Florentine Mulsant

Florentine Mulsant
Born	27 March 1962  Dakar
Awards	Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres (2019)
Website	http://www.florentinemulsant.com/

Florentine Mulsant (born 27 March 1962) is a French composer.

Life

Born in Dakar, Mulsant studied harmony, counterpoint, fugue, musical analysis and orchestration at the Conservatoire de Paris and the Schola Cantorum de Paris, where she won a First Prize in 1987 for composition in Allain Gaussin's class. She followed the teaching of Franco Donatoni at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana and furthered her skill with Alain Bancquart.

Selected works

• Amer, for piano, on a poem by Saint-John Perse, Op. 4
• Sonate de concert, for violin, Op. 19
• Sonate for viola and piano, Op. 20 (1999)
• Sonate for violin and piano, Op. 21 (1999/2000)
• In jubilo, quartet for clarinet, violin, cello and piano, Op. 22
• Trio for violin, cello and piano, Op. 23
• Quatuor à cordes, Op. 26 (Commission by Radio France, premiered by the Castagneri Quartet, 2004)
• Sonate for cello, Op. 27
• Quatuor avec piano, Op. 28
• Passacaille for piano, Op. 29
• Quintette à vent, Op. 30

Bibliography

• Stéphanie Carne (2007). Association Femmes et Musique, Compositrices française au XXe siècle. Sampzon: Delatour. pp. 171–175. ISBN 978-2-7521-0043-6.

External links

• Personal website
• "Florentine Mulsant, compositeur", Isabelle Perrin, on ResMusica, 18 January 2006, (read online)
• Florentine Mulsant - Dédale (YouTube)