Paul Clift

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Paul Clift is an Australian composer. His music often attempts to make abstract associations with a variety of concepts such as linguistics, modernist literature & painting, cognitive phenomena, and extra-European musical traditions. His compositional outlook is marked by formative studies with George Benjamin, Jean-Luc Hervé, Fred Lerdahl, Philippe Leroux, Fabien Lévy, Tristan Murail & Georg Friedrich Haas. His works have been featured in festivals such as Agora, MATA & ISCM, and he has participated in festivals & master-classes including Royaumont Voix Nouvelles, Acanthes, Domaine Forget, IMPULS, June in Buffalo, MATRIX, Internationale Sommerakademie der MDW & Darmstadt Ferienkursen. 
 
Paul obtained a Doctorate of Musical Arts from Columbia University, New York, a Masters of Music at King's College, London and also completed the IRCAM Cursus de composition et d'informatique musicale, culminating in the premiere of With my limbs in the dark, composed in collaboration with choreographer Alban Richard & Ensemble l'Instant Donné. In 2013, Le Détour Permet le Retour for string quartet, video & live-electronics was premiered by JACK. 
 
In addition to composing, Paul is active as a researcher; he has undertaken research-residencies notably at the Paul Sacher Foundation (2014), Basel and at IRCAM (2014-15). 
 
Paul is the Artistic-Director of neuverBand, a new-music chamber ensemble based in Basel. Paul's music is published online at www.babelscores.com. For more information, visit www.paulclift.net 
Piezas ordenadas por año. Los trabajos mas recientes aparecen primero

Instrumento y Electrónica

Automation of the personalization process for two oboes, video & electronics (2023)
Astatine for saxophone, accordion, cello & real-time electronics (stereo- or quadro- phonic) (2019)
Shadow Art II for flute, voice and electronics (2018)

Ensamble de Cámara (5 - 9 instrumentos)

Collective imaginary for flute, clarinet, trombone, percussion, accordion, violin, viola, cello, electronics & video (2022)
Tombeau de Clément Ader for chamber ensemble & live-electronics (2020)
Qui dove mezzo son... for flute solo & chamber ensemble (2014)
On the Celestial Hierarchy for flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, viola & cello (2014)
Colours are like memories of other colours for string octet with sound-file playback (2014)

Grupo de Cámara ( 2 - 4 instrumentos )

The grammar of shadows for electric guitar, piano, harp & cello (2021)
The past is a foreign country, they do things differently there for alto flute, alto saxophone & piano (2019)
RGBA for saxophone quartet (2019)
V Prostranem Morju Sanj Hommage to Jakob Jež for flute, violin, piano & one additional performer (2018)
The sea isn't rising, the ground is sinking for Soprano, saxophone, piano, percussion & electronics (2017)
Elan Vital for flute, clarinet, saxophone & piano (2017)
Duet/anagram for two tenor saxophones and electronics (2015)
Third Station, 1960 for bass flute, accordion & trombone (2014)
Le détour permet le retour Five movements for string quartet, live-electronics & video (2012)
How do you express X for flute, viola & harp (2011)

Música Orquestal

La Géométrie d'après Descartes pour grand orchestre (2020)

Cuarteto de Saxofones

RGBA for saxophone quartet (2019)

Ensamble (Instrumentos o Voces) y Electrónica en Tiempo Real

Astatine for saxophone, accordion, cello & real-time electronics (stereo- or quadro- phonic) (2019)
Shadow Art II for flute, voice and electronics (2018)

Instrumento Solo

Radotements avec citation for solo trombone (2016)
Presence absence degree for accordion and electronics (2015)
Feuille Volante for solo alto flute (2012)
1950C for restrung classical guitar (2011)
Action Painting for solo piano (2006)

Ensamble Mixto

On the Celestial Hierarchy for flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, viola & cello (2014)

Cuarteto de Cuerdas

Le détour permet le retour Five movements for string quartet, live-electronics & video (2012)

Ensamble (10 - 19 instrumentos)

Infinite Regress for ten musicians (2011)
1950C for restrung classical guitar (2011)
Action Painting for solo piano (2006)
Astatine for saxophone, accordion, cello & real-time electronics (stereo- or quadro- phonic) (2019)
Automation of the personalization process for two oboes, video & electronics (2023)
Collective imaginary for flute, clarinet, trombone, percussion, accordion, violin, viola, cello, electronics & video (2022)
Colours are like memories of other colours for string octet with sound-file playback (2014)
Duet/anagram for two tenor saxophones and electronics (2015)
Elan Vital for flute, clarinet, saxophone & piano (2017)
Feuille Volante for solo alto flute (2012)
How do you express X for flute, viola & harp (2011)
Infinite Regress for ten musicians (2011)
La Géométrie d'après Descartes pour grand orchestre (2020)
Le détour permet le retour Five movements for string quartet, live-electronics & video (2012)
On the Celestial Hierarchy for flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, viola & cello (2014)
Presence absence degree for accordion and electronics (2015)
Qui dove mezzo son... for flute solo & chamber ensemble (2014)
Radotements avec citation for solo trombone (2016)
RGBA for saxophone quartet (2019)
Shadow Art II for flute, voice and electronics (2018)
The grammar of shadows for electric guitar, piano, harp & cello (2021)
The past is a foreign country, they do things differently there for alto flute, alto saxophone & piano (2019)
The sea isn't rising, the ground is sinking for Soprano, saxophone, piano, percussion & electronics (2017)
Third Station, 1960 for bass flute, accordion & trombone (2014)
Tombeau de Clément Ader for chamber ensemble & live-electronics (2020)
V Prostranem Morju Sanj Hommage to Jakob Jež for flute, violin, piano & one additional performer (2018)