Awarded the Prix de Rome in 1955, René Maillard achieved fame as a young French composer with works such as the virtuosic, Baroque-inspired Concerto Grosso and the Concerto da Camera No. 2, which combines classical and folk elements, before taking up an executive career outside the world of music. Returning to composition in 2000, Maillard has continued to create new works of power and beauty such as Surviving after Hiroshima, based on the dramatic true story of Kyoko Hama.
Rene Maillard: Survivre apres Hiroshima (Surviving after Hiroshima), Op. 24
6 ans a Osaka (6 years old in Osaka)
Interlude
La guerre… (The war…)
Elle fuit les bombardements (She flees the bombardments)
Elle trouve refuge a Hiroshima (She finds refuge in Hiroshima)
De profundis
Noir de peaux noircies (Dark with blackened skins)
Cette pluie mortelle (This lethal rain)
Survivre contre la haine et la guerre (Survive against hatred and war)
Notre espoir: survivre (Our hope: survive)
Vivre bien sur notre Terre (Living well on our Earth)
6 ans a Osaka (6 years old in Osaka)