Richard Dubugnon is among the most active Swiss composers of his generation, receiving commissions from the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gewandhaus zu Leipzig, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Orchestre de Paris, Radio France, and Swiss Romande in Geneva. His music was performed by orchestras such as New York Philharmonic, NHK Tokyo Symphony, BBC Symphony, West Australian Symphony, and by artists such as Janine Jansen, the Labèque sisters, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, and Gautier Capuçon. Qualified as "driven by a playful, modern sensibility" by Allan Kozinn in The New York Times, Dubugnon's music draws inspiration from French, Swiss, and Russian composers of the turn of the 20th century as well as from Be bop, 1970s funk, and new sounds of today, combining a great sense of drama, color, and rhythm.
Richard Dubugnon
Studios
Chapman
Richard Dubugnon worked in the Chapman studio.
Chapman Studio was funded by Mrs. Alice Woodrough Chapman in memory of her husband, composer George Alexander Chapman. Symmetrically massed, the building is stuccoed on the exterior with a natural, unpainted cement. Its unusual half-timbered ornament consists of slender, knotty spruce poles painted a dark green color. A central, peak-roofed entrance porch appears on the north side…