Claire Renard

Education

Claire Renard studied piano and lawyer in Paris, France and graduated from the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris in 1973.

Career

After completing her studies, she worked as a piano teacher and as a composer of classical and electroacoustic works for sound installations. She has been composer-in-residence at the Theatre of Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (1994–1996), Ville d"Epinal (1998), the National Conservatory of Grenoble (1999), the Theatre Athénor/Saint Nazaire (2000), Villa Italy Gamberaia (2001–2002), European meeting Objective1 = Art = Objective1 Austria (2001), Park and Grande Halle de la Villette, Grame/Centre National de Création Musicale/Lyon (2005) and the Sally and Don Lucas Artists Programs Montalvo Art Center, California, United States of America (2006).

Achievements

• Villa Medicis Hors les Murs prize, 1990 Beaumarchais Foundation Prize for audiovisual works, 1990 Beaumarchais Foundation Prize for operatic works, 2002 Fellowship from DICREAM, 2002.