
MENUT Benoît
Né en 1977
From 1995, he continued his training at the CNR and then the CNSM de Paris, where he worked with Jacques Charpentier, Olivier Trachier, Alain Mabit and Florence Badol-Bertrand. At the same time, he discovered new horizons in contact with Olivier Greif, with whom he had the good fortune to work from 1998 to 2000.
Compositions
Solos
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Amico
for guitar
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Ar Men
voyage en cinq stations for viola
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Canto Per Matteo
for violin
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Iroise
for cello
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L’Hippocampe
for violin
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L’Oiseau Didariel
for piano
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L’Ombre du Vent
for flute
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La Marianne de Kovider
for piano
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La Valse de Camille Claudel
for piano
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Le Guerrier Combattant
for piano
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L’Argonaute
Etude-Statue nº 4 for piano
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Micro-suite
for cello
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One Shot
for solo trumpet
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Regards de Vartan
for cello
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Regards de Vartan (pour alto)
for viola
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Valse retrouvée
for piano
Duos
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Après une lecture de Dante
for piano & cello
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Caraïbes
for two cellos
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Danza dei Contrasti
for piano four hands
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Duo les Îles
for violin & cello
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Le Sel de la Terre
for piano & viola
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Les Nombres
for violin & piano
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Les Sons dessinés
for 2 violins
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Outside
for cello & piano
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Un Fragment de Rimbaud
for violin & percussion
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Ys
for piano & alto saxophone
Trios
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Barockissimo
for violin, mandolin & cello
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Les Allées sombres
for violin, cello & piano
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Partita
for traverso, baroque oboe & viola da gamba
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Trio le matin
for violin, viola & cello
Quatuors
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Bagatelle-Prélude
for clarinet quartet (conductor and separate parts)
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Danses
for flute & string trio (conductor and separate parts)
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Danses
for flute & string trio
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Kol Nidré
for string quartet
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Stèles
for violin, viola, cello & piano (conductor)
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Stèles
for violin, viola, cello & piano (material)
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Urbs
string quartet n° 2
Quintets
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Alba
for flute, string trio & harp (conductor and separate parts)
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Alba
for flute, string trio & harp
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Prélude à l’après-midi d’un Faune (Claude Debussy)
for string quartet & piano (conductor and separate parts)
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Prélude à l’après-midi d’un Faune (Claude Debussy)
for string quartet & piano (conductor and separate parts)
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Rehearsal
for clarinet & string quartet (conductor and separate parts)
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Rehearsal
for clarinet & string quartet
Musique Symphonique
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Anita
for orchestra (PO and material)
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Anita
for orchestra
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Die Sehnsucht nach dem Glück
rhapsody for cello & orchestra (PO and material)
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Die Sehnsucht nach dem Glück
rhapsody for cello & orchestra
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En Résonance
for symphony orchestra (PO and material)
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En Résonance
for symphony orchestra (PO and material)
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Icare
for piano & ensemble
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L’Année du daim
for orchestra (PO and material)
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La Parade des Animaux bizarres
Portraits animaliers for narrator and instrumental ensemble for flute, clarinet, two pianos, percussionist and string quintet or ensemble text by Benoît Menut
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La Parade des Animaux bizarres
Portraits animaliers for narrator and instrumental ensemble for flute, clarinet, two pianos, percussionist and string quintet or ensemble text by Benoît Menut
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Les Trois Abers
for orchestra
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Les Trois Abers
for orchestra (PO and material)
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O Vis Æternitatis
for solo violin & strings
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O Vis Æternitatis
for solo violin & strings (PO and hardware)
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Scherzo
for orchestra
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Scherzo
for orchestra (PO and material)
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Slide listening
for piano & orchestra
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Symphonie pour une plume
for actor, orchestra & solo percussion (PO and material)
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Symphonie pour une plume
for actor, orchestra & solo percussion (PO and material)
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Un Poème
rhapsody for cello & orchestra (PO and material)
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Un Poème
rhapsody for violin and orchestra
Musique Vocale
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A Marée basse…
for children's choir & piano
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Au milieu de la mer…
for soprano & cello
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Bérengère
cantata for actresses, youth and adult choirs & wind band
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Bérengère
cantata for actresses, youth and adult choirs & wind band
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Bérengère (chœurs)
cantata for actresses, youth and adult choirs & wind band
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Caelestis Hierusalem
for three equal voices or women's choir
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Chemins d’amis
for clarinet, viola, piano & children's choir (conductor and separate parts)
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Chemins d’amis
for clarinet, viola, piano & children's choir
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Et audivit vocem…
for children's choir with equal voices & organ (conductor and separate parts)
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Fusées
for soprano, flute, oboe, bassoon & piano (conductor and separate parts)
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Happy Morning
4 duets for strings & soprano
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Insectitudes
for flute, trumpet, cello and children's voices
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Io seguo con disio
for soprano & string quartet
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Le Dormeur du Val
for two female voices & piano
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Le Guetteur mélancolique
for baritone & piano Text by Guillaume Apollinaire
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Le Monologue d’Anna
pour mezzo-soprano, clarinette & piano
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Paroles d’îles
for soprano & piano poem by Aimé Césaire
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Paroles d’îles (voix solo)
for soprano poem by Aimé Césaire
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Petite Cantate
for baritone solo, choir, flute, viola, cello & organ
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Pour l’Odyssée
pour chœur mixte pouvant être intégré dans l’interprétation de Une Odyssée (pour ensemble vocal utilisant quelques percussions)
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Qui donc, qui donc…
for soprano (using castanets) & cello poem by Aimé Césaire (conductor and separate part)
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Shéhérazade, une fille de la ville
fairy tale based on The Thousand and One Nights for soprano, baritone, equal-voice choir, narrator, violin, clarinet, piano & percussion libretto by Rania Meziani (conductor and separate parts)
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Shéhérazade, une fille de la ville
féérie d’après Les Mille et une nuit pour soprano, baryton, choeur à voix égales, récitante, violon, clarinette, piano & percussion livret de Rania Meziani
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Sources
for soprano, cello & piano (text: Marie de l'Incarnation)
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Trois Poèmes galants
for soprano & piano
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Trois Prières
for choir of 3 equal voices
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Un grand vent s’est levé (choir & string quartet)
for children's choir, string quartet & harp (conductor and separate parts)
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Un grand vent s’est levé (chœur et orgue)
for children's choir & organ
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Un grand vent s’est levé (chœur et quatuor à cordes)
for children's choir, string quartet & harp (conductor and separate parts)
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Une Odyssée
for vocal ensemble with percussion
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Vidi madonna sopra un fresco rio
for soprano & string quartet (or string ensemble) Sonnet by Lorenzo di Piero de' Medici (conductor and separate parts)
Lyrical music
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Fando et Lis
opera in a prologue and six tableaux (PO and material)
Musique de Scène
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La Légende de Saint Julien l’Hospitalier
Music for the eponymous tale by Gustave Flaubert
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Le petit garçon qui avait envie d’espace
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Lupus Lupa Lupiot
for soprano, violin, clarinet, cello & piano
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Lupus Lupa Lupiot
for soprano, violin, clarinet, cello & piano
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Un Loup affamé
for piano & narrator
Educational Works
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Pour préluder
for piano
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Une Bretagne en mots et en sons
15 educational pieces:
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Une Bretagne en mots et en sons
15 teaching pieces (driver and separate parts)
Biography
“Energy in sounds, carried by meaning”. This is how French composer Benoît Menut likes to define his work. He is passionate about the close link between music and words, the latter being a permanent source of inspiration, both in his vocal and instrumental music. The simple rhythm of a verse, a word or a turn of phrase can be at the origin of a creative idea.
Winner of the SACEM Award 2016 for symphonic music (young composer category) and Laureate of the foundations Banque Populaire (2008) and Francis and Mica Salabert (2014), he composes in 2018 for the Opera of St. Etienne Fando et Lis, after F. Arrabal’s piece, and won for this first Opera the SACD New Talent Award 2019 and The Charles Oulmont Prize 2019. He has been pursuing a theatrical trajectory even more pronounced, both for the young public (Stella and the Wish Master, opera premiered at the Philharmonie de Paris in 2020, Symphonie pour une plume in 2016, for The Brittany Symphonic Orchestra, taken over by the National Orchestra of Île- de-France) that for all audiences (The legend of Saint Julien, after G. Flaubert, The little boy who wanted space, J. Giono).
This attraction is also materialized by collaborations with renowned vocal ensembles, such as Musicatreize, The Children Choirs of French National Radio and N-D of Paris, Les Cris de Paris, Les Discours…
Comprising more than 120 opus, his catalog embraces many forms of musical expression, and makes him one of the most prominent French composers of his generation. Chamber music writing – especially for string instruments – has a special place his work.
Born at the western tip of Western Europe, this former student of the Paris Conservatoire was awakened to the tradition by French composer Olivier Greif and continues today his singular path, with among others works inspired by the writers Christian Bobin and Pascal Quignard. He is careful to marry the requirement for lyrical and structured writing and a sincere desire to stay close to the audience and the performers, as a sort of “director” of emotions.
His music is published by Éditions Musicales Artchipel.
News

Benoît Menut
From 17 July 2022, Benoît Menut will be the guest of honour at the 16th Festival de Plage Musicale in Bangor, with a host of covers and world premieres. Program […]

Benoît Menut nominated for a Victoires de la Musique Classique award
Wednesday March 9, 2022 at 9pm, on France 3 and France Musique, live from the Grand Théâtre de Provence – Aix en Provence, Benoît Menut is nominated for the Victoires […]
Events

Benoît Menut
World premiere – Les Pierres chantent for piano four hands Festival International de Piano Saint- Ursanne (CH) 20H30 Christiane Baume-Sanglart and Dana Ciocarlie, piano read more

Benoît Menut
Revival – The Numbers for violin & piano Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium – Brussels – 12:00 Anne-Lise Durantel, violin Emmanuelle Moriat, piano read more

Benoît Menut
Revival – Rehearsal for clarinet & string quartet Center Bernard Taillefer – Festival des Arcs – 21H00 Jérôme Comte, clarinet Lyonel Schmit, violin Antoine Paul, violin Ludovic Levionnois, viola Xavier […]