Denis Dufour

Denis Dufour at the Futura Festival in 2000 in Crest

Denis Dufour (born October 9, 1953 in Lyon ) is a French composer of instrumental music , electroacoustic music and musique concrète .

Dufour studied first from 1972 in Lyon and between 1974 and 1979 at the Conservatoire de Paris with Ivo Malec new music , music analysis with Claude Ballif as well as electroacoustic music with Pierre Schaeffer and Guy Reibel .

Today he is known for his instrumental music as well as for his electronic concert performances, with his oeuvre comprising more than 180 compositions. “The investigation of new sound structures, the fluency of his ' baroque ' type of phrasing , the mobility of his characters and his love for the human voice and special dramatic, narrative effects favored the emergence of a new theatrical sound in his works, including through his actual musical discourse out. "

Web links

Audio carrier by Denis Dufour in the bibliographic database WorldCat
Denis Dufour at Discogs (English)
Denis Dufour website (French / English)

Individual evidence

^ Stanley Sadie: The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. ISBN 1-56159-174-2 , pp. 665-666: “The exploration of new structures of sound, the fluidity of a 'Baroque' style of phrasing, the mobility of his figures, and his love of the human voice and of certain dramatic narrative effects have fostered the emergence of a new kind of theatrical sound in his work, over and beyond his strictly musical discourse. "

personal data
SURNAME	Dufour, Denis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French composer
DATE OF BIRTH	October 9, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH	Lyon

[1] Stanley Sadie: The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. ISBN 1-56159-174-2 , pp. 665-666: “The exploration of new structures of sound, the fluidity of a 'Baroque' style of phrasing, the mobility of his figures, and his love of the human voice and of certain dramatic narrative effects have fostered the emergence of a new kind of theatrical sound in his work, over and beyond his strictly musical discourse. "