Nicholas McRoberts

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Nicholas McRoberts, Sofia 2022
Nicholas McRoberts, Sofia 2022

Nicholas Owen McRoberts (born 16 January 1977) is an Australian composer and conductor[1][2][3] of classical music. He studied music in Australia,[4] before moving to Paris, France where he lives today.

His Symphony No. 1 “From the Old World” was premiered by the Sofia Philharmonic on the 27th of August 2022 with the composer conducting.[5][6]

His "Adagio for Strings" was commissioned for the Nürtinger Chamber Orchestra and first performed on November 14, 2021, conducted by Friederike Kienle.[7] It was written during the Covid lockdowns and recorded with the Janaček Philharmonic in March 2021.[8] The French première was given by the Ensemble Orchestral de Biarritz, conducted by Yves Bouillier in July 2022.[9][10][11][12]

In September 2019 he was named conductor of the Orchestre Démos du Grand Verdun [13][14][15] with the Philharmonie de Paris.[16][17][18][19][20] In 2021, the Philharmonie commissioned a new work, "Ozeano", which will be premiered at La Cité de la Musique in June 2023.[21][22]

In 2018 he was named artistic director of Opéra Montmartre in Paris.[23]

In 2017 he collaborated with the French choreographer Nawel Oulad[24] on a ballet Les Tisseuses de Silence and a duo Femme au Piano for the Semaine de la Danse in Paris[25] which were performed in the Festival Les Aliennes[26] and the Festival Appel de la Lune.[27]

His Violin Concerto was recorded in 2017 with the Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra.

His operas include "Lyon" (2016) premiered by the Ruse State Opera[28] in July 2016,[29][30] and "Nera" (2017) adapted from the play "Devojka Modre Kose"[31] (The Girl with the Midnight Blue Hair) written by the Serbian playwright Vida Ognjenović.

His composition "Festival Fanfare"[32] was the recipient of the 2002 OpenBook Award for Sacred Music.

His works are published by Halcyon Publications in Paris.

Biography[edit]

Nicholas McRoberts was born in Melbourne in 1977 and grew up in Ballarat. He studied piano with Anna Jurkewicz and Bruce Keck while a student at Ballarat and Clarendon College.[33][34] He went on to study piano and composition at the Melbourne Conservatorium, the Victorian College of the Arts and the Australian National Academy of Music.[35] While tutoring at Trinity College, Melbourne, he founded the Trinity College Chamber Orchestra.[36] He studied conducting with Robert Rosen,[37] Jorma Panula[38] and Dejan Savić.[39] After moving to France, he continued studies at the Conservatoire de Paris (CNSMDP) under János Fürst and at the Ecole Normale (Conservatoire Cortot).

List of works[edit]

Operas[edit]

  • Merlin (2020-)
  • Nera (2017–2019)
  • Lyon (1996–2016)

Orchestral[edit]

  • Symphony No.2 in G minor (2021-)
  • Symphony No.1 in B minor (1999-2020)
  • Violin Concerto (2016)
  • The Traveller Orchestral Suite (1995-)

Chamber[edit]

  • Adagio for Strings (2020-2021)
  • Diesque (1998)

Ballet[edit]

  • Même les rêves ont peur de mourir (2018)
  • Les Tisseuses de Silence (2017)
  • A Fairy Tale Begins (1998-)

Piano[edit]

  • Cinq Nocturnes (2020)
  • 8 Préludes (2000)
  • Five Nocturnes (1998)
  • Serenade (2000)

Vocal[edit]

  • Wild Nights - Dickinson Cycle (2018)
  • Do Not Go Gentle (2002)
  • French Songs (1995)
  • Valediction Forbidding Mourning (1995)
  • Keats Cycle (1993-2006)

Organ[edit]

  • Festival Fanfare (1997)

References[edit]

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  3. ^ "Truelinked – Truelinked". TrueLinked. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  4. ^ CUNNINGHAM, MELISSA (29 April 2015). "Music in his soul". The Courier. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  5. ^ "Nicholas McRoberts". Sofia Philharmonic. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  6. ^ 1st Symphony [FIRST LOOK], retrieved 21 October 2022
  7. ^ "Nürtinger Kammerorchester spielte zum Volkstrauertag- NÜRTINGER ZEITUNG". www.ntz.de. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  8. ^ Channel, The Violin (25 January 2022). "NEW MUSIC TUESDAY | Composer Nicholas McRoberts' New "Adagio for Strings"". The Violin Channel. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  9. ^ "Ensemble Orchestral de Biarritz - Concert Symphonique Ambiance Slave". www.biarritz.fr (in French). Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  10. ^ "Gare du Midi : embarquement pour Prague avec l'Ensemble Orchestral de Biarritz". BasKulture. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  11. ^ Lucq, Par Bertrand. "Les Moments musicaux de Chalosse font étape à Mugron, samedi 2 juillet". SudOuest.fr (in French). Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  12. ^ Gourin, Raphaëlle (27 June 2022). "Biarritz: un ultime concert-événement pour l'EOB le 3 juillet" (in French). ISSN 1760-6454. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  13. ^ "Les professionnels" (in French). Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  14. ^ "Concert de l'Orchestre DÉMOS Grand Verdun" (in French). Retrieved 16 June 2022.
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  18. ^ "Verdun. Un chef d'orchestre australien dirige des enfants verdunois". www.estrepublicain.fr (in French). Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  19. ^ McRoberts, Nicholas; Verdun, Orchestre Démos Grand; Verdun, Communauté d'Agglomération du Grand; Verdun, Conservatoire de Musique et de Danse du Grand (2020), 2020-2021 : Grand Verdun, retrieved 16 June 2022
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  22. ^ "Concerts de fin d'année des orchestres Démos | Philharmonie de Paris". philharmoniedeparis.fr (in French). 24 June 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  23. ^ "Opéra Montmartre". operamontmartre.fr. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  24. ^ "Compagnie Nawel Oulad". Compagnie Nawel Oulad. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  25. ^ "Semaine de la danse". Fédération de Paris de la Ligue de l'enseignement (in French). Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  26. ^ "Home – Festival Les Aliennes 2017". Festival Les Aliennes 2017 (in French). Archived from the original on 20 September 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  27. ^ "Festival L'Appel de la Lune". Festival L'Appel de la Lune. Retrieved 21 September 2017.[permanent dead link]
  28. ^ "Държавна Опера Русе". ruseopera.com. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  29. ^ ""LYON" opera by Nicholas McRoberts". ruseopera.com. Archived from the original on 21 September 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  30. ^ "Lyon – Nicholas McRoberts". free-spirit-city.eu. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  31. ^ Vučković, Igor. "Vida Ognjenović | Arhipelag". www.arhipelag.rs. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  32. ^ "Catalogue of Australian Organ Composition 1866–2002" (PDF). Organ Historical Trust of Australia.
  33. ^ "Ballarat Clarendon College". clarendon.vic.edu.au. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  34. ^ pubhtml5.com. "Ringaroo December 2016". Pubhtml5. Retrieved 26 April 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  35. ^ Ltd, August Pty. "1998 | Australian National Academy of Music". ANAM. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  36. ^ "Clare Pullar – Conversations with the Next Generation, Trinity Today (Page16)" (PDF). Trinity College, Melbourne University.
  37. ^ alrunen (18 September 2015), 1965-xi-27 The Australian ballet: Raymonda reel 109.1 (AUDIO ONLY)., retrieved 21 September 2017
  38. ^ s.r.o., code: Moravio. "Dirigentské kurzy | Janáčkova filharmonie Ostrava". www.jfo.cz. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  39. ^ "Dejan Savić". operabase.ch. Retrieved 21 September 2017.

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