Medium
Solo 5-octave Marimba
4-mallet
Duration ca. 6:00

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PROGRAM NOTES
"Zéphyr is a lovely piece with sweet tonal language and written with clear idiomatic considerations. Zephyr would be a fine companion piece on any recital."

Michael Burritt
Professor of Percussion
Eastman School of Music

ABOUT THE COMPOSER
Guillaume Le Picard (b. 1986) studied percussion at the Conservatoire National de Région de Paris with Frédéric Macarez, where he unanimously received First Prize in Percussion in 2006, as well as the diploma “Département Supérieur Formation Orchestre” in 2009. He has performed in the groups “Argillos Percussion,” “Paris Percu” (appeared in the Seoul Drum Festival), “Badaboum Quartet,” and various orchestras, including the “Orchestre de Picardie” in France. In 2009, he presented a recital of his own compositions at the University of Seoul.

Other achievements include:
- First prize in the FNAPEC contest in Paris with “Argillos Percussion” (2009)
- First prize in the PAS Percussion Ensemble International Contest (2009)
- Finalist in the classic music’s young talent’s contest in Paris (2009)
- Third prize in the PAS International Composition Contest with Abaca for solo marimba (2007)
- First prize in the Percussive Arts Society International Timpani Competition (2006)
- Second prize in the International Timpani Competition, Italy (2006)
- Second prize in the International Marimba Competition, Italy (2006)
- Second prize in the International Timpani Competition, Paris (2005)