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Jan 18, 2016 · His latest book is “ Wagnerism: Art and Politics in the Shadow of Music .”. As a composer and a conductor, he fought harder than anyone for contemporary music. His death marks the...
Pierre Boulez. Boulez in 1968. Pierre Louis Joseph Boulez ( French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ lwi ʒozεf bulɛz]; 26 March 1925 – 5 January 2016) was a French composer, conductor and writer, and the founder of several musical institutions. He was one of the dominant figures of post-war contemporary classical music .
Jan 26, 2017 · Distracted from his composing and iconoclasm by the necessity of earning some money, a young Pierre Boulez found work with a Parisian theatre company. Three trips he made with them to South ...
Jan 7, 2016 · Boulez was the rare avant-extremist who won real aesthetic power. And not in the pages of history, either—but in his own lifetime.
Mar 26, 2015 · Here, in a piece originally published in 2015, are some of his most notorious pronouncements. Classical music’s most celebrated maverick, widely regarded as the 20th century’s greatest ...
Jan 6, 2016 · World-famous French composer and conductor Pierre Boulez has died at the age of 90. Boulez was a truly great artist who ranks - in my book - alongside the likes of Marcel Duchamp, Jean Prouve and...
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Mar 23, 2023 · Larry C. Morris/The New York Times. By David Allen. March 23, 2023. Pierre Boulez, one of the most commanding musicians of the past century, must have been asked countless times, before his death...
