Gabriel Sivak

Biography

Gabriel Sivak is a Franco-Argentinian composer and pianist born in 1979 and living in Paris. He studied composition and musicology at the Sorbonne and at the Pôle supérieur Paris-Boulogne, where in 2014 he obtained a DNSMP with unanimous congratulations from the jury in the class of Édith Canat de Chizy. He has also studied with Éric Tanguy and Philippe Leroux, and orchestral conducting with Adrien Macdonnel. His scores have been performed by the Soloists of the Orchestre National de France, the Chœur Maîtrise de Radio France, the Philarmonique of Buenos Aires, the Orchestre des Pays de la Loire, the Orchestre de Picardie, the Orchestre Colonne, the Orchestre de Lutetia, the Orchestre de la Musique de l'Air, Les Percussions de Strasbourg, Le Jeune chœur de Paris, Musicatreize, Quatuor Voce, Ensemble Ars Nova, Ensemble Court-Circuit, Ensemble 2e2m, Ensemble Tm+, Ensemble Cairn, Ensemble Itinéraire, Chœur en scène, Patrick Gallois, David Kadouch, Ophélie Gaillard, Vanessa Wagner, Stanimir Todorov, Jean François Heisser, Néstor Marconi, Lucienne Renaudin Vary, Patrick Langot, Maya Villanueva, Romain David in major venues and festivals such as Teatro Colon, Salle Gaveau, La Scala de Paris, Salle Cortot, Festival Pulsar (Copenhagen), Palais de Congrès de Paris, Auditorium du musée d'Orsay, Festival Nuits Romanes, Scène Nationale de Poitiers, Casa Velazquez de Madrid, Maison de la musique de Nanterre, Festival de Musique Contemporaine de La Havane, Festival International de Bariloche (Argentina) Tenso Days Festival (Belgium), Saint Petersburg Composers' House, Festival Scènes du Jura, Festival de Chaillol.... He has received several awards and distinctions for his music: - Prix d'encouragement aux jeunes compositeurs de l'Institut de France /Académie des Beaux Arts - Banque Populaire Foundation - Juan Carlos Paz Prize (Argentina) - Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory (Saint Petersburg) - Académie de sciences, arts et lettres d'Arras (France) - Turin International Competition (Italy) - Leopold Bellan Competition (France) - Fondo Nacional de las Artes (Argentina) - Innova Musica International Competition (Spain) - National Rostrum of Composers Prize (Argentina) - Prix de la ville d'Antibes (France). - In 2015 and 2019 he was nominated for the Grand Prix Lycéens de compositeurs. In 2022, he was named boarder at Madrid's Casa Velazquez for a one-year composition residency.

His works are published by Artchipel, Gerard Billaudot (Gauthier Capuçon collection), Golden River Music and Ricordi. Discography: - Puente al sur (Dobimar Maritima, 2005, Buenos Aires) - Un eco de palabras (Mogno Music, 2009, Belgium) - Ciudades Limítrofes (Radio France, 2013, France) - Musique pour réveiller un éléphante (M'com, 2015, France) - Ginastera (Klarthe, 2016, France) - Itineraire (Alpha Classics, 2018, France) - La Patience -Formes de la voix (Klarthe, France, 2019) - Danza en las aguas de Buriti (Casa de Velazquez, 2023) - Alas (Évidence Classics, 2024)

In 2014 and 2019, he wrote the arrangements for Ophélie Gaillard's albums 'Alvorada' and 'Canto da Sereia' (Aparté Music), featuring the famous Brazilian singer Toquinho, with whom he wrote two songs and enjoyed great public success. In addition to his work as a composer, Gabriel Sivak has performed as a pianist with artists such as Toquinho, Maria Creuza, Ophélie Gaillard, Emmanuel Rossfelder, Juanjo Mosalini, Rudi Flores, Gustavo Gancedo, Sandra Rumolino, Cesar Stroscio, Orquesta Tipica Imperial, Mamour Ba, Elba Pico, in over 15 countries (Teatro Gran Rex in Buenos Aires, Festival d'île de France, Festival Mito, Teatro Amadeo Roldàn in Cuba, Festival de Biarritz, Espace Senghor in Brussels, Thêatre municipale in Tunisia, Universidad de Barcelona, Théâtre Cosmopolite in Oslo, O Hote Club in Lisbon... . )