Éric Gaudibert (21 December 1936 – 28 June 2012) was a Swiss composer.
Career
Gaudibert was born in Vevey. 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. He worked notably in the French "avant-garde" in 1972–1974 in the Maison de la Culture of Orléans.
A former professor in both Geneva (from 1975) and Neuchâtel, he pursued a tradition led by Béla Bartók, Arnold Schoenberg and Olivier Messiaen, and over time developed a personal style embracing electronics and the media, poetry, visual art (specifically that by Paul Klee), and literature in a specific spatial, timbral and philosophical inquiry on music.
He lived in Confignon, Switzerland, where he died aged 75.
Works
Gaudibert's works are largely published by Swiss Music Editions and Éditions Papillon.
Opera
Chacun son singe, Chamber Opera for soprano, baritone, instrumental ensemble and electronic tape (1973–1978); libretto by Philip Kermit Oxman
Orchestral
5 pièces brèves for string orchestra (1976) Divertimento for string orchestra (1978) Gemmes, 4 Pieces (1980) L'écharpe d'Iris, Prelude (1984–1985) Hommage(s) à..., Short Pieces (1985) Diamant d'herbe, Poem (1986) Duel for small string ensemble (ad lib.) (1990) Mélodie sans fin (1992) Jardin d'Est (1994) Concerto grosso for string orchestra (1998) Praeludium for string orchestra (2007) Sur la route du soleil levant for string orchestra (2007)
Concertante
Epibolie for flute and string orchestra (1968) Un jardin pour Orphée for horn and string orchestra (1985) Océans, Concertino for flute and string orchestra (1988) Concerto "Su fondamenta insivisibli" for oboe and orchestra (1991) Albumblätter for flute and chamber orchestra (1992) Concerto for cello and orchestra (1993) Concertino for clarinet and string orchestra (1994) A... in Wonderland for viola and ensemble (2007)