Winner: Pierre Fontaine
SSO would like to congratulate Pierre Fontaine on his excellent submission to our annual Call for Scores. We will be performing Pierre’s Menuet d'Euthymie in our Spring 2023 concert.
Pierre Fontaine, born in Nanterre, France, is a composer whose taste for early-20th harmony, jazz influences, XVIIth century dances and film music have led him to conduct and compose for various ensembles such as the Telegraph Quartet, Symphonic & Chambers orchestras, the International Orange Chorale of San Francisco and more. As a pianist who accompanies movies with live-improvised music in theaters across France, Pierre has also signed the original soundtrack for over ten short-films.
Pierre has won prizes in several competitions such as the 6th Pankonin American Art Song competition 2022, 2nd prize at the SFCM choral competition 2022, 2nd Prize at the SFCM Art Song Competition 2021.
Pierre is based in the San Francisco Bay Area and is currently completing his Master’s Degree in Composition at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music where he studies with Dr. David Conte. In addition, Pierre holds a Bachelor's degree in Music Teaching from Cefedem Auvergnes-Rhone Alpes, Lyon, France and an Advanced Certificate program in composition from SFCM.
