Ohana, Maurice

Born into a family of Andalusian Sephardic Jews , who had British citizenship. Formed under the influence of the Spanish folk cante jondo and folk improvisations by Berber musicians of Morocco . He studied music in Barcelona ( 1927 - 1931 ), then in Paris . During the Second World War, he served in the British army in North Africa, settled in Rome in 1944 , became close to composer Alfredo Casella , and began to compose. From 1946 he lived and worked in Paris, organized the group "Zodiac".

Rejecting the dogma and excessive intellectualism of the serial technology (first of all, Pierre Boulez ), Ohan, drawing closer to Stravinsky in this, sought a synthesis of the Mediterranean archaic with modern developments in the field of micro-intervals, electro-acoustics, etc. The voice was of particular importance.

Ohana is the winner of the Prize Italy ( 1969 ), the National Music Prize of France ( 1975 ), the Arthur Onegger Prize ( 1982 ), the Paris Music Prize ( 1983 ), the Ravel Prize ( 1985 ). In 1994 , at the first award of the Victoire de la Múzic Prize, separately in the field of academic music, Oana's Works for the Ten-String Guitar were recognized as the best composition of the year. Since 1990 - President of the International Academy Maurice Ravel. Awarded the Order of the Legion of Honor . The works of Maurice Ohan were performed by such renowned musicians and groups as Mstislav Rostropovich , Les Percussions de Strasbourg , Kent Nagano , Maurice Bejart , Elizabeth Hoynacka and many others.

• “Lamenting by Ignacio Sánchez Mejías”, oratorio for baritone, reader and orchestra on verses by FG ​​Lorca ( 1950 )
• "Songs" for soloists, choir and orchestra ( 1954 )
• “An Evening of Proverbs”, music to the drama of Georges Scheade ( 1954 )
• "Four choreographic etudes", ballet for percussion ( 1955 )
• “People and Others”, music to the drama of Elio Vittorini ( 1956 )
• "Sheep Spring", music to the drama Lope de Vega ( 1957 )
• “Tomb of Claude Debussy” for soloists and orchestra ( 1962 )
• Five Sequences for String Quartet ( 1963 )
• "Iphigenia in Tavrida", radio play ( 1965 )
• ABC for Fedra, Chamber Opera ( 1967 )
• "Sibyl" for soprano, percussion and tape recorder ( 1968 )
• 24 Preludes for Piano ( 1973 )
• The Ring of Tamar, Concerto for Cello and Orchestra ( 1976 )
• Mass for Choir ( 1977 )
• Book of Miracles for Orchestra ( 1979 )
• Concert for piano and orchestra ( 1981 )
• “Moonlight Clock”, suite for guitar ( 1982 )
• 12 Etudes with Interpretations for Piano ( 1982 - 1985 )
• "Dies solis" for choir and organ ( 1983 )
• Celestine's Mirror for Harpsichord and Percussion ( 1990 )
• "In dark and blue", concert for cello ( 1990 )
• “Tomb of Louise Labe” for mixed choir ( 1990 )

• Rae C. The music of Maurice Ohana. - Aldershot; Burlington: Ashgate, 2000.
• Canat de Chizy E. , Porcile F. Maurice Ohana. - Paris: Fayard, 2005.

• Maurice Ohana (Fr.) . Ircam-Center Pompidou (2000). The date of circulation is March 23, 2012. Archived May 26, 2012.
• Ohana Maurice: 1914-1992 (Fr.) . musicologie.org (25 February 2011). The date of circulation is March 23, 2012. Archived May 26, 2012.
• Maurice Ohana (Eng.) . Classical Composers Database (23 January 2012). The date of circulation is March 23, 2012. Archived May 26, 2012.
• Wagner G. Ohana parmi nous (Fr.) (15 avril 1989). The date of circulation is March 23, 2012. Archived May 26, 2012.