Antoine Tisne was born on 29 July 1932 in Lourdes (France). He first studied at the music school in Tarbes and then moved to Paris where he completed his studies under Georges Hugon (harmony), Noel Gallon (fugue), Norber Dufourcq, Darius Milhaud and Jean Rivier (counterpoint) at the conservatory. Antoine Tisne opted for a career as a composer already during his study years and won the Premier Second Grand Prix de Rome in 1962. In the next few years he won further awards for his compositions like the Copley Foundation Prize (1960+1965), the Halphen Prize (1961+1963), the Lili Boulanger Prize (1962), the Koussevitsky Foundation Prize (1965) and the Casa de Velázquez Prize (1965). He continued his work as a composer over the next decades and was later awarded the Prix Jarnoff Loeffer of the Acadmie des Beaux Arts (1977), the Grand Prix musical de la Ville de Paris (1979) and the Composers' Prize of the SACEM (1988) for his life time achievements. His work catalogue contains the opera "Pour l'amour d'Alban", a children's opera, ballets, 3 symphonies, 4 concertos for piano, one concerto each for violin, cello, flute, ondes Martenot, many orchestral compositions, 4 string quartets, a wind quintet, violin sonata, piano sonata, and more chamber music. He also composed oratorios, cantatas and choral music as well as songs.
Beside his activities as a composer Antoine Tisne worked as principal music inspector at the Ministry of Cultural Affairs between 1967 and 1992, and then was appointed music inspector in charge of the municipal conservatories of the City of Paris. From 1986 to 1992 he was also professor for composition and orchestration at the Sorbonne university in Paris.
Antoine Tisne died on 19 July 1998 in Paris (France).

Cello concerto

In my possession is the autograph piano reduction of the "Concerto pour violoncelle et orchestre" by Antoine Tisne. The work was composed in 1965 and is dedicated to the French cellist Andre Navarra. The premiere took place on 4 December 1969 with Andre Navarra (cello), Orchestre Philharmonique de l'ORTF under Henryck Czyz. The score was published by Billaudot and is still available.