Exclusive Preview of new Genesis Composer: Music for John Studzinski

Wednesday, 25 July 2007 Exclusive Preview of new Genesis Composer: Music for John Studzinski

Jean-Philippe Calvin is a young French composer who is working with the Genesis Foundation to develop an opera based on Eugene Ionesco's absurdist play La Cantatrice Chauve. After the successful completion of its workshop phase via the OperaGenesis programme, Genesis will co-produce this opera in Paris for 2009. Jean-Philippe has recently composed a piece of music, Sophia, which he has dedicated to the Founder and Chairman of the Genesis Foundation, John Studzinski.

Jean-Philippe Calvin is a young French composer who is working with the Genesis Foundation to develop an opera based on Eugene Ionesco's absurdist play La Cantatrice Chauve. After the successful completion of its workshop phase via the OperaGenesis programme, Genesis will co-produce this opera in Paris for 2009. Jean-Philippe has recently composed a piece of music, Sophia, which he has dedicated to the Founder and Chairman of the Genesis Foundation, John Studzinski. The piece will be commercially recorded in the future along with other works, but meantime Jean-Philippe has arranged for us to have an exclusive performance of the work for the Genesis website. The composer is conducting the Paris Conservatory Orchestra.

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