Pierre Boulez

Born in Montbrison, in the Loire department of France, the son of an engineer, Boulez studied at the Conservatoire de Paris with Olivier Messiaen, and privately with Andrée Vaurabourg and René Leibowitz. He began his professional career in the late 1940s as music director of the Renaud-Barrault theatre company in Paris. He was a leading figure in avant-garde music, playing an important role in the development of integral serialism in the 1950s, controlled chance music in the 1960s and the electronic transformation of instrumental music in real time from the 1970s onwards. His tendency to revise earlier compositions meant that his body of work was relatively small, but it included pieces considered landmarks of twentieth-century music, such as ''Le Marteau sans maître'', ''Pli selon pli'' and ''Répons''. His uncompromising commitment to modernism and the trenchant, polemical tone in which he expressed his views on music led some to criticise him as a dogmatist.
Boulez was also one of the most prominent conductors of his generation. In a career lasting more than sixty years, he was music director of the New York Philharmonic, chief conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra and principal guest conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Cleveland Orchestra. He made frequent appearances with many other orchestras, including the Vienna Philharmonic and the Berlin Philharmonic. He was known for his performances of the music of the first half of the twentieth century—including Debussy and Ravel, Stravinsky and Bartók, and the Second Viennese School—as well as that of his contemporaries, such as Ligeti, Berio and Carter. His work in the opera house included the production of Wagner's ''Ring'' cycle for the centenary of the Bayreuth Festival, and the world premiere of the three-act version of Berg's opera ''Lulu''. His recorded legacy is extensive.
He also founded several musical institutions. In Paris he set up the Domaine musical in the 1950s to promote new music; in the 1970s he established the Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique / Musique (IRCAM), to foster research and innovation in music, and the Ensemble intercontemporain, a chamber orchestra specialising in contemporary music. Later he co-founded the Cité de la musique, a concert hall, museum and library dedicated to music in the Parc de la Villette in Paris and, in Switzerland, the Lucerne Festival Academy, an international orchestra of young musicians, with which he gave first performances of many new works. Provided by Wikipedia
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Le marteau sans maître by Boulez, Pierre, 1925-2016
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Repons by Boulez, Pierre, 1925-2016-
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Conversations with Boulez : thoughts on conducting by Boulez, Pierre, 1925-2016
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Le visage nuptial : Poème de René Char : Pour soprano, contralto solos, chœur de femmes et orchestre. by Boulez, Pierre, 1925-2016
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Conversations with Célestin Deliège by Boulez, Pierre, 1925-2016
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Incises : pour piano (1994) by Boulez, Pierre, 1925-2016
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Boulez conducts Boulez. by Boulez, Pierre, 1925-2016
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Sonatine pour flûte & piano by Boulez, Pierre, 1925-2016
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Le marteau sans maître by Boulez, Pierre, 1925-2016
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Dérive 2 : pour 11 instruments (1988/2006) by Boulez, Pierre, 1925-2016
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Notations : pour orchestre by Boulez, Pierre, 1925-2016
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Mémoriale : Dérive 1; Dérive 2 by Boulez, Pierre, 1925-2016
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Domaines by Boulez, Pierre, 1925-2016
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...explosante-fixe... : Originel : pour flute aves dispositif électronique, deux flutes et ensemble (1991-1993) by Boulez, Pierre, 1925-2016
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Eclat : pour orchestre by Boulez, Pierre, 1925-2016
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Piano sonatas nos. 1-3 by Boulez, Pierre, 1925-2016
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Points de repère by Boulez, Pierre, 1925-2016
Paris : C. Bourgois, 1995
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Transitoire VII : aus "...explosante-fixe..." : für Flöte mit Live-Elektronik, 2 Flöten und Ensemble : (1991-1993) by Boulez, Pierre, 1925-2016
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Éclat by Boulez, Pierre, 1925-2016
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Improvisé - pour le Dr. K. : pour piano et quatre instruments (1969/2005) by Boulez, Pierre, 1925-2016
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