Gerard Pape
Gerard Pape was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1955. He holds degrees in psychology and studied composition privately with David Winkler, George Cacioppo and William Albright, and electronic music with George Wilson. From 1991 to 2008 he directed Les Ateliers UPIC in Paris, the computer music studio founded by Iannis Xenakis in 1985 and renamed CCMIX in 2000. He has written more than 70 works for orchestra, chamber ensembles and electronics, and later founded CLSI, a laptop orchestra in Paris. His Mode releases include Ascension to Purgatory and Electroacoustic Chamber Works.
Le Purgatoire
"Purgatory is part of a large cycle called Sunset Time which consists of seven days of ritual music. Rituality is one of Pape’s stylistic traits that is often expressed with imaginative and fantastic sound revelations, with unpredictable sound sequen…
Héliophonie
Two first recordings of electroacoustic works by Gerard Pape for 8-channel tape: Vers la lumière II, dedicated to Ana-Maria Avram, and Héliophonie, written for the solar eclipse of 29 March 2006. Binaural release, stereo compatible.
Electroacoustic Chamber Works
Five chamber works with tape and electronics composed by Gerard Pape between 1993 and 1997, performed by soprano Janet Pape, the Arditti Quartet, bassist Nicholas Isherwood, Vox Nova, saxophonist Daniel Kientzy and Ensemble 2e2m.
Ascension to Purgatory
Recent works by Gerard Pape, 1998-2004, for voices, percussion, computer, amplified strings and ensemble, with Roland Auzet, Rohan de Saram, Irvine Arditti and others, on his third monographic CD for Mode.