GERARD POPY

Gérard POPY, auteur compositeur, membre de la Sacem, est né en 1951. Après des études musicales classiques, il s’intéresse à l’harmonie et à l’arrangement musical en se penchant sur les partitions de son grand-père, Francis POPY, célèbre compositeur des années 1900-1920.Sur les traces de celui-ci, Gérard POPY a consacré toute sa vie à la musique. Propriétaire d’un magasin audio et d’un studio d’enregistrement pendant plus de 25 ans, il a composé une oeuvre musicale importante et variée.Multi instrumentiste, c’est tout particulièrement dans la musique de films qu’il excelle, en témoigne la sortie du CD « Quand Bruno Giannetti joue Popy » en 2000, dont certains extraits sont disponibles sur ce site.Il se consacre aujourd’hui exclusivement à la composition et à la diffusion de son oeuvre musicale dans son nouveau studio d’enregistrement .Sur son site http://www.gerardpopy.com/ les pianistes pourront télécharger gratuitement les partitions du C.D "Quand Bruno Giannetti joue Popy".Vous pourrez également trouver en téléchargement légal les douze titres de cet album surGerard POPY is a French music author and composer and a member of the SACEM (Society of Music Authors, Composers and Publishers). Born in 1951, he followed some classical musical studies and became familiar with the sense of harmonic and arrangement while listening to his grandfather’s music. Francis POPY was a famous French music composer at the beginning of the twentieth century and his works is still sold mostly in China and Germany.Following his grand-father’s path, Gerard POPY spent his whole life in composing. For a living he was managing a music shop and a studio for more than 25 years. But he never stopped composing for himself and he became a prolific composer with a wide and various range of pieces. He knows how to plays several instruments and he’s particularly inspired by composing some film or instrumental music, as you can hear on the CD called “Quand Bruno Giannetti joue POPY” (When Bruno Giannetti plays Gerard Popy’s music) released in 2000. You can also listen to some pieces from this CD on www.myspace.com/gerardpopy.He’s now exlusively busy with composing and diffusing his musical works in his own studio. On his web site www.gerardpopy.com, the pianists are lucky to find several musical sheets they can download for free. You also can buy the 12 pieces of his album “Quand Bruno Giannetti joue Popy” on www.virginmega.fr or www.rhapsody.com http://www.rhapsody.com/gerardpopy/quandbrunogiannettijouepo py Have a nice time !