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IGOR WAKHEVITCH

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IGOR WAKHEVITCH

The Eternal Flamme of Life

Earth was o’errun with fire and the roar of Death Clamouring to slay a world his hunger had made; There was a clangour of Destruction’s wings: The Titan’s battle-cry was in my ears, Alarm and rumour shook the armoured Night.  I saw the Omnipotent’s flaming pioneers Over the heavenly verge which turns towards life Come crowding down the amber stairs of birth; Forerunners of a divine multitude, Out of the paths of the morning star they came Into the little room of mortal life.  I saw them cross the twilight of an age, The sun-eyed children of a marvellous dawn, The great creators with wide brows of calm, The massive barrier-breakers of the world And wrestlers with destiny in her lists of will, The labourers in the quarries of the gods, The messengers of the Incommunicable, The architects of immortality.  Into the fallen human sphere they came, Faces that wore the Immortal’s glory still, Voices that communed still with the thoughts of God, Bodies made beautiful by spirit’s light, Carrying the magic word, the mystic fire, Carrying the Dionysian cup of joy, Approaching eyes of a diviner man, Lips chanting an unknown anthem of the soul, Feet echoing in the corridors of Time”

Sri Aurobindo (“Savitri” - Book 3, Canto IV)

CAREER SUMMARY

as Composer

· Learned with Olivier Messiaen(Paris National Superior Conservatory of Music and Dance)

· Member of the GRM, a laboratory specialized in sound experimentations under Pierre Schaeffer

· Worked with Jean-Michel Jarre on electroacoustic technics and composed together“Aor” for Symphonic Orchestra and magnetic tape (National Opera of Paris)

· Autograph words of thanks from the President of the French Republic Mr.François Mitterrand

· Autograph letter from the President of the French Republic, Mr. George Pompidou

· Honorable effective presence of Her Majesty Farah Palhavi, Empress of Iran at the world creation of "Human Called Being" (Igor Wakhevitch-Carolyn Carlson, Shiraz-Persepolis International Festival, Iran)

. " Être Dieu" - Salvador Dali's Opera-Poem in six parts (three Cds - ... on a libretto by Salvador Dali and Vasquez Montalban (Europa-Universal records)to go with a luxury edition (1000 copies only, casket containing an original litography signed by Salvador Dali, plus an album with a lot of photos and the libretto printed on a glossy paper)

- "Harichandra", Tamil drama written, play and directed by K. Parthasarathy, with the participation of the "Auroville Youth World Theatre", creation at the Sri Aurobindo Auditorium, Auroville.  World Creation for the official celebrations in India of the year 2000