensemble (2009)
Kammerkonzert III for Trombone and Chamber Orchestra (2006)
Kammerkonzert IV for Chamber Orchestra (2006, rev. 2008)
Fire for Chamber Orchestra (2005)
Chamber Music
Rondeau II for String Trio (2009)
Rondeau III for Flute and String Trio (2009)
Grids and Curve for Viola and Piano (2008)
Trio for Bass Clarinet, Baritone Saxophone and Piano (2006)
Choir
La brûlure de toutes les métamorphoses (2005, rev. 2008)
Voice
Fragment sur l'Orestie for 2 Sopranos, clarinet and 'cello. (2008)
Capitale de la Douleur: 4 Songs for Soprano and Orchestra (2005)
Information
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Latest news
Study No.1 for Orchestra gets it's Canadian premiere on May 1st, 2010 by the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by James Sommerville. More Information.
L'autre frère, Opera for mezzo-soprano, baritone and chamber orchestra. Libretto by Claudio Pinto. New opera for the Münchener Biennale 2010. Performances scheduled on May 6th, 7th & 8th, 2010. The recording of the Prelude is already available.
Rondeau II for string trio performed by the Trio Coriolis on May 16th, 2010 in Munich. Lothringer13, 20h. More Information.
Cyclus for orchestra available on DVD. FREE online video of the work performed by the National Youth Orchestra of Canada (NYOC) under conductor Alain Trudel (29th minute).
Projects
- 4 Caprices [working title] for solo accordeon commissioned by Kai Wangler
- New work for solo piano commissioned by the Siemens Arts Program
- New work for Large Ensemble
- New work for 6 percussion
Biography
Samy Moussa is a conductor and composer born in Montreal on June 1, 1984. He has collaborated regularly with a number of orchestras and ensembles, among them the Neue Vocalsolisten of Stuttgart, Germany, Finland’s Avanti! Chamber Orchestra, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, the CBC Radio Orchestra, the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, the Orchestre national de Lorraine in France, Montreal's Nouvel Ensemble Moderne and the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra.
Samy Moussa studied composition and conducting at the Université de Montréal, where his principal teacher was José Evangelista. In 2004 he studied conducting in the Czech Republic with Paolo Bellomia. Two years later he was invited to study in Finland with Magnus Lindberg and Kaija Saariaho as part of the international Summer Sounds Festival, where his music was programmed and discussed. He took part in several master classes with Peter Eötvös and Oliver Knussen among others.
After finishing his studies in Montreal, Samy Moussa settled in Germany, where he still lives. He has studied composition there with Matthias Pintscher at the prestigious Hochschule für Musik und Theater München. In 2008, the Acanthes centre in Metz, France, invited him to study with Salvatore Sciarrino, and shortly afterward the Voix Nouvelles composition course at the Fondation Royaumont, near Paris, invited him to study with Brian Ferneyhough.
His 2008-09 season has included the premiere of Gegenschein (2009) and Zodiakallicht (2009) by Kent Nagano and the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal; Polarlicht (2008) by the CBC Radio Orchestra in Vancouver under the direction of Alain Trudel; the premiere of Fragment sur l’Orestie, scène for 2 sopranos and instruments (2008) in Paris; a portrait concert dedicated entirely to him by the Munich Biennale in the series Klangspuren, where he conducted the premiere of a commission from the city of Munich called Rondeau for Ensemble (2009); the premiere of Rondeau II (2009) for string trio, a commission from the Siemens Art Program; and Cyclus for Orchestra (2007) on tour with the National Youth Orchestra of Canada.
During his 2009-10 season Samy Moussa will see the premiere of his new opera at the Munich Biennale and the first performance of his new work for solo accordeon. The season also includes several concerts with orchestras in Canada and Europe as composer and/or conductor.
07.2010
Older news
New opera completed: L'autre frère (2009/2010). The recording of the Prelude is already available.
FREE online video of Cyclus for orchestra performed by the National Youth Orchestra of Canada (NYOC) under conductor Alain Trudel (29th minute). The NYOC will tour with the same work in several Canadian cities.
Polarlicht for orchestra programmed by Hamilton's What Next? Festival Performance by the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra under James Sommerville on January 23th, 2010.
Kent Nagano conducts the première of Études Nos.3 & 4 for Large Orchestra with the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal on May 26th & 28th, 2009. Both works are commissions from the OSM.
Rondeau II for string trio commissioned by the Siemens Art Program will be premièred on May 12th, 2009.
Portrait concert in the Klangspuren concert series in Munich on February 11th, 2009. Samy Moussa will conduct music by Salvatore Sciarrino and Gérard Grisey. Première of Rondeau for Ensemble commissioned by the City of Munich.