Jean-Michel Damaz ( French: Jean-Michel Damase ; January 21, 1928 , Bordeaux - April 21, 2013 ) - French pianist and composer . Laureate of the Roman Prize (1947).
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| Date of Birth | January 29, 1928 |
| Place of Birth | Bordeaux |
| Date of death | April 21, 2013 (85 years old) |
| A country |  France |
| Professions | pianist , composer |
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| Awards | Roman Prize |
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Biography
Jean-Michel Damaz was born in Bordeaux, his mother is the well-known harpist . Jean-Michel began studying piano at the age of five, and composition at the age of nine. The first teacher of Damaz was , composer, organist and opera director. Subsequently, he studied with Alfred Cortot at the Normal School of Music , entered the Paris Conservatory for the piano course [1] . Since 1944 he worked as an accompanist pianist with Roland Petit [2] . His teachers were Henri Busset , Marcel Dupre , Claude Delvencourt . Damaz graduated from the conservatory in 1943 as a pianist and in 1947 as a composer. At the age of nineteen he became a laureate of the Rome Prize in 1947 for the cantata Et la Belle se réveilla .
Jean-Michel Damaz quickly became a popular neoclassical composer. He was successful as a concert pianist [1] . In 1959 he became a laureate of the Grand Prize of Paris [3] . His recording of the complete collection of nocturnes and barcarol by Gabriel Foret was awarded the Grand Prix du Disque (1960) [4]
Creativity
Jean-Michel Damaz is the author of ballets and operas, orchestral works, including symphonies, chamber works. Composed instrumental music, primarily for piano and harp. The author of film music.
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Notes
- ↑ 1 2 David Mason Greene. Damase, Jean-Michel (1220) // Greene's Biographical Encyclopedia of Composers . - Piano Roll Fnd., 1985. - S. 1512 (in Google Books). - ISBN 0-385-14278-1 .
- ↑ Jean Michel Damaz . Belcanto.ru (July 26, 2011). Date of treatment February 8, 2014.
- ↑ Jean-Michel Damase (Fr.) . Larousse. - Dictionnaire de la musique. Date of treatment February 8, 2014.
- ↑ Marie-Aude Roux. Mort de Jean-Michel Damase, compositeur et pianiste (French) . Le Monde (24 avril 2013). Date of treatment February 8, 2014.
Links
- Damaz, Jean-Michel on the Internet Movie Database
- Bruce R. Schueneman, William E. Studwell. Damase, Jean-Michel // Minor Ballet Composers: Biographical Sketches of Sixty-Six Underappreciated Yet Significant Contributors to the Body of West. - Psychology Press, 1997 .-- S. 30-31. - 133 p.