Philippe Hersant (born 21 June 1948 in Rome) is a French composer. He studied at the Conservatoire de Paris.^[1]

Selected works

Hersant's works are largely published by Éditions Durand.

Stage

• Le Château des Carpathes, Opera in a prologue and 2 scenes (1989–1991); libretto by Jorge Silva Melo after the novel by Jules Verne
• Wuthering Heights, Ballet in 2 acts (2000–2001); based on the novel by Emily Brontë
• Le Moine noir, Opera in 8 scenes (2003–2005); libretto by Yves Hersant after the short story The Black Monk by Anton Chekhov
• Les Éclairs, Opera ("drame joyeux") in 4 acts (2021); libretto by Jean Echenoz after his novel Des éclairs^[2]

Orchestral

• Aztlan (1983)
• Stances (1978, revised 1992)
• Le Cantique des 3 enfants dans la fournaise (1995), poem by Antoine Godeau, in front of La Messe à 4 Choeurs H.4 by Marc-Antoine Charpentier with same chorus and orchestra. (recorded in 2019)
• 5 Pièces (1997)
• Patmos for string orchestra (2007)

Concertante

• Concerto No. 1 for cello and orchestra (1989)
• Concerto No. 2 for cello and orchestra (1996–1997)
• Streams for piano and orchestra (2000)
• Concerto for violin and orchestra (2003)
• Musical humors, Concerto for viola and string orchestra (2003)
• Le Tombeau de Virgile for harp and orchestra (2006)
• Concerto for clarinet and orchestra (2011)

Chamber music

• String Quartet No. 1 (1985)
• Pavane for viola solo (1987)
• String Quartet No. 2 (1988)
• Élégie for string quartet (1990)
• Duo Séphardim for viola and bassoon (1993)
• 11 Caprices for 2 violins (or violas) (1994)
• 8 Duos for viola and bassoon (1995)
• Niggun for solo bassoon (1995)
• In nomine for 7 cellos (2001)
• 3 Nocturnes for flute, viola and harp (2001)
• Sonata for cello solo (2003)
• Choral for cello and harp (2004)
• Tenebrae for viola and piano (2005)
• 6 Bagatelles for clarinet, viola and piano (2007)

Film scores