Georges Kan

Georges Kan (born in 1958) is a French musicologist, music publisher and composer.[1]

Biography

Born in Enghien-les-Bains,[2] Kan studied music at the Limoges Conservatory, then at the Rubin Academy of Tel-Aviv-Jaffa, in Walter Aufhauser's piano class.

Activity as publisher

Kan is the founder of the "Éditions musicales européennes" – EME (1994-2010)[2][3] which have published nearly 500 works in fifteen years of activity, including the works of composers of the new generation such as Bernard Cavanna, Thierry Pécou,[4] François Narboni, Paul Méfano, Alain Louvier, Johannes Schöllhorn, Alberto Posadas,[5] Philippe Schoeller,[6] José-Luis Campana,[7] and Aureliano Cattaneo,[8] — and those of composers of the beginning of the 20th century, including André Gedalge and Jacques de La Presle.[9]

Through his intense editorial activity and close ties with composers, Kan is the dedicatee of several musical works: Gennevilliers Symphony (2003) by Bernard Cavanna, Clouds and Sky (2010) by Johannes Schöllhorn,[10][11] Cripsis (2001) by Alberto Posadas, La Noia (2004) by François Narboni, Zéphyr (1999) by Suzanne Giraud,[12] Sopherim (1998) by Philippe Schœller, Bing (2009) by Gérard Zinsstag.[13]

Musicological and artistic activities

In 2008, impressed by the quality of the publications of the Artaria publishing house in Vienna (1796), he embarked on a pre-romantic reconstitution of Beethoven's Piano sonatas.[14][15] He published a research on the opus 2[14] and opus 7.[16]

In particular, he proposes a link between Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 22 and the Battle of Valmy.[17]

His recent research on Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier directs him towards a new analysis[18] of the cover page graphics of the manuscript leading to a possible link to the Book of Genesis.[19]

Kan is also the author/translator of musical notices (Spur by Johannes Schöllhorn, Ça sonne by Bernard Cavanna)[20] and the composer of educational works (Sept Études sur les intervalles for piano, two pieces (Ondée and Romance) for clarinet and piano).

His Concerto pour piano (Music Sales)[21] premiered in 1989 at the Salle Cortot by Martine Vialatte and the Ensemble orchestral d'Île-de-France Bruno de Saint-Maurice conducting, has been available on CD since 2015.[22]

In 1999, he also launched a manifesto, with the support of 250 artists, on the programming of France Musique, expressing concern about the development of this radio station:

Everything concerning musicological knowledge, the diffusion of Baroque music, the encouragement of young talents, the discovery of traditional music and finally contemporary creation, everything has evaporated.[23]

Pierre Bouteiller, then director of this radio station, stayed the course and replied that the station could not be confiscated by specialists, musicologists and academics, and that the idea was to make this musical programme available to a wide audience.[24]

References
  1. Kan has written several articles, notably for the series "À la ligne" of the ensemble 2e2m. His research also concerns the link between music and literature: he suggests Brahms' Violin Sonata No. 2 as a possible model for the Vinteuil Sonata. He has collaborated with the Royaumont Foundation. Cf. also BNF 156067577.
  2. BNF 156067577
  3. Les Éditions Musicales Européennes, registered in the Paris Commercial Register as an S.A.R.L. with variable capital in November 1994, were located at 127 rue Amelot - 75011 Paris until 2010, the year in which they went into liquidation.
  4. "Symphonie du Jaguar - Thierry Pécou". www.thierrypecou.fr. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  5. "Alberto Posadas". brahms.ircam.fr. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  6. Philippe Schoeller
  8. "Aureliano Cattaneo". brahms.ircam.fr. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  9. A large part of the references of the E.M.E. catalogue can be consulted on the site of the BnF - in accordance with their legal deposit, as well as at the "Centre de documentation de la musique contemporaine" (CDMC) and at the IRCAM.
  10. "Clouds and Sky, für Klavier und Orchester — Programmtext" (pdf) (in German).
  11. Clouds and Sky is available on CD, Mode Records 255 in partnership with the Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)
  12. "Zéphyr, for piano". suzannegiraud.com.
  13. Gérard Zinsstag. "Bing, (after Samuel Beckett)". Société de Musique Contemporaine Lausanne (in French).
  14. BNF 41185273d
  15. Booklet of the Beethoven disc: The three Sonatas for piano Op. 2, from the first Artaria editions dated 1796 (CD ABF 02).
  16. Disc by pianist Martine Vialatte, released in 2012 by ABF – Association Beethoven France No ABF02
  17. "Courrier des lecteurs; Georges Kan communique : L'histoire cryptée des Sonates opus 54 & 57 de Beethoven". physinfo.org. 15 March 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  18. Georges Kan (30 March 2018). "La Genèse de Bach" (pdf). physinfo.org (in French).
  19. "Tempérer les quintes pour respecter les tierces; Le tempérament de J-S Bach ?". physinfo.org. 27 April 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  20. Kan, Georges; Criton, Pascale; Cavanna, Bernard (2001). "Ça sonne". Bernard Cavanna : d'autres confessions : textes, entretiens, analyses (PDF). "À la ligne" (in French). Champigny-sur-Marne: Ensemble 2e2m. p. 113. ISBN 2-913734-02-2. OCLC 53144087. Archived from the original (pdf) on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2018-06-27.
  21. "Shimon Kan, Piano concerto". Music Sales.
  22. "Disque Martine Vialatte". martinevialatte.com (in French).
  23. Armelle Cressard (7 November 1999). "L'histoire bégaie à France-Musiques". Le Monde (in French).
  24. Pierre Bouteiller (29 January 2004). "Rendre la musique à tout le monde en évitant le clientélisme". Le Monde (in French).
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