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 orchestra
Op. 2 : Un feu ardent dans un silence noir et froid (1980) for pianoforte
Op. 3 : Variations sur "b.a.c.h." (1981) for pianoforte
Op. 4 : Symphonie n° 1 "dsch", hommage à Dimitri Chostakovitch (1981–83, rév. 2000) for orchestra
Op. 5 : Invocation a la lune (1983) for two ondes martenots, piano and percussion
Op. 6 : Trois melodies sur des poemes de Charles Baudelaire (1984) for medium voice and piano
Op. 6b : Trois melodies sur des poemes de Charles Baudelaire (1984, arrg. 2001) for medium voice, violoncello and piano
Op. 7 : Le chant de Dahut (1985) orchestral tone poen for ondes martenot and orchestra
Op. 8 : Trois miniatures burlesques (1988) for string quartet
Op.8a : Trois miniatures burlesques (1995) for string orchestra
Op. 9 : Quatuor a cordes (1988–91) for string quartet
Op. 10 : La lettre à Eloïse (1991) humoristic piece for violin, piano and triangle
Op. 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 piano
Op. 13 : Metapastiches (1992–93) for orchestra
Op. 14 : Concerto grosso (1992–94) for ondes martenot, keyboard percussion quartet and concert band
Op. 15 : Hymne aux lumieres (1994) for concert band
Op. 16 : Amuse-gueule (1994) for concert band
Op. 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 orchestra
Op.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 hands
Op. 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 piano
Op. 31 : Sinfonietta (2002) for string orchestra, piano and percussion
Op. 32 : Sketches a quatre (2002) three easy pieces for string quartet
Op. 33 : Aux bien brulants astres d'or (1995–2002) Symphony n° 3 for chorus and orchestra
Op. 34a : Album pour Odile (2003) 3 easy pieces for clarinet and piano
Op. 34b : Duos pour Odile (2003) 2 easy pieces for two clarinets and piano
Op.34c : Album pour Odile (2003, transcription 2005) 3 easy pieces for alto saxophone and piano
Op.34d : Duos pour Odile (2003, transcription 2005) 2 easy pieces for 2 alto saxophones piano
Op. 35 : De soleil et de vent (2004) for ondes martenot solo
Op. 36 : Les exilés, trio n° 2 for violin, violoncello and piano (2004–2005), with an actor ad libitum
Op. 37 : Trois figurines (2005) récitatif, choral et fugue for organ
Op. 38 : Tonton claudio (2006) musical tale for narrator and 14 instruments, to present the instruments to children
Op. 39 : Croquis asymetriques (2006) a booklet of 9 violin duets
Op. 40 : Cantilene pour francois (2006) for solo cello
Op. 41 : Fantaisie sur Les brigands d'Offenbach (2007) for clarinet quartet or band
Op. 41b : Fantaisie sur Les brigands d'Offenbach (2007, arr. 2008) for saxophone quartet or band
Op. 42 : Mouvement symphonique (2007) for orchestra
Op. 43 : Frontispice (2008) for orchestra
