Jean-Yves Malmasson (born 1963) is a French composer and conductor.
Malmasson was born in Saint-Cloud in the Paris suburbs. After studies in piano, ondes Martenot, and composition at the Conservatoire National de Région, Boulogne-Billancourt, he went on to study composition and conducting at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris, where he won a first prize in composition. His orchestral tone poem "Le chant de Dahut" for ondes Martenot and Orchestra won the SACEM prize at the 1988 Festival des tombées de la nuit, in Rennes (France).
His principal teachers include Alain Louvier, Pierre Grouvel, Serge Nigg, Jacques Charpentier (musical writing technique and composition), and Jean-Claude Hartemann and Jean-Sébastien Bereau (conducting).
Malmasson's compositions are written in an expressive, extended-tonal style which uses a great deal of harmonic vocabulary borrowed from the style of Olivier Messiaen (notably in the early work "Un feu ardent dans un silence noir et froid" for pianoforte). Malmasson is often inspired by space and astronomy ("Mare Nostrum" for Orchestra, "Coro).
In addition to being the musical director of the city of Puteaux wind orchestra, a post he has held since 1988, Jean-Yves Malmasson is also director of Orchestre Philharmonique des Yvelines et de l'Ouest Francilien (Versailles).
Op. 1 : Prelude (1978) for orchestraOp. 2 : Un feu ardent dans un silence noir et froid (1980) for pianoforteOp. 3 : Variations sur "b.a.c.h." (1981) for pianoforteOp. 4 : Symphonie n° 1 "dsch", hommage à Dimitri Chostakovitch (1981–83, rév. 2000) for orchestraOp. 5 : Invocation a la lune (1983) for two ondes martenots, piano and percussionOp. 6 : Trois melodies sur des poemes de Charles Baudelaire (1984) for medium voice and pianoOp. 6b : Trois melodies sur des poemes de Charles Baudelaire (1984, arrg. 2001) for medium voice, violoncello and pianoOp. 7 : Le chant de Dahut (1985) orchestral tone poen for ondes martenot and orchestraOp. 8 : Trois miniatures burlesques (1988) for string quartetOp.8a : Trois miniatures burlesques (1995) for string orchestraOp. 9 : Quatuor a cordes (1988–91) for string quartetOp. 10 : La lettre à Eloïse (1991) humoristic piece for violin, piano and triangleOp. 11 : Estebaña (1991) for violin, piano and "accessoires pittoresques"Op. 12 : Diptyque (1992) passacaille and scherzo on a theme by a. berg, for violoncello and pianoOp. 13 : Metapastiches (1992–93) for orchestraOp. 14 : Concerto grosso (1992–94) for ondes martenot, keyboard percussion quartet and concert bandOp. 15 : Hymne aux lumieres (1994) for concert bandOp. 16 : Amuse-gueule (1994) for concert bandOp. 17 : Trois poemes de Paul Eluard (1996) for baritone and quartet(clar., cor, vl., vlc.)Op. 18 : Figurines' (1996) for brass quintet.Op. 19 : Mare nostrum (1996) passacaille pour orchestre.Op. 20 : 3 pieces for flute and piano (teaching piece)(1997)Op. 21 : 3 pieces for piano (teaching piece)(1997)Op. 22 : Sonatine entomologique for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and percussion (1997)Op. 23 : Corona borealis (1997) for large orchestraOp.24 : Burlesques (1998) suite for string orchestra.Op. 25 : Trois poemes de Charles Baudelaire (1999) for voice and orchestra.Op. 26 : Quatre miniatures burlesques (1999) for piano 4 handsOp. 27 : Symphonie n° 2, for string orchestra (2000)Op. 28 : Memoire du futur, ou cantate pour la paix (2000- ) cantata for soloists, chorus and orchestra on a text by Hervé Miclos act 1 has been completed to date.Op. 29 : 5 aphorismes in memoriam D. D. Chostakovitch', trio n° 1 for violin, violoncello and piano (2001)Op. 30 : Les fleurs du desir (2001) chamber cantata for soprano voice with violin, violoncello and pianoOp. 31 : Sinfonietta (2002) for string orchestra, piano and percussionOp. 32 : Sketches a quatre (2002) three easy pieces for string quartetOp. 33 : Aux bien brulants astres d'or (1995–2002) Symphony n° 3 for chorus and orchestraOp. 34a : Album pour Odile (2003) 3 easy pieces for clarinet and pianoOp. 34b : Duos pour Odile (2003) 2 easy pieces for two clarinets and pianoOp.34c : Album pour Odile (2003, transcription 2005) 3 easy pieces for alto saxophone and pianoOp.34d : Duos pour Odile (2003, transcription 2005) 2 easy pieces for 2 alto saxophones pianoOp. 35 : De soleil et de vent (2004) for ondes martenot soloOp. 36 : Les exilés, trio n° 2 for violin, violoncello and piano (2004–2005), with an actor ad libitumOp. 37 : Trois figurines (2005) récitatif, choral et fugue for organOp. 38 : Tonton claudio (2006) musical tale for narrator and 14 instruments, to present the instruments to childrenOp. 39 : Croquis asymetriques (2006) a booklet of 9 violin duetsOp. 40 : Cantilene pour francois (2006) for solo celloOp. 41 : Fantaisie sur Les brigands d'Offenbach (2007) for clarinet quartet or bandOp. 41b : Fantaisie sur Les brigands d'Offenbach (2007, arr. 2008) for saxophone quartet or bandOp. 42 : Mouvement symphonique (2007) for orchestraOp. 43 : Frontispice (2008) for orchestra