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.
Web links
- Entry on the website of the Académie des Beaux-Arts
- Froissements d'ailes for flute solo by Michael Lévinas
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Levinas, Michaël |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lévinas, Michael |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French composer |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 18, 1949 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris , France |