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Michaël Lévinas

Michaël Lévinas (born 18 April 1949) is a French composer and pianist. Biography Born in Paris, Levinas was a student of Olivier Messiaen at the Conservatoire de Paris. As an interpreter he made

Michaël Lévinas (born 18 April 1949) is a French composer and pianist. Biography Born in Paris, Levinas was a student of Olivier Messiaen at the Conservatoire de Paris. As an interpreter he made several recordings, mostly for Adès. Amongst these are works by Beethoven, Fauré, Scriabin, Schubert, and the complete Well-Tempered Clavier by J.S. Bach. His father was the philosopher Emmanuel Levinas and he is married to philosopher and musicologist Danielle Cohen-Levinas. Selected works : Lévinas’ scores are largely published by Éditions Salabert, Éditions Henry Lemoine, Éditions Musicales Transatlantiques. * Arsis et Thésis for flute (1971) * Clov et Hamm for trombone, tuba, percussion and magnetic tape (1973) * Appels for 11 instruments (1974) * Froissements d’ailes for flute (1975) * Ouverture pour une fête étrange for 2 orchestras and electroacoustic device (1979) * Concerto pour piano espace #2 (1980) * Les rires de Gilles for 5 instrumentalists and tape (1981) * Arcades for viola and piano (1982) * Arcades II for viola and 12 instruments (1982) * La conférence des oiseaux, after a Persian tale of Attar (1985) * La cloche fêlée for orchestra and electroacoustic device (1988) * Voût

Era
Post-War
Lived
1949–present
From
France
Born in
Paris
Known as
pianist, composer, university teacher
Instruments
piano
Genres
opera