André Jolivet (1905-1974) was born in Montmartre, France in 1905, he loved music from an early age, was influenced by his mother to learn piano, and in 1914 studied music systematically with the choir conductor of the local Notre Dame Cathedral, Abbot Aimé Ihaufil Ihdas. In 1917, he participated in his first French opera comedy performance, during which time he aspired to become a socialite.
But three years later, in 1920, through the introduction of George Valmill, Jollivy studied cello with Louis Ferrard, which finally led him to become a composer, during which time he completed his first work: Romance and Barbarism. From 1921 to 1923, Jollivy attended the Higher Pedagogical University, during which time he continued to compose and study music, and regularly attended Padrope concerts, during which he completed a series of works such as burnt letters and perfumes.
In 1924-1925, Jollivi completed his studies at the École Normale Supérieure and began military service in the French cavalry (Colmar and Mulhouse), and in 1927 he became a teacher in the small town of Saint-Denis in the former city of Paris, during which time he reconnected with Georges Valmier and studied composition with Paul LeFlem (1881-1984), during which time composed five military songs, among other works.
In 1929, Jollivi began to study soundwriting and composition with Edgard Varèse (1883-1965), and in 1932 applied to join the Association of Music Publishers of French Authors and Composers (SACEM), during which time he met many celebrities in Edgar Varez's circle - Rafael Alberti (1902-1999), Antonin Aalto ( Antonin Artaud (1896-1948), Alexander Calder (1898-1976), Alejo Carpentier (1904-1980), Le Corbusier (1887-1965), Fernand Léger (1881-1955) and others, Finally, in 1934, he successfully joined the French Association of Authors, Composers and Music Publishers.
In 1936 he participated in the first National Music Congress in France, where his string quartet was performed in Budapest, Hungary and Paris, France in the same year, during which he also composed and premiered orchestral mantras.
In 1937, Jollvi published his first article, Pop Music Art, at a time when the world entered the bloody vortex of World War II, and Jolevi's family was not immune. In 1939, the French town of Danfontableau launched a pre-war mobilization, and Jollivy joined the French 101st Artillery Regiment, and his family moved to Maleseb because of the war.
In June 1940, France launched the Battle of the Golden Bridge in Haute-Vienna, in which Jollivy also participated, receiving a French Cross for his bravery and returning to Paris in August to continue his teaching, during which time he composed works such as the Peace Day Mass. In 1942, with funding from the French Association for the Dissemination of Ideas (ADPF), Jollivi was able to leave school to focus on musical composition, during which time he composed the opera Dolores and was commissioned to write the sight music for the Conservatoire de Paris.
In 1943, he collaborated with Sergei Lifar (1905-1986) on the creation of puppets and Pandora, participated in and founded the Paris Composers Guild. In 1944, he gave lectures at the Ecole des Cinematoires, and in the same year he wrote an examination paper for the Paris Conservatory. Mid-term: In 1945, Jollivi was appointed Music Director of the Comédie Française and toured England and Belgium from July to December of the same year, composing his first piano sonata in honor of Béla Bartók (1881-1945).
In 1946, " The Awakening of the Muses " and " Andre Jollivy and Experimental Magic - Counterpoint " were published, highlighting the desire to restore the ancient and original meaning of music and its expression in human society. In 1947, Jollivy completed his classic concerto: the Ondes Mateno Concerto. He joined the Federal Association of Musicians in 1948 and visited Vienna the same year to conduct the premiere of the Ondes Matteno Concerto, becoming Vice-Director of the Loyamont Conservatory at the same time, during which time he composed his first trumpet concerto.
In January and March 1950, André Jollivi toured Belgium and Egypt with the Comédie de France, conducting the premiere of his first flute concerto and trumpet concerto in that year, the Paris premiere of the Ondes Mateno concerto on 5 February, and the Spanish premiere of Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) Ballet: Creating the World in Barcelona in May, where he composed his piano concerto.
In 1951, Jollivy won the prize at the Ravel Grand Prix de Paris for his piano concerto, and in the same year conducted his piano concerto at the Paris Comedée with works by Henri Dutilleux (1916–2013), Arthur Oneg and Jacques François Antoine Ibert (1890–1962).
In 1953, Jollvi produced his first commercial record and composed his first symphonies during this time. Late: In 1954, Jollivey received his first French Republic Prize, visited the Soviet Union with the French Comédie Opera and was received by the Soviet Society of Composers, the same year he was awarded the Composer Award at the International Contemporary Music Festival, the year Jollivy also composed his second trumpet concerto.
In 1955, Jollivy conducted France's leading orchestra, the Orchestra de la Muller, for the first time, and was awarded the Chevalier de la Legion of Honor, the same year his work Puppet and Pando performed for the 100th time at the Paris Opera. In 1956, Jollvi signed a permanent contract with the Comédie, and in the same year met Mstislav Rostropovich (1927-2007), the unrivalled and fruitful artist of the time.
He conducted his First Symphony at the first Warsaw Autumn Concert that year, in which Jollivy composed and conducted his oratorio Joan of Arc, based on an ancient text written in the 15th century about Joan of Arc, performed in France by Donremi la Piselle to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Joan of Arc, and his trumpet concerto No. 2 premiered that year.
In 957, Jollivy was appointed to the Organizing Committee of the French Radio and Television (RTF) and in the same year became a founding member of the French National Conservatory of Music, where he also composed his Piano Sonata No. 2 and Symphony: The French Suite. In 1958, Jollivi was again awarded the Prize of the French Republic, invited by Edgar Varez to listen to his new electronic poem, in which he also composed the Percussion Concerto and Flute Sonata (fl, pf)).
In 1959, Jollivi left the Comédie, as he was appointed by André Malraux (1901-1976), then Minister of Culture of France, as technical adviser to the French Ministry of Culture, the year Jollivy composed his Second Symphony.
In 1960, Jollivy was elected to the Honorary Committee of the Philharmonic Society de Paris, France. In 1961, at the age of 52, Jollivy began teaching at the Conservatoire de Paris, France, and in the same year he also received the French Music Prize from the French Music Rights Organization (SACEM), in which he composed three orchestral works: Sonatine (fl, cl), Beautiful Lover, and Symphony of Strings. In 1962, Jollivi was elected to the La Mourou Music Association, the same year he stopped working as a technical adviser to the French Ministry of Culture and began to compose a series of works for solo instruments, the year he composed the First Concerto for the Cello.
In 1963, Jollivy visited Israel for the first time, and in the same year choreographed a suite for the ballet of the Marseille Opera House: the Transoceanic Suite, and was commissioned by the Mexican government to begin the composition of his Third Symphony, which year he also composed Caribbean dances, sonatas, and pastoral songs.
In July 1964, Jollivy traveled to New York to visit Edgar Varez, and in August of the same year traveled south to Mexico to conduct the premiere of his just-completed Third Symphony. In 1965, Jollivy was awarded the Salcd and Ortf Awards, the same year he became honorary of the National Federation of Musicians' Arts and participated in the memorial of Edgar Varez (died 6 November), the year he composed the Prelude, Rhapsody Suite and Concert Suite.
In 1966, Jollivy was hired as a professor of composition at the Paris Conservatory, visited the Soviet Union for the second time in his life, and conducted the Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra, which is recognized as one of the most influential and artistically talented symphony orchestras in the world, and in the same year met the famous Polish musician Wiltörd Lutosławski in Warsaw, the year he composed the second violin concerto.
In 1967, Joliviy made his third visit to the Soviet Union, premiered his Cello No. 2 Concerto with the distinguished cellist Mstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich (1927-2007) and the Kiev Philharmonic Orchestra, was invited by the Lebanese Conservatory to its capital Beirut, and traveled to Israel for the second time in the same year. On May 24, he traveled to Prague, the capital of former Czechoslovakia, to conduct his piano concerto at the Prague Spring International Music Festival there, and then traveled to Spain to visit Andrés Segovia (Andrés Segovia), one of the most outstanding Spanish guitarists of our time.
In 1968, Jollivy participated in a large organization organized by the French General Trade Union (CGT) and the French National Confederation of Students, opposing the increasing oppression of the working class and intellectuals, pressing for radical social reforms, and in December of the same year he traveled to the Soviet Union for the fourth time, the year he composed tribute to Varez, Baroque arias, and controversies. In July 1969, Jollivy went to Lyon, France, to participate in the French Youth Music Festival, and at the request of guitarist Andrés Segovia, began to compose the Bres music specifically for classical guitar: The Grave of Robert de Visse, which unfortunately could not participate in its 1981 premiere.
In 1970, Jollivy became deputy of the French National Conservatory of Music and participated in a series of radio broadcasts (ORTF) to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Beethoven's death, and in the same year he made his fifth visit to the Soviet Union, the year he completed Bresse: The Grave of Robert de Visse. In 1971, Jollivi retired from the Paris Conservatory, traveled to the Soviet Union for the sixth time that year, and in October participated in the performance of his first symphony at the Soviet-French Music Week, the year he composed the horse chestnut.
In 1972, Jollivi received the French National Music Prize from the French Ministry of Culture, was commissioned by the Paris Opera Artistic Director Rolf Liebermann to compose the opera: The Lost Lieutenant Bergmillais, in the same year he made a further secret visit to the Soviet Union and participated in the premiere of Dimitry Dimitrievich Shostakovich's Symphony No. 15 in January, and in the same year he also gave a concert in Bulgaria, the year he also composed the Violin Concerto.
In 1973, Jollivy was awarded the French National Order of Merit (Commander), and in the same year he visited Turkey and gave a lecture tour, in which he created works such as the Arrow of Time, Yin-Yang (11solostr). In 1974, Jollivy made his last trip to the Soviet Union, attended the Congress of the Union of Soviet Composers in April, and performed his trumpet concerto in Prague, the capital of the former Czechoslovakia, in May, and died suddenly at home on December 20, leaving behind a series of unfinished works, and was finally buried in the Montmartre cemetery.
In 1975, to commemorate Jollive's outstanding contribution to the music scene, the Orchestre National de France organized a "Tribute to Jollivy Concerto", performing a series of works such as his Violin Concerto, Second Movement of Symphony No. 3, etc.