Michaël Levinas

Michaël Levinas (also Lévinas; born April 18, 1949 in Paris ) is a French composer and member of the group l'Itinéraire (the route).

Michaël Levinas is one of the representatives of spectral music .

Life

Michaël Levinas was born in Paris as the son of the Franco-Lithuanian philosopher Emmanuel Levinas . He studied composition with Olivier Messiaen and piano with Yvonne Loriod . From 1975 to 1977 he was a fellow at the Villa Medici in Rome. In 1982 he took part in the Darmstadt summer courses under mentor Karlheinz Stockhausen . Since 1992 he has been a professor at the Paris Conservatory .

Along with Gérard Grisey , Tristan Murail and Roger Tessier , he is one of the founding members of the Paris ensemble L'Itinéraire, founded in 1973 . He consciously prefers so-called “dirty” or hybrid sounds in his works.

Levinas has been a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts since 2009, succeeding Jean-Louis Florentz .

Selected Works

1971 Arsis et Thésis ou La chanson du souffle for bass flute in C.
1974 Appels for 11 instrumentalists
1977 Voix dans un vaisseau d'airain “Chant en escalier” for voice, flute, horn, piano and tape
1979 L'ouverture pour une fète étrange for 2 orchestras and electroacoustic devices
1981 Les rires du Gilles for 5 instrumentalists and tape
1984 Troisième Arcade “Le choeur des Arches” for piano drums, percussion, strings and tape
1984 Concerto pour piano espace no.2
1985 La conférence des oiseaux (chamber opera)
1986 Les réciproques for 12 solo a cappella voices
1987 Réminiscence d'un jardin féerique for orchestra
1991 prefixes for 17 instrumentalists
1992/93 Rebonds
1993 Diaclas
1994 Par-delà… for orchestra
1996 Go-gol (opera)
1997 Concertation for vocal quartet, flute, drums, keyboard and computer
1980 Contrepoints irréels III - Recontres for 4 flutes
1999 String Quartet No. 1
2017 La Passion selon Marc - Une Passion après Auschwitz (oratorio)

Fonts

De la rature à l'accident dans le processus de la composition musicale in: Revue internationale de critique génetique , ITEM, Archivos, Jean_marie Place, Paris 1992
De l'École Niedermeyer à Beaubourg in: 20eme siècle. Images de la musique francaise op. Cit
Qu'est-ce que l'instrumental? in: L'Itinéraire op. cit.
Le son et la musique in: Entretemps 6, Paris 1988.

literature

Jean-Noel von der Weid: The music of the 20th century. From Claude Debussy to Wolfgang Rihm. Insel-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main et al. 2001, ISBN 3-458-17068-5 , pp. 541ff.

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personal data
SURNAME	Levinas, Michaël
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Lévinas, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French composer
DATE OF BIRTH	April 18, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH	Paris , France