Described in LA Weekly as an original composer with something important to say
, Philippe holds a DMA in Composition from Yale University where he studied with Martin Bresnick and Nicholas Maw.
He has received awards in the US: Guggenheim, American Academy of Arts and Letters, Barlow, Utah Arts Festival, American Music Center, American Composers Forum, Jerome Foundation, MacDowell, Yaddo; and abroad: Lutoslawski (Poland), Angelo-Comneno (Italy), and Homage to Mozart (Russia) competitions, Banff Residency.
Commissioned by the Da Capo Chamber Players, Lost Dog, Left Coast, Empyrean; the Eroica, Mannes, Mojave, and Kungsbacka (Sweden) trios; pianists Genevieve Lee and Lorène de Ratuld; French ensembles Philharmonique de Radio-France, TM+, and Voxabulaire; and Dutch ensembles Orkest de Volharding and Electra; his work has also been performed by the Las Vegas Festival Orchestra, the Chamber Orchestra Kremlin, the St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble, the New Zealand piano trio, Xtet, Verge, Brave New Works, Périphérie, and pianists Thomas Sauer, Eric Huebner, Mark Robson and Adrienne Kim, on Los Angeles's Monday Evening Concerts, Piano Spheres, Keys to the Future, Second Helpings, Sounds French, Sonic Boom, and the Asia Pacific Festival.
Prior to his incarnation as a composer, he studied mathematics, architecture, piano, organ, and voice, and had a career as an operatic baritone, working under the batons of Myung-Whun Chung, Philippe Herreweghe, and Marc Minkovski.
More information is available at philippebodin.com