Home John Williams, dernier des symphonistes ? International Conference, Université d’Évry Val-d’Essonne Paris-Saclay / Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines December 7-9, 2022, organized by Chloé Huvet and Grégoire Tosser (RASM-CHCSC)
A tutelary figure of film music, primarily associated with spectacle and wonder, science fiction and major cinematographic franchises, the American composer John Williams will celebrate his 90th birthday on February 8, 2022. This event offers an opportunity to look back on an abundant and multifaceted career, spanning several major periods in the history of cinema, at times of significant transformations in audiovisual technologies, from Dolby Stereo and multichannel sound in 1977 to the digital transition at the turn of the years 1990-2000. Although the seventh art occupies a major place in his career, Williams has also composed many works for the concert stage, political sphere and sporting events. An overview of his whole work attests to the mastery of numerous musical styles, in very diverse contexts. While major publications – mainly in the English language – have recently been devoted to the composer (Audissino 2021 ; Audissino 2018 ; Lehman 2021 ; Webster 2018 ; Moormann 2010), French research specifically dedicated to Williams has been developing for the past fifteen years (Huvet 2022 ; Tylski 2011 ; Cathé 2007 ; Guido 2006). This international conference aims to bring together scholars from different countries through multidisciplinary contributions on Williams’ music that will take stock of these recent developments while offering renewed perspectives. This scholarly event thus wishes to cover a broad spectrum relating to Williams’ work in all its richness and diversity, through a plurality of approaches, methods and objects; it is open to musicologists and musicians as well as to specialists in film and media studies, fine arts, English and American studies, literature, sociology or philosophy. Our keynotes speakers will be Emilio Audissino, Associate Professor in Media and Audiovisual Production at Linnæus University (Sweden), author of The Film Music of John Williams. Reviving Hollywood’s Classical Style (2021) ; and by Frank Lehman, Associate Professor of Music at Tufts University (USA), author of Hollywood Harmony: Musical Wonder and the Sound of Cinema (2018). Program Mercredi 7 décembreKeynote n°110h00 Session 1 : Marqueurs stylistiques11h15-11h45 11h45-12h15 12h15-12h45 13h00-14h30 : Pause déjeuner Session 2 : Leitmotive et grandes sagas14h30-15h00 15h00-15h30 Session 3 : Vers le concert16h00-16h30 16h30-17h00 19h00 : Soirée-concert au Théâtre de Corbeil-EssonnesPar le Star Pop Orchestra, 1er orchestre symphonique « pop » professionnel français, sous la direction de Christophe Eliot et avec le chœur des étudiants de l’Université d’Évry sous la direction de Julien Buis Please click here to book your seat for the concert. 20h30 : Buffet dînatoire, 22 rue Félicien Rops, Corbeil-Essonnes Jeudi 8 décembreSession 4 : Il y a longtemps, dans une galaxie lointaine, très lointaine...09h00-09h30 09h30-10h00 10h00-10h30 Session 5 : En dehors du cinéma11h00-11h30 11h30-12h00 12h00-12h30 13h00-14h30 : Pause déjeuner Session 6 : Beyond the Force : l’univers étendu de Star Wars14h30-15h00 15h00-15h30 15h30-16h00 Session 7 : L’enfance selon John Williams16h30-17h00 17h00-17h30 17h30-18h00 20h00 : Dîner Résidhome, 1 rue Ambroise Croizat, Évry-Courcouronnes Vendredi 9 décembreKeynote n°209h15 Session 8 : Williams et les genres cinématographiques10h30-11h00 11h00-11h30 11h30-12h00 12h30-14h00 : Pause déjeuner Session 9 : Americana14h00-14h30 14h30-15h00 15h00-15h30 Session 10 : L’héritage williamsien en France16h00-16h30 16h30-17h00 17h00-17h30 19h15 : Soirée-concert à la Cathédrale de la RésurrectionPrésentation & récital de Sylvain Morizet (arrangeur, compositeur et orchestrateur) accompagné de Cédric Laroque (violoniste), Jérémy Bourré (violoncelliste) et Stéphane Cros (saxophoniste) Please click here to book your seat for the concert. 20h30 : Cocktail, Cathédrale de la Résurrection, Cours Monseigneur Roméro, Évry-Courcouronnes. |
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