Jean-Baptiste Robin


Jean-Baptiste Robin is a French composer and organist.

Biography

Robin studied composition and organ at the Conservatoire de Paris, receiving five first prizes. He continued composition studies with George Benjamin and organ studies with Louis Robilliard, Odile Bailleux, and Marie-Claire Alain. He was named organist at the Poitiers Cathedral in 2000 and "local" organist for the Chapel of Versailles. He currently teaches organ and composition at the conservatoire in Versailles.
Robin is particularly known for performances of French Baroque organ music, such as his recordings of the complete organ works of Louis Marchand and François Couperin, and also for his interpretations of the works of Jehan Alain and of Felix Mendelssohn. He has also recorded a recital on the EM Skinner Organ at Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal and he is considered as one of the best performer for American Symphonic Organs. He was distinguished artist in residence in Yale University and guest professor in Haarlem International Festival.
Robin has had compositions commissioned by Pierre Boulez and the Ensemble InterContemporain, the Orchestre National de Lyon, the Philharmonia Orchestra, and Radio France among many others. In 2010, Naxos Records released a CD of Robin playing his own organ works.

Compositions

Orchestra

Mechanic Fantasy, organ, string orchestra and timpani , 10 min. Commissioned by the Orchestre Régional de Basse Normandie
Chant de l'âme, string orchestra and C trumpet , 6'30 min.
Crop Circles, orchestra , 10 min. Commissioned by Radio France for the Orchestre National de France
Distances, chamber orchestra , 11 min. Commissioned by the Ensemble InterContemporain
Paysages parallèles, orchestra, 10'30 min.
Toccata, orchestra. Commissioned by the Orchestre National de Lyon for "les journée de la composition."

Organ

Regard vers Agartha, 4 hands organ, 6'30 min
Cinq versets sur le Veni Creator, organ, 17 min. Commissioned by Société de la cathédrale de Reims and les Amis de la basilique Saint-Rémi'
Récits héroïques, trumpet and organ, 12'30 min, Commissioned by Urrugne Association of Organ.
Trois Solos, baroque organ , 11 min. Commissioned by the Association François-Henri Clicquot
Cercles réfléchissants, organ,, 31'30 min. Commissioned by the University of Kansas, the Fondation Marcelle et Robert de Lacour, and les amis de l'orgue de Nontron
Trois éléments d'un songe, organ , 10'30 min.
Regard vers l'Aïr'', organ , 10'30 min.

Other

Sur un sommet , for wind trio, 13 min.
Citadelle , for piano and cello, 7'30 min.
Chant de l'âme, for piano and C Trumpet, 6'30 min.
Tick-Tock, for piano and violin, 4 min.
Trois nuits, for 2 cellos, 12 min.
Récits Héroïques , for trumpet and organ, 12'30 min.
L'enfant, le cercle et le vent, piano solo, 5 min.
Labyrinthe circulaire, for 8 clarinets, 9 min.
Impulsion, two pianos and percussion, 10 min.
Souffle de l'ombre, two pianos and percussion, 7 min.
Reflected Faces, flute, clarinet, harp, and string quartet
Emergences, children's choir and organ, 27 min. Commissioned by Radio France for la Maîtrise de RF.
Falaises miroir de lune, piano solo , 7 min.
Poèmes de l'aube et de la nuit, mezzo-soprano and piano, 6'30 min.
Hommage à Rilke, ensemble and soprano
Etoile intérieure, piano and organ