Henri Dutilleux's Tout un monde lointain... for cello and orchestra (1970) is strongly influenced by Les Fleurs du Mal.
Ravel's Shéhérazade (1903) and Messiaen's Poèmes pour mi (1936) are followed by two sets of songs by Henri Dutilleux.
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#Henri Dutilleux Deux Sonnets de Jean Cassou: I. "II n'y avait que des troncs déchirés" 2:19
Henri Matisse | Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne | Bernard-Henri Lévy | Henri Dutilleux | Paul-Henri Mathieu | Henri Poincaré | Robert Henri | Henri Mignet | Henri Cartier-Bresson | Henri Fayol | Henri Bendel | Henri Barbusse | Jean-Henri Fabre | Henri-Pierre Roché | Henri Langlois | Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg | Henri Fantin-Latour | Paul-Henri Spaak | Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre | Henri Wallon | Henri Vieuxtemps | Henri Vernes | Henri Salvador | Henri Pousseur | Henri Michaux | Henri Guillaumet | Henri Estienne | Lycée Henri-IV | Henri Tajfel | Henri Sauguet |
Those honours enabled him to pursue graduate studies in France at the École Normale de Musique de Paris with Henri Dutilleux and at the École César Franck with Olivier Alain in 1965-1966.
They were united by their desire both to champion the contemporary repertoire : George Crumb, György Ligeti, Giacinto Scelsi, John Cage, György Kurtág, Helmut Lachenmann, Kaija Saariaho, Béla Bartók, Steve Reich, Raphaël Cendo, Marco Stroppa, Henri Dutilleux...
He studied piano and composition at the conservatory of Lausanne, particularly with Denise Bidal and Hans Haug, and later in Paris in the École Normale de Musique with Alfred Cortot, Henri Dutilleux and Nadia Boulanger.
Since 1921, the teaching staff has included renowned faculty such as: the trio Pasquier, Maurice Ravel, Camille Saint-Saëns, Marcel Dupré, Robert and Gaby Casadesus, Charles-Marie Widor, Henri Dutilleux, Gilbert Amy, Betsy Jolas, André Boucourechliev, Pierre Amoyal, Sviatoslav Richter, Mstislav Rostropovitch, Igor Stravinsky, Arthur Rubinstein, and Leonard Bernstein.
Matthias Manasi has performed recitals throughout the USA, Europe and South America, performing not only classical and romantic repertoire but also contemporary works by such composers as Bernstein, Dutilleux, Schnittke, Takemitsu, Sawai, among others.
His many notable students include such well-known composers as Claude Arrieu, Tony Aubin, Jocelyne Binet, Gerd Boder, Paul Bonneau, Pierre Dervaux, Maurice Duruflé, Henri Dutilleux, Ulvi Cemal Erkin, Lukas Foss, Jean Hubeau, Paul Kuentz, Paule Maurice, Xian Xinghai, Olivier Messiaen, Pedro Ipuche Riva, and René Saorgin.